Re: NM connects to a mobile network even if "Mobile network" in tray icon's context menu is unchecked

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sat, 2011-07-30 at 11:39 -0400, Daniel Gnoutcheff wrote:
> On 07/30/2011 08:11 AM, Marius Kotsbak wrote:
> > On 28. juli 2011 07:08, Eugene Arshinov wrote:
> >> Hi again
> >>
> >> Here is the second question.  Sometimes it happens that NetworkManager
> >> connects to a mobile network (for which "Connect automatically" is set)
> >> even if "Mobile network" item in tray icon's context menu is
> >> unchecked.  Shouldn't that context menu control which types of networks
> >> NetworkManager should try to connect to?
> > 
> > Supposed to be intended behavior....:
> > 
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=616285
> 
> I think that bug is about how our configured mobile connections are
> still listed on the menu when "Enable Mobile Broadband" is unchecked.
> Eugene is reporting that those connections also appear to be eligible
> for autoactivation.  The former seems OK to me, but the latter is
> strange.  I assume it's a bug; I'll investigate.

Yeah, I think your analysis is correct.  It would seem really odd to me
to auto-activate a mobile broadband connection if the MB is not enabled.
If MB is not enabled, only a user action should enable it.  Thanks fro
checking this out.

Dan