Re: [back to this topic] Re: PIN handling problem on Connect automatically

[Sérgio Basto <sergio serjux com>]

On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 14:50 -0600, Dan Williams wrote: 
> On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 10:48 -0600, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 20:55 +0000, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2011-10-27 at 11:29 -0500, Dan Williams wrote: 
> > > > On Thu, 2011-10-27 at 06:25 +0100, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 2011-10-26 at 19:53 -0500, Dan Williams wrote: 
> > > > > > On Wed, 2011-10-26 at 17:48 +0100, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi, on my HUAWEI E1550 HSDPA usb stick,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > If I do automatically , I got always 
> > > > > > > Oct 26 17:33:19 segulix modem-manager[1014]: <info>  (ttyUSB3) opening
> > > > > > > serial port...
> > > > > > > Oct 26 17:33:19 segulix modem-manager[1014]: Invalid error code: 500
> > > > > > > Oct 26 17:33:19 segulix modem-manager[1014]: Invalid error code: 303
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > but now I checked, if I use PIN dialog that pop-up and go, very fast, to
> > > > > > > nm-applet to connect broad band , I got same error.
> > > > > > > If, I use PIN dialog  , to unlock modem , and wait a few seconds, I
> > > > > > > connect without problems .
> > > > > > > In short, we have to wait a few time (one or two seconds) after unlock
> > > > > > > modem, to connect.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > THis could be a quirk with your modem's firmware, any chance you can
> > > > > > grab verbose modem-manager debug logs as described here?
> > > > > 
> > > > > sure 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/Debugging
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > under the "3G" section.  Basically, we need to see what your modem is
> > > > > > doing and how it's responding.  Some modems do need quirks and we could
> > > > > > add one for yours.  We'd also need to know what kind of  modem and what
> > > > > > model it is.
> > > > > 
> > > > > HUAWEI E1550 HSDPA usb stick,
> > > > 
> > > > So what appears to be going on here is that obviously the modem isn't
> > > > unlocked when it's exported over D-Bus from MM.  NM sees the new modem
> > > > and tries to enable it, successfully sends the pin, gets a reply from
> > > > MM, and then tries to enable the modem.  It looks like a race between
> > > > modem-manager cleanup of the PIN unlock and NM trying to immediately
> > > > re-enable the modem after sending the PIN.  So yeah, a bug in
> > > > ModemManager, but probably best to work around it in NM for now.
> > > 
> > > Hi, back to this topic ,
> > > Now that we have on F-16 automatically unblock PIN, we just have to wait
> > > for closing doors like this, to dial/connect automatically.
> > >   
> > > Feb  3 20:14:25 segulix modem-manager[1230]: <info>  (ttyUSB0) closing
> > > serial port...
> > > Feb  3 20:14:25 segulix dbus-daemon[1160]: modem-manager[1230]: <info>
> > > (ttyUSB0) closing serial port...
> > > Feb  3 20:14:25 segulix modem-manager[1230]: <info>  (ttyUSB0) serial
> > > port closed
> > > Feb  3 20:14:25 segulix dbus-daemon[1160]: modem-manager[1230]: <info>
> > > (ttyUSB0) serial port closed
> > 
> > The serial port status isn't exported over dbus, so the real fix here is
> > to make sure that ModemManager doesn't return from the Unlock method
> > until it's done, and that MM can handle a dial request coming in right
> > after that.  However, it wouldn't hurt NetworkManager to wait a second
> > or two after unlocking the modem too.
> 
> I did push a fix to NM to wait a few seconds after unlocking before
> trying to enable again.

But for some reason networkmanager doesn't try to connect
automatically ! , don't know if it is relevant .
On my F16 updated , 
When this patch is available on koji ? 
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=335 

Thanks, 

-- 
Sérgio M. B.