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Bug 646839 - Mobile Broadband can't be enabled
Mobile Broadband can't be enabled
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: network-indicator
3.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-04-05 16:32 UTC by Ionut Biru
Modified: 2011-05-16 13:48 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
screenshot (103.31 KB, image/png)
2011-04-05 17:17 UTC, Ionut Biru 		Details
wrong icon screenshot (73.25 KB, image/png)
2011-04-05 17:45 UTC, Ionut Biru 		Details

Description Ionut Biru 2011-04-05 16:32:43 UTC 
The applet does detect the connection and is labeled as Mobile Broadband. 
Flipping the switch doesn't work.
Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2011-04-05 17:02:52 UTC 
There's a bunch of outstanding stuff - probably a duplicate of bug 646395 or bug 646706  or both.
Comment 2 Dan Winship 2011-04-05 17:10:41 UTC 
you should be able to enable it by selecting the connection name underneath the Mobile Broadband header
Comment 3 Ionut Biru 2011-04-05 17:16:28 UTC 
@Dan, clicking on Auto Broadband doesn't do anything and i don't have anything else. 

I remember that in the past a wizard come up and asked about the provider etc
Comment 4 Ionut Biru 2011-04-05 17:17:17 UTC 
Created attachment 185220 [details]
screenshot
Comment 5 Ionut Biru 2011-04-05 17:45:16 UTC 
after creating the connection i can click on it and enable it but it doesn't use the new wireless icon.
Comment 6 Ionut Biru 2011-04-05 17:45:56 UTC 
Created attachment 185221 [details]
wrong icon screenshot
Comment 7 Dan Winship 2011-04-05 17:57:22 UTC 
That's the mobile broadband icon
Comment 8 Giovanni Campagna 2011-04-06 17:02:10 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> @Dan, clicking on Auto Broadband doesn't do anything and i don't have anything
> else. 
> 
> I remember that in the past a wizard come up and asked about the provider etc

Yeah, there is currently a FIXME there. I discussed using nm-applet to provide the mobile wizard, but then nothing appeared there and nothing was added here.
Comment 9 Dan Williams 2011-05-03 19:48:33 UTC 
See bug 649318 for a patch to fix that FIXME
Comment 10 Giovanni Campagna 2011-05-16 13:48:25 UTC 
Related bug was fixed, closing this one as well.