Re: MC7455 'Call Failed'

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2017-06-22 at 23:29 +0200, Aleksander Morgado wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 10:11 PM, Tim Harvey <tharvey gateworks com>
> wrote:
> > > > Also, I'm unclear how to NetworkManager on the QMI devices:
> > > > root@ventana:~# nmcli connection add type gsm ifname cdc-wdm1
> > > > con-name
> > > > mc7455 apn h2g2
> > > > Connection 'mc7455' (5dc4516e-e857-4917-9542-0dee211b692a)
> > > > successfully added.
> > > > root@ventana:~# nmcli connection up id mc7455
> > > > Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device found
> > > > for this
> > > > connection.
> > > >
> > > > What is the appropriate interface to use for QMI devices (wwan1
> > > > gives
> > > > the same error)? This is supposed to be the 'control interface'
> > > > not
> > > > the 'network interface' correct?
> > >
> > > Retry without the "ifname cdc-wdm1" part; just add a gsm
> > > connection
> > > type with the APN settings, without binding to an explicit modem,
> > > and
> > > try to get that connected.
> >
> > I tried that originally but it requires ifname:
> >
> > root@ventana:~# nmcli connection add type gsm con-name mc7455 apn
> > h2g2
> > Error: mandatory 'ifname' not seen before 'apn'.
>
> Dan, Thomas? I keep forgetting about this... How do you create a
> connection not bound to any device? And, how do yo create a
> connection
> bound to a given device/sim?

I filed a bug on that:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780323

Dan