Description of problem: NetworkManager doesn't handle modem connections. That might be Ok. NM integrates with old-style ifcfg configs, so it can be done "the old way" instead. system-config-network allows me to create a modem connection and set NM_CONTROLLED=yes BUT NetworkManager doesn't agree and complains: nm-system-settings: ifcfg-fedora: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-xxx ... nm-system-settings: ifcfg-fedora: error: Unknown connection type 'Modem' I would expect NM to show it in the dropdown, just like 'System eth0' does. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): system-config-network-1.5.94-2.fc10.noarch NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.12.svn4326.fc10.i386
Changing title to reflect the enhancement request.
*** Bug 486671 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The same error arises for xDSL connections. The /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* file contains "TYPE=xDSL". Apr 14 08:48:27 zeta nm-system-settings: ifcfg-rh: read connection 'System eth0' Apr 14 08:48:27 zeta nm-system-settings: ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 ... Apr 14 08:48:27 zeta nm-system-settings: ifcfg-rh: read connection 'System eth1' Apr 14 08:48:27 zeta nm-system-settings: ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-verizon ... Apr 14 08:48:27 zeta nm-system-settings: ifcfg-rh: error: Unknown connection type 'xDSL' Apr 14 08:48:27 zeta nm-system-settings: ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo ... /usr/src/debug/NetworkManager-0.7.0.99/system-settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c type = svGetValue (parsed, "TYPE", FALSE); [...] if (!strcasecmp (type, TYPE_ETHERNET)) connection = wired_connection_from_ifcfg (filename, parsed, *ignored, error); else if (!strcasecmp (type, TYPE_WIRELESS)) connection = wireless_connection_from_ifcfg (filename, parsed, *ignored, error); else { g_set_error (error, ifcfg_plugin_error_quark (), 0, "Unknown connection type '%s'", type); } As a result, the connection does not come up automatically. [zeta@zeta ifcfg-rh]$ head --lines=10000 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg* ==> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 <== # Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=none HWADDR=00:0b:cd:9d:2a:95 ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet USERCTL=no IPV6INIT=yes NM_CONTROLLED=yes PEERDNS=no NETMASK=255.255.255.0 IPADDR=192.168.197.10 DNS1=208.67.222.220 DNS2=208.67.222.222 ==> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 <== # Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet DEVICE=eth1 HWADDR=00:0b:cd:9d:2a:94 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=none TYPE=Ethernet USERCTL=no PEERDNS=no IPV6INIT=no NM_CONTROLLED=yes NETMASK=255.255.255.0 IPADDR=192.168.1.2 DNS1=208.67.222.220 DNS2=208.67.222.222 ==> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo <== DEVICE=lo IPADDR=127.0.0.1 NETMASK=255.0.0.0 NETWORK=127.0.0.0 # If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian, # you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example) BROADCAST=127.255.255.255 ONBOOT=yes NAME=loopback ==> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-verizon <== # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt # for the documentation of these parameters. TYPE=xDSL DEVICE=ppp1 BOOTPROTO=dialup USERCTL=no PEERDNS=no IPV6INIT=no PIDFILE=/var/run/pppoe-adsl.pid FIREWALL=NONE PING=. PPPOE_TIMEOUT=80 LCP_FAILURE=3 LCP_INTERVAL=20 CLAMPMSS=1412 CONNECT_POLL=6 CONNECT_TIMEOUT=60 IDLETIMEOUT=600 PERSIST=no SYNCHRONOUS=no DEFROUTE=yes DEMAND=no ONBOOT=yes NM_CONTROLLED=yes USER=username ETH=eth1 PROVIDER=verizon [zeta@zeta ifcfg-rh]$
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 12 development cycle. Changing version to '12'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
*** Bug 525341 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 604496 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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tracked upstream at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348330