problem with dell latitude

[Dan Williams]

On Tue, 2017-09-12 at 15:53 +0200, Bartłomiej Knabel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know why, but I've tried to run it today and wasn't working -
> so
> I've decided to install ModemManager from Your PPA and nothing
> better:
> 
> # apt-get install modemmanager
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> *modemmanager is already the newest version (1.6.8-1+xenial).*
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> required:
>   gir1.2-unity-5.0 libxfcegui4-4 mintdesktop mugshot python-epsilon
> python-gudev python-m2crypto python-messaging python-nose python-
> twisted
> python-wader python3-configobj realpath ubuntu-drivers-common wmctrl
> xfce4-cpufreq-plugin
>   xfce4-eyes-plugin xfce4-mailwatch-plugin xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin
> xfce4-screenshooter-plugin xfce4-systemload-plugin xfce4-time-out-
> plugin
> xfce4-timer-plugin xfce4-verve-plugin
> Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 215 not upgraded.
> 
> bknabellatitude ModemManager-1.6.8 # ModemManager
> 
> ModemManager[8742]: <info>  ModemManager (version 1.6.8) starting in
> system
> bus...
> ModemManager[8742]: <warn>  Could not acquire the
> 'org.freedesktop.ModemManager1' service name
> ModemManager[8742]: <info>  ModemManager is shut down

Are you trying to run it as your own user? MM needs to be run as root.

Dan

> bknabellatitude ModemManager-1.6.8 # LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib
> ModemManager
> ModemManager[8746]: <info>  ModemManager (version 1.6.8) starting in
> system
> bus...
> ModemManager[8746]: <warn>  Could not acquire the
> 'org.freedesktop.ModemManager1' service name
> ModemManager[8746]: <info>  ModemManager is shut down
> 
> bknabellatitude ModemManager-1.6.8 # LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
> ModemManager
> ModemManager[8755]: <info>  ModemManager (version 1.6.8) starting in
> system
> bus...
> ModemManager[8755]: <warn>  Could not acquire the
> 'org.freedesktop.ModemManager1' service name
> ModemManager[8755]: <info>  ModemManager is shut down
> 
> why it stops working and how can I repair it again?
> 
> 
> 2017-07-19 10:11 GMT+02:00 Bartłomiej Knabel <bartlomiej.knabel at gmail
> .com>:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Well, too late, but you could have used this PPA instead of
> > > building it
> > > yourself
> > > https://launchpad.net/~aleksander-m/+archive/ubuntu/modemmanager-
> > > xenial/
> > > 
> > > ;)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > great, but I didn't find this link :)
> > 
> 
> 
>