GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 679418
options dialog of mobile broadband can not be accessed if connection can not be established?
Last modified: 2012-10-10 16:53:21 UTC
Originally reported at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=680288 Package: network-manager-gnome Version: 0.9.4.1-1+b1 Severity: normal I recorded a screencast that shows how the bug occurs: http://lindi.iki.fi/lindi/screencast/network-manager-gnome-fixing-APN-not-possible-after-mistake.webm Steps to reproduce: 1) setup usb 3G modem and use it 2) go to "Options..." of the broadband connection and change the APN to something invalid. 3) unplug and replug the modem 4) Try to go to the "Options..." to fix the APN. Expected results: 4) The "Options..." dialog can be accessed and the mistake made by the user in step 2) can be corrected. Actual results: 4) The "Options..." dialog is grayed out. The user is helpless and the only way to fix the situation seems to be to edit /etc/ from command line. but -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-486 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages network-manager-gnome depends on: ii dbus-x11 1.6.0-1 ii dpkg 1.16.4.3 ii gconf-service 3.2.5-1 ii gconf2 3.2.5-1 ii gnome-icon-theme 3.4.0-2 ii libatk1.0-0 2.4.0-2 ii libc6 2.13-33 ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.2-1 ii libcairo2 1.12.2-1 ii libdbus-1-3 1.6.0-1 ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.98-1 ii libgconf-2-4 3.2.5-1 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.26.1-1 ii libglib2.0-0 2.32.3-1 ii libgnome-bluetooth10 3.4.1-1 ii libgnome-keyring0 3.4.1-1 ii libgtk-3-0 3.4.2-1 ii libnm-glib-vpn1 0.9.4.0-5 ii libnm-glib4 0.9.4.0-5 ii libnm-gtk0 0.9.4.1-1+b1 ii libnm-util2 0.9.4.0-5 ii libnotify4 0.7.5-1 ii libpango1.0-0 1.30.0-1 ii network-manager 0.9.4.0-5 ii policykit-1-gnome 0.105-2 Versions of packages network-manager-gnome recommends: ii gnome-bluetooth 3.4.1-1 ii iso-codes 3.36-1 ii libpam-gnome-keyring [libpam-keyring] 3.4.1-4 ii mobile-broadband-provider-info 20120402-1 ii notification-daemon 0.7.5-1 Versions of packages network-manager-gnome suggests: pn network-manager-openvpn-gnome <none> pn network-manager-pptp-gnome <none> pn network-manager-vpnc-gnome <none> -- no debconf information
The problem is that gnome-control-center greys out "Options..." button if there's no connection (because it's not obvious what connection profile should be launched via nm-connection-editor). The behaviour has been made better lately, for devices that only have one connection - see bug 653296. But, I guess control-center could launch nm-connection-editor with "Mobile Broadband" (or other) tab selected if there's no active connection, and let the user to choose a connection to edit.
This should be fixed in GNOME 3.6 now. Please reopen if you still have problems with the updated panel.