<div dir="ltr">I know man but I cannot update. Because I have to stick to the policies laid down by the internal IT team.<div><br></div><div>Nice comparisons you provided though ;) I will go over the links pretty soon. </div>
<div><br></div><div>On another note, this looks like a pretty mundane problem, right. I mustn't b the first guy to hit this.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 9:14 PM, poma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pomidorabelisima@gmail.com" target="_blank">pomidorabelisima@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 01.01.2014 14:33, Soham Chakraborty wrote:<br>
> Afternoon folks,<br>
><br>
> I know that Fedora 18 is kinda obsolete but for a number of reasons, I have<br>
> to stick to it for the time being. However, I am quite sure that this<br>
> problem/behavior isn't restricted to F18. But since I am using that, ought<br>
> to say that.<br>
><br>
> So, here is the problem.<br>
><br>
> I have a ZTE K3800 dongle which I use for wireless/3G connection, provided<br>
> by Vodafone. When I plugin the device, it prompts to connect and works.<br>
> Problem is, as soon as I connect, systemd sends a signal 15 to<br>
> network-manager and the applet disappears from system tray. Therefore, if I<br>
> try to configure VPN, I find no option. Note that, I am only trying to<br>
> configure from the nm-applet.<br>
<br>
</div>kernel:<br>
-3.11.10-100.fc18<br>
-3.12.5-302.fc20<br>
<br>
systemd:<br>
-201-2.fc18.9<br>
-208-9.fc20<br>
<br>
usb_modeswitch:<br>
-1.2.5-1.fc18<br>
-1.2.7-3.fc20<br>
<br>
usb_modeswitch-data:<br>
-20121109-1.fc18<br>
-20131113-1.fc20<br>
<br>
ModemManager:<br>
-0.6.2.0-1.fc18<br>
-1.1.0-2.git20130913.fc20<br>
<br>
NetworkManager:<br>
-0.9.8.2-1.fc18<br>
-0.9.9.0-22.git20131003.fc20<br>
<br>
Reminder: Fedora 18 end of life on 2014-01-14<br>
<a href="https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2013-December/003189.html" target="_blank">https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2013-December/003189.html</a><br>
<br>
Announcing the release of Fedora 20.<br>
<a href="https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2013-December/003187.html" target="_blank">https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2013-December/003187.html</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Each such device & firmware is a story in itself, so<br>
<br>
/usr/share/doc/usb_modeswitch/<br>
/usr/share/doc/usb_modeswitch-data/<br>
<br>
USB_ModeSwitch<br>
<a href="http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/" target="_blank">http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/</a><br>
<br>
ModeSwitchForum<br>
<a href="http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/" target="_blank">http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/</a><br>
<br>
Development discussions about ModemManager<br>
<a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/modemmanager-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/modemmanager-devel</a><br>
<br>
NetworkManager discussions<br>
<a href="https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list" target="_blank">https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list</a><br>
<br>
When you talk to devs, always engage latest & greatest - Rawhide. :)<br>
Good look.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
poma<br>
<br>
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