Bug 20423 - Problem to connect to 3G (without libqmi-utils modemmanager fails)
Summary: Problem to connect to 3G (without libqmi-utils modemmanager fails)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: All Packagers
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Reported: 2017-03-08 17:51 CET by Fabrice Boyrie
Modified: 2017-03-09 11:55 CET (History)
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Source RPM: modemmanager-1.6.4-2.mga6
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Description Fabrice Boyrie 2017-03-08 17:51:38 CET 
Description of problem:

I have a dell Wireless 5630 (EVDO-HSPA) mobile broadband minicard with an Orange "Internet partout" sim card.

For netapplet it is  a wired ethernet interface. So I can not configure it.

  The only way to configure was to install netwokmanager, networkmanager-wwan modemmanager and libqmi-utils 
  I think you should add dependency on libqmi-utils for modemmanager (without it connection fail without any explanation)

By the way why insist on using net_applet
Comment 1 Marja Van Waes 2017-03-08 23:10:26 CET 
Here, a different mobile card (a HUAWEI) with a sim card from a different provider, works after configuring the interface with drakconnect (selecting GPRS/Edge/3G).

This is despite the fact that it looks like a wired interface in draknetcenter and, worse, it's shown as inactive, while it's active. It works. 

After clicking on the "Monitor" button, it is the pppO interface that shows the activity. My wwp0s29u1u1i1 interface (the wrong "wired" interface in draknetcenter) shows no activity.

You could try whether it's similar for you: that it works after configuring the card with drakconnect http://doc.mageia.org/mcc/5/en/content/drakconnect.html
(more precisely this part http://doc.mageia.org/mcc/5/en/content/drakconnect.html#d4e1911 )

Bug 17827 more or less covers the above, so I'll keep this bug report for your suggestion to add a dependency on libqmi-utils for modemmanager.

Assigning to all packagers collectively, since there is no registered maintainer for modemmanager. Also CC'ing the libqmi-utils maintainer

CC: (none) => jani.valimaa, marja11
Assignee: bugsquad => pkg-bugs
Summary: Problem to connect to 3G => Problem to connect to 3G (without libqmi-utils modemmanager fails)

Comment 2 Jani Välimaa 2017-03-09 10:36:39 CET 
Fixed in latest libqmi. Lib pkg requires now utils also to install qmi-proxy which is used by modemmanager.
Comment 3 Jani Välimaa 2017-03-09 10:37:27 CET 
Closing as FIXED.
Comment 4 Jani Välimaa 2017-03-09 10:37:58 CET 
Really closing as fixed.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 5 Fabrice Boyrie 2017-03-09 11:55:18 CET 
Thanks for bug resolution.
To answer to comment 1, drakconnect does not see any device when I want to create a 3G connection.
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