Description of problem: When adding a mobile broadband device, it takes about 30 seconds to appear as a choice in NetworkManager. No notification is provided at device insertion time or after initialization when it is available for use. It would be great to have a notification that a device was inserted as well as notification that it is available for use (or initial configuration) after initialization via notification bubble from the NetworkManager tray icon. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-0.8.1-5.el6_0.1.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Plug in mobile broadband device. 2. Observe no notification of device insertion from Network Manager, but observe notification in /var/log/messages. 3. Wait 30 seconds. 4. See device appear in NetworkManager. 5. Observe no notification of device availability from Network Manager, but observe notification in /var/log/messages. 6. Select NetworkManager tray icon, identify the mobile broadband device, and select it for use. Actual results: No notifications from NetworkManager. User must check to see if the device actually made it. A less patient user may give up before the 30 seconds assuming it doesn't work. Expected results: Notification bubble upon device insertion from the NetworkManager tray icon. Notification bubble upon device availability for use from the NetworkManager tray icon. Additional info: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=632646#c15
Moving to Fedora. New features need to be implemented upstream first.
I suppose we could provide popups when the device is found, however that would also be annoying for devices that are built into the computer. Since it's extremely hard to detect whether the device is built in or whether it's an external USB stick (both types are USB and there is no indication that one is "internal" and another is not) this could get troublesome. But I do understand the issue from the user's perspective too...
Good points Dan! Are the built in devices "found" before login? Perhaps not showing pop-ups for devices discovered at boot time and prior to login would limit noise. In other words, only show pop-ups for newly inserted / removed devices once the login occurs. From a usability expectations standpoint, I wouldn't want to receive notifications for all the devices I have inserted. I would only want some feedback from the system when I add devices once I log in.
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database. Reassigning to the new owner of this component.
Reassigning this to gnome-shell. Please consider popping up a notification when new networking device (notably a mobile broadband device) appears while the session is running. The reasoning is that it often takes non-trivial (~30 seconds) time for a modem to initialize after the user plugs it in.