modem-manager spams syslog with statistics

[Alpo Turunen]

Binary package hint: modemmanager

When the 3G modem is in use, syslog gets filled with statistics which makes it difficult to find important messages. Gnome log viewer scrolls automatically to the bottom of log file when a new message appears and thus reading old messages is impossible.

Nov 10 13:29:09 localhost modem-manager: Duration: 1034 Up: 0 Kbps Down: 0 Kbps Total: 571 Total: 7871
Nov 10 13:29:11 localhost modem-manager: Duration: 1036 Up: 0 Kbps Down: 0 Kbps Total: 571 Total: 7871
Nov 10 13:29:13 localhost modem-manager: Duration: 1038 Up: 0 Kbps Down: 0 Kbps Total: 571 Total: 7871
Nov 10 13:29:15 localhost modem-manager: Duration: 1040 Up: 0 Kbps Down: 0 Kbps Total: 571 Total: 7871
Nov 10 13:29:17 localhost modem-manager: Duration: 1042 Up: 0 Kbps Down: 0 Kbps Total: 571 Total: 7871
Nov 10 13:29:19 localhost modem-manager: Duration: 1044 Up: 0 Kbps Down: 0 Kbps Total: 571 Total: 7871
Nov 10 13:29:21 localhost modem-manager: Duration: 1046 Up: 0 Kbps Down: 0 Kbps Total: 571 Total: 7871
Nov 10 13:29:23 localhost modem-manager: Duration: 1048 Up: 0 Kbps Down: 0 Kbps Total: 571 Total: 7871

New such line is printed every two seconds.

This problem didn't exist in 10.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: modemmanager 0.4+git.20100809t153145.be28089-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.37-generic 2.6.35.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 10 13:22:42 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/modem-manager
ProcEnviron:

SourcePackage: modemmanager

[Dan Williams (dcbw)]

fix pushed as a00966d4aa0973aef9a520b966d6c5a93d094053 upstream

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package modemmanager - 0.4+git.20110124t203624.00b6cce-0ubuntu1

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modemmanager (0.4+git.20110124t203624.00b6cce-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * upstream snapshot 2011-01-24 20:36:24 (GMT)
    + 00b6cce4df7d4acbf3e580a03c2f044e18589d2c
    - rules: blacklist some unlikely USB serial dongles
    - gsm: enable unsolicited codes on secondary ports too
    - test: handle cancel and distinguish between initiate and respond
    - gsm: wire up USSD Respond function
    - api: add reply parameter to USSD Respond method
    - linktop: add plugin for Linktop/Teracom LW273
    - gsm: prefer AT+CIND signal quality for modems that support it (LP: #682282)
    - huawei: don't spam syslog with tx/rx stats (LP: #673457, #662791)
    - gsm: query signal strength with +CIND if modem does not support +CSQ
    - gsm: add preliminary USSD support
    - huawei: fix potential double-free on error
    - core: prefer CDMA capabilities over GSM for dual-mode devices
    - gsm: allow use of GSM 03.38 character set
    - polkit: fix for polkit >= 0.97
    - core: work around dbus-glib property access bug (CVE-2010-1172)
  * debian/patches/qdl-blacklist.patch: add a blacklist of Gobi QDL devices so
    that we don't break firmware loading by trying to initialize them before
    the modem is really ready. (LP: #686418)
 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <email address hidden> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:03:12 -0500