<HTML dir=ltr><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Identifying mobile phones as modems</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV id=idOWAReplyText38913 dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>De:</B> lists.freedesktop.org en nombre de Daniel Qarras<BR><B>Enviado el:</B> lun 10/03/2008 23:29<BR><B>Para:</B> Pawel Kot<BR><B>CC:</B> hal@lists.freedesktop.org<BR><B>Asunto:</B> Re: Identifying mobile phones as modems<BR></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><BR>> And one more thing. If it is about automatic starting NetworkManager<BR>> when the phone gets connected and it will make all other apps<BR>> unusable<BR>> (because port being in use) I don't think it is a good idea. If it<BR>> will let other apps to connect anyway, that's fine.<BR><BR>>To me it seems that connection will start automatically only if the<BR>user has configured his gsm connection in NetworkManager to autoconnect<BR>(not default). So I can use gnokii etc while the phone is connected and<BR>seen by NM as long as the gsm connection is not active.<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>We could pass this to HAL. So, the user could include in the configuration file for networking autoconnect when the phone / modem is connected (and use this or that program).</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>I would select use NetworkManager (is there a freedesktop.org version of Network Manager ?).</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Regards.</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>