NM cell reconnect fails until PCMCIA eject/insert

[David L <idht4n gmail com>]

I have a Verizon PCMCIA card I'm using with NM in Fedora 13.
The same card seemed to work better in the location last
summer with Fedora 11.  I'm getting disconnected more frequently
now and after disconnects, I have often have to eject and reinsert
the modem to re-establish the connection.  Below is an example
output from /var/log/messages.

Any ideas why the cell is disconnecting or why it won't reconnect
without ejecting the PCMCIA card?  Also, is there a way to get a
history of cell signal strength so I can maybe find a better place
to locate the laptop?

Thanks in advance.

              David

Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pppd[9921]: LCP terminated by peer
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pppd[9921]: Connect time 20.6 minutes.
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pppd[9921]: Sent 273109 bytes, received 1669735 bytes.
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pppd[9921]: Modem hangup
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pppd[9921]: Connection terminated.
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost NetworkManager[1089]: <info> (ttyUSB0):
device state change: 8 -> 9 (reason 13)
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost modem-manager: (ttyUSB0) closing serial device...
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost modem-manager: Modem
/org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/6: state changed (connected ->
disconnecting)
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pppd[10030]: Terminating on signal 15
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pppd[10030]: Connect time 17.3 minutes.
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pppd[10030]: Sent 68631 bytes, received 1029149 bytes.
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pptp[10038]: nm-pptp-service-10028
log[callmgr_main:pptp_callmgr.c:234]: Closing connection (unhandled)
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pptp[10038]: nm-pptp-service-10028
log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 12
'Call-Clear-Request'
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pptp[10038]: nm-pptp-service-10028
log[call_callback:pptp_callmgr.c:79]: Closing connection (call state)
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pppd[10030]: MPPE disabled
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pppd[10030]: Modem hangup
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost pppd[10030]: Connection terminated.
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost dbus: [system] Rejected send message, 1
matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.273" (uid=0 pid=10028
comm="/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-service) interface="(unset)"
member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod"
requested_reply=0 destination=":1.274" (uid=0 pid=10030
comm="/usr/sbin/pppd))
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost dbus: [system] Rejected send message, 1
matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.273" (uid=0 pid=10028
comm="/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-service) interface="(unset)"
member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod"
requested_reply=0 destination=":1.274" (uid=0 pid=10030
comm="/usr/sbin/pppd))
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost dbus: [system] Rejected send message, 1
matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.273" (uid=0 pid=10028
comm="/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-service) interface="(unset)"
member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod"
requested_reply=0 destination=":1.274" (uid=0 pid=10030
comm="/usr/sbin/pppd))
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost dbus: [system] Rejected send message, 1
matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.273" (uid=0 pid=10028
comm="/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-service) interface="(unset)"
member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod"
requested_reply=0 destination=":1.274" (uid=0 pid=10030
comm="/usr/sbin/pppd))
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost dbus: [system] Rejected send message, 1
matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.273" (uid=0 pid=10028
comm="/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-service) interface="(unset)"
member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod"
requested_reply=0 destination=":1.274" (uid=0 pid=10030
comm="/usr/sbin/pppd))
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost dbus: [system] Rejected send message, 1
matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.273" (uid=0 pid=10028
comm="/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-service) interface="(unset)"
member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod"
requested_reply=0 destination=":1.274" (uid=0 pid=10030
comm="/usr/sbin/pppd))
Jun 30 04:31:55 localhost NetworkManager[1089]: <error>
[1277897515.763317] [nm-system.c:319] sync_addresses(): (ppp0): error
-19 returned from rtnl_addr_add():#012Sucess#012
Jun 30 04:31:56 localhost pppd[10030]: Exit.
Jun 30 04:31:56 localhost dbus: [system] Rejected send message, 1
matched rules; type="error", sender=":1.273" (uid=0 pid=10028
comm="/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-service) interface="(unset)"
member="(unset)" error name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod"
requested_reply=0 destination=":1.274" (uid=0 pid=10030
comm="/usr/sbin/pppd))
Jun 30 04:31:56 localhost modem-manager: Modem
/org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/6: state changed (disconnecting
-> connected)
Jun 30 04:31:56 localhost NetworkManager[1089]:
nm_system_device_set_priority: assertion `info.iface >= 0' failed
Jun 30 04:31:56 localhost NetworkManager[1089]: <warn> Activation
(ttyUSB0) failed.
Jun 30 04:31:56 localhost NetworkManager[1089]: <info> disconnect
failed: (32) Failed to retrieve current speed
Jun 30 04:31:56 localhost NetworkManager[1089]: <info> (ttyUSB0):
device state change: 9 -> 3 (reason 0)
Jun 30 04:31:56 localhost NetworkManager[1089]: <info> (ttyUSB0):
deactivating device (reason: 0).
Jun 30 04:31:56 localhost NetworkManager[1089]: <warn> could not read
ppp stats: No such device
Jun 30 04:31:56 localhost pppd[9921]: Exit.