wicd and mobile broadband

[sas3]

Is it true that wicd doesn't detect/support mobile broadband devices (I have an epivalley usb stick)? If it does support, how do I get it to work?

I don't see anything related to this on the wicd settings screens.

The KNetworkManager (removed it in favor of wicd) used to show the device on the taskbar tray with a mobile phone icon.

[carib]

Re: wicd and mobile broadband

I think that you have an answer to your question in this link.

[sas3]

Re: wicd and mobile broadband

Thanks carib.

This means that some features that are already present in the gnome network manager are not going to be available in kubunutu for a while.

I read somewhere (on this forum) that the gnome network manager package can be installed on kde/kubuntu. I am reluctant to try it unless someone who already tried says it works. I tried a few such things earlier (installing kde-desktop apps on gnome) and ended up starting from scratch, losing 3 days of productivity. Once bitten...

PS: Okay, I found this: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3106203.0 So I guess I am going to try network-manager-gnome after all.

[sas3]

Re: wicd and mobile broadband

So I finally dumped wicd and have started using network-manager-gnome.
It seems to have a glitch (if I switch off my wifi antenna using an external switch, it seems to disable wireless network; but does not enable it again when I switch it back on). I think this is not a big deal, considering the ease with which it handles my mobile-broadband.
1. It recognizes my ZeroConf CDMA USB modem stick.
2. I don't have to do anything to switch from the ZeroConf USB storage mode to the CDMA Modem mode. It does it automatically.
3. It has my service provider on its list; so those settings are all automatically filled in. No need to google-around for those. (OK, I did have to type in my username and password )

So the only task I need to do now is to get it to autostart. For some reason, nm-applet requires manual start from a terminal prompt. For now, I use "nohup nm-applet &"; I plan to tinker around with /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop settings and see whether that will fix it.

PS: Yes, tinkering with /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop file worked. Here is what I did:
1. Added this line at the end:
X-KDE-autostart-after=panel
2. Added "KDE;" to the "OnlyShowIn" parameter, making the line look like this:
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE;KDE;

That's it. I don't know if this is the best / most-correct method, but it works. Will keep an eye out for suggestions.