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gnome-nettool package

Network manager do not recognize dialup connection

Asked by pepperblue

I dont know whether it is a bug of NM, but it happens to me since i use ubuntu. The computer is connected via a dialup connection using gnomeppp(wvdial frontend). And it works well.. But the problem is that, the Network Manager in ubuntu (Mine is now maveric) says that i am still offline even though it is connected. Because of this reason evolution is not online, i have to disable NM to the empathy to work. Do anybody know how to rectify the problem? Or is it a noticed bug by the developers yet not patched? Please, somebody reply...

Yash!

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#1

Not sure if that helps, but maybe it's about who recognizes what.
So try to make NetworkManager to recognize interfaces.
/etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
managed=true

Described there.
http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager

Section
d: Why won't Network Manager manage my Networks?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkManager0.7#FAQ/Common%20issues/Pitfalls

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pepperblue (ayashif) said : 		#2

But Mr. Sam, I haven't configured "/etc/network/interfaces" in order to make "managed=true" in nm-system-settings.conf. Even so, I tried your suggestion, but NM stood same as before.

What should I enter into "interfaces" file, so that NM works with your suggestion?

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#3

Network-Manager conflicts with gnome-ppp, so maybe consider to report a bug since you have to disable NM to get standard apps connected.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/575694/comments/8

Note section: Dial up: Methods
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1466490

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pepperblue (ayashif) said : 		#4

So it shows, at present, there is no fix for this problem. Ok then. Thank you for you reply.

Yash! :)