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Description of problem: PI dialog fro broadband devices won't appear unless nm-applet is running. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-1.0.6-27.el7 network-manager-applet-1.0.6-2.el7 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. insert broadband modem with PIN locked SIM 2. 3. Actual results: PIN dialog for unlocking SIM wont appear unless nm-applet is running Expected results: PIN dialog should be rewritten for standard gnome-shell NM dialogues Additional info:
Entering PIN into profile (aka gsm.pin) and upping it should result in connected device not: Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device found for this connection. [vbenes@trautenberg ~]$ nmcli connection up id O2\ Default Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device found for this connection. [vbenes@trautenberg ~]$ nm-applet [vbenes@trautenberg ~]$ nmcli connection up id O2\ Default Connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/19) so from above mentioned I would say we need to have nm-applet (network-manager-applet rpm) to be installed as a dependency of NetworkManager-wwan and when upping gsm type connection we should be able to start nm-applet prior, right? Not sure how this behave in non-gui mode but that's kind of step 2. Stopping nm-applet after shutting down the connection would be nice too :-)
(In reply to Tomas Pelka from comment #0) > Description of problem: > PI dialog for broadband devices won't appear unless nm-applet is running. Tested on RHEL 7.3, a Gnome-shell dialog is displayed asking for PIN/password upon connection to a modem device. (In reply to Vladimir Benes from comment #1) > Entering PIN into profile (aka gsm.pin) and upping it should result in > connected device not: > Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device found for this > connection. This seems to work now in RHEL 7.3. > so from above mentioned I would say we need to have nm-applet > (network-manager-applet rpm) to be installed as a dependency of > NetworkManager-wwan and when upping gsm type connection we should be able to > start nm-applet prior, right? Not sure how this behave in non-gui mode but > that's kind of step 2. NM can either use system-stored secrets or other agents as gnome-shell or even nmcli itself. For example you can use: nmcli --ask connection up O2 to use the built-in secret agent. Or also start a agent with: nmcli agent that will receive the secret requests for new activations. So the dependency to nm-applet is not needed. Can you please confirm everything works as expected and this can be closed?
Works for me, feel free to move to MODIFIED and add to https://errata.devel.redhat.com/advisory/22920 Thanks -Tom
This works well now with both GS agent and nmcli as an agent with --ask option.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2581.html