Comment 406 for bug 191889

Another possible solution would be just to add a mechanism to NetworkManager (and the applet) to explicitly inform it of the existence of a connected interface. I'm using adb from the Android SDK to start a ppp session with my G1 phone, and ppp0 comes online with no trouble but NetworkManager doesn't see it and none of the current choices under Edit Connections are appropriate for adding it. (It really should fit under Mobile Broadband but NM doesn't even see the G1 as a usable device.)

And pidgin still refuses to connect in this situation. (This is on jaunty...)