Modem manager is bugging me

[John Wendel]

On 06/13/2012 07:46 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 06/14/2012 10:16 AM, John Wendel wrote:
>> Anybody know how to tell network manager to not load modem manager?
>>
>> I don't have a modem, but modem manager and all of its plugin drivers get loaded.
>> I'm trying put this pig on a diet, but not having a lot of luck.
>>
>>
> Can we safely assume that you are talking about F17 and ModemManager which is part of
> KDE?
>
> I really don't know anything about ModemManager.  So, could you enlighten me about
> what you are seeing?  How do you know the plugins are being loaded and how much
> resources they are taking?
>
> Does this mean when you bring up Network Manger and click on "Manage Connections"
> that the "Mobile Boradband" tab is not grayed out?
>
> Thanks.....
>
>
Sorry for the lack of detail in the original post.

The system is running F17 with Gnome. Modem manager is a process that 
gets loaded by network manager. In /var/log/messages, I see modem 
manager and  a bunch of plugins (with modem names) being loaded by 
network manager.  I don't know if it consumes any resources (except 
memory) since I don't have a modem for it to manage, but I want it to go 
away.

Nwtwork manager is also loading a bunch of wireless networking modules, 
which I also don't have, but I bitch about that in another post.

Thanks for the reply.

John