[Hardy] network manager applet unable to manage dial-up connections

[Simone Tolotti]

Binary package hint: network-manager

I own a GPRS/UMTS usb modem that works pretty well on Ubuntu. I'm actually trying to manage this connection trough Network Manager and nm-applet.
First I've configured a dial-up interface with gprs type and left wired connection in roaming mode.
I can successfully connect with the usb modem using "connect ppp0" menu entry in nm-applet.
Unfortunately nm-applet is still in offline mode even though ppp0 is connected and I can't use apps like pidgin or evolution.
So I've tried to switch the wired connection to normal mode and configured it with static IP; this succesfully switched nm-applet to online.
However I can't manage the ppp0 interface trough nm-applet because the "connect/disconnect ppp0" menu entries are disappeared. :-(

I've bypassed the problem using "pon ppp0" and "poff" to connect/disconnect ppp0.

/etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface ppp0 inet ppp
provider ppp0

auto ppp0

/etc/ppp/peers/ppp0
Code:

usepeerdns

defaultroute

/dev/ttyUSB0
115200
user "anon"
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/ppp0"
persist

/etc/chatscripts/ppp0

ABORT 'BUSY'
ABORT 'NO CARRIER'
ABORT 'ERROR'
'' AT
OK AT+CGATT=1
OK AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","web.omnitel.it"
OK ATDT*99***1#

[Simone Tolotti (simontol)]

A screenshot of nm-applet showing offline state although ppp0 is online.

[Juan Pablo Salazar Bertín (snifer)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #191889, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.