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markum Registered Member Posts 165 Karma 1	problems with networkmanager applet and mobile "broadband" Mon May 25, 2009 10:29 pm Hi, I am trying to get mobile broadband working with KDE 4.2.3 (Kubuntu). I have got it running with UMTSMON, but I would rather prefer the Networkmanager Plasmoid from KDE manage it. I am using the experimental-package from "kubuntu- experimental PPA" here is the daemonlog: 25 14:28:23 penguin NetworkManager: Activation (ttyUSB0) starting connection 'tchibo' May 25 14:28:23 penguin NetworkManager: (ttyUSB0): device state change: 3 -> 4 May 25 14:28:23 penguin NetworkManager: Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... May 25 14:28:23 penguin NetworkManager: Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... May 25 14:28:23 penguin NetworkManager: [1243254503.129643] nm_serial_device_open(): (ttyUSB0) opening device... May 25 14:28:23 penguin NetworkManager: Invalid baudrate '156756650' May 25 14:28:23 penguin NetworkManager: Invalid bits (0). Valid values are 5, 6, 7, 8. May 25 14:28:23 penguin NetworkManager: Invalid parity ( May 25 14:28:23 penguin NetworkManager: Invalid stop bits (0). Valid values are 1 and 2) May 25 14:28:23 penguin NetworkManager: Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. May 25 14:28:23 penguin NetworkManager: (ttyUSB0): powering up... May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: Connected, Woo! May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: (ttyUSB0): device state change: 4 -> 5 May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: Starting pppd connection May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: [1243254520.185686] nm_ppp_manager_start(): Command line: /usr/sbin/pppd nodetach lock nodefaultroute ttyUSB0 noipdefault 4296704 noauth refuse-eap refuse-pap refuse-mschap refuse-mschap-v2 nodeflate crtscts usepeerdns mtu 155014808 lcp-echo-failure 5 lcp-echo-interval 30 ipparam /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/PPP/2 plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.4/nm-pppd-plugin.so May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: [1243254520.190406] nm_ppp_manager_start(): ppp started with pid 28011 May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: ppp_exit_code(): ppp pid 28011 exited with error: pppd options error May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: [1243254520.210529] ppp_watch_cb(): ppp pid 28011 cleaned up May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: (ttyUSB0): device state change: 5 -> 9 May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: [1243254520.210938] nm_serial_device_close(): Closing device 'ttyUSB0' May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: Marking connection 'tchibo' invalid. May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: Activation (ttyUSB0) failed. May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: (ttyUSB0): device state change: 9 -> 3 May 25 14:28:40 penguin NetworkManager: (ttyUSB0): deactivating device (reason: 0). My settings are quite simple. I have set the apn to "webmobil1", *99# as dialin and tried it with and without the network number . I have also tried it with blau/ eplus, but it does not seem to work, even though I use the same settings as in umtsmon and they also work with gnome networkmanager in the same installation, if I install it instead. Is this a bug or does anybody have a clue how to configure it right? Markum markum, proud to be a member of KDE forums since 2008-Nov.
bcooksley Administrator Posts 19765 Karma 87 OS	RE: problems with networkmanager applet and mobile "broadband" Tue May 26, 2009 4:44 am This appears to be an incompatibility between the version of PPPD used by the Network Management plasmoid's developers and the version used by Kubuntu. It could also be a bug in the Plasmoid itself. Please file a bug report at bugs.kde.org. KDE Sysadmin [img]content/bcooksley_sig.png[/img]
snis Registered Member Posts 5 Karma 0 OS	RE: problems with networkmanager applet and mobile "broadband" Thu May 28, 2009 12:08 pm Hi, I have the same problem running OpenSuse 11.1 with KDE4 Factory repository (to be KDE 4.3). It has been like this since KDE 4.2. The setting for [PPP] and [Serial] doesn't make any sence, look at the baud, mru, mtu, baud, bits Code: Select all [connection] autoconnect=false id=3 timestamp=-4713,1,1,0,0,0 type=gsm uuid={20073e34-3957-407e-bc8b-7a79fba3f0da} [gsm] apn=bredband.tre.se band=5 networkid= networktype=3145780 number=*99# username= [ipv4] addresses= ignoredhcpdns=false method=Automatic routes= [ppp] baud=3145776 crtscts=false lcpechofailure=0 lcpechointerval=0 mppestateful=false mru=3342391 mtu=3342437 noauth=true nobsdcomp=false nodeflate=false novjcomp=false refusechap=false refuseeap=false refusemschap=true refusemschapv2=false refusepap=true requiremppe=false requiremppe128=false [serial] baud=2061565008 bits=32767 parity= senddelay=0 stopbits=0 A bug report exists: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191658
snis Registered Member Posts 5 Karma 0 OS	RE: problems with networkmanager applet and mobile "broadband" Fri May 29, 2009 10:58 am Markum, I have found a working solution for me... look in: ~/.kde4/share/apps/networkmanagement/connections/ or ~/.kde/share/apps/networkmanagement/connections/ There you will find all your connection setting files for the networkmanager applet. Locate the right file more {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} Change both baud settings to zero and: baud=0 mru=1440 mtu=1440 baud=0 bits=0 parity= After that I had to reboot to force the applet to reload the configuration. And then it worked. I have updated the bug with this information.
markum Registered Member Posts 165 Karma 1	RE: problems with networkmanager applet and mobile "broadband" Fri May 29, 2009 1:51 pm Thanks for the information. Unfortunately I can not test. Since upgrade to 4.3 Beta 1, the mobile network adapter is not shown in the list. Even though it is recognised as existing in configuration and for a short moment, when I plug it in. markum, proud to be a member of KDE forums since 2008-Nov.
snis Registered Member Posts 5 Karma 0 OS	RE: problems with networkmanager applet and mobile "broadband" Fri May 29, 2009 9:43 pm Markum, strange, I'm running 4.3 Beta as well. Having a Huawei E169, recognized as a E620 modem, but still works.
markum Registered Member Posts 165 Karma 1	RE: problems with networkmanager applet and mobile "broadband" Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:30 pm Hi snis wrote:strange, I'm running 4.3 Beta as well. Having a Huawei E169, recognized as a E620 modem, but still works. Yes that is really funny. I am trying to track it down. I just delete all configs relating network management. Now "Mobile Broadband" is greyed out. Does anyone know how device detecting is handled? I have an "Option Geo201". When plug it in, the notification system of KDE tells my that a networking device has been plugged in. But nothing more happens. Typing dmesg also confirms it, but may be a driver is missing? I had to install another kernel, because I have Intel graphics and that does not work well with jaunty. May be I needed to activate the driver for this card manually or active recognition of these networking cards? Other ideas? Markum markum, proud to be a member of KDE forums since 2008-Nov.