GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 724945
Add PPPoE connection support
Last modified: 2021-06-09 16:30:11 UTC
Please add subj to nm-applet. I really like GNOME 3 and, in particular, Cinnamon, but absence of DSL-connections drives me crazy. //Sorry for my bad English
Note that nm-applet is not the Gnome 3 network-indicator.
Created attachment 298853 [details] Please add nm-connection-editor settings and features to "network" How can a gnome 3 user connect to pppoe/dsl connection if he/she doesn't know about nm-connection-editor?
Reassigning bug to component control-center. Note that nm-applet (which comes together with nm-connection-editor), are not the same as the Gnome 3 integration of NetworkManager (gnome-control-center).
How is it possible in this day and age to not have this feature included in the main GUI? it is not acceptable to lose the amount of time I did just to add myself a new PPPeo connection
(In reply to Daniel C. from comment #4) > How is it possible in this day and age to not have this feature included in > the main GUI? it is not acceptable to lose the amount of time I did just to > add myself a new PPPeo connection Because none of the developers have hardware/setup for it. I'm pretty sure the NetworkManager developers, in addition to gnome-control-center developers, would be happy to take patches. There are certainly also consultants who would implement this for a fee.
(In reply to Bastien Nocera from comment #5) > (In reply to Daniel C. from comment #4) > > How is it possible in this day and age to not have this feature included in > > the main GUI? it is not acceptable to lose the amount of time I did just to > > add myself a new PPPeo connection > > Because none of the developers have hardware/setup for it. I'm pretty sure > the NetworkManager developers, in addition to gnome-control-center > developers, would be happy to take patches. There are certainly also > consultants who would implement this for a fee. I honestly don't think you need a specific setup for it since it already works by using nm-connections-editor. Once setup there it shows correctly in gnome network settings as well. So all that seems required is a way to add it straight from the control center, that can't be a big deal I suppose.
(In reply to Daniel C. from comment #6) > (In reply to Bastien Nocera from comment #5) > > (In reply to Daniel C. from comment #4) > > > How is it possible in this day and age to not have this feature included in > > > the main GUI? it is not acceptable to lose the amount of time I did just to > > > add myself a new PPPeo connection > > > > Because none of the developers have hardware/setup for it. I'm pretty sure > > the NetworkManager developers, in addition to gnome-control-center > > developers, would be happy to take patches. There are certainly also > > consultants who would implement this for a fee. > > I honestly don't think you need a specific setup for it since it already > works by using nm-connections-editor. And how do you test it? I cannot, personally. > Once setup there it shows correctly in > gnome network settings as well. And you likely can't change many of the necessary settings to configure it if you ever made a typo. > So all that seems required is a way to add > it straight from the control center, that can't be a big deal I suppose. The bug is specifically about adding support in the Network settings panel. Calling out to nm-connection-editor isn't a viable option.
>The bug is specifically about adding support in the Network settings panel. >Calling out to nm-connection-editor isn't a viable option. gotcha. I could volunteer for testing if that helps. I don't see this moving anywhere unless something of the kind happens :/
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