ModemManager not visible in DBus in Ubuntu 8.10

[Cian Masterson]

Hey folks,

I'm trying to use modemmanager in Ubuntu 8.10 but I'm not having a whole lot of joy.  I can install and run it but it doesn't seem to show up in dbus.  That is to say that a dbus-monitor doesn't display any traces when I start modem-manager and qdbus gives the following:

cianer@Feegle:~$ qdbus org.freedesktop.ModemManager
Service 'org.freedesktop.ModemManager' does not exist.
cianer@Feegle:~$


I am new to dbus so it is more than likely I'm missing something obvious!

What I am trying to do is configure a headless system running Ubuntu 8.10 to connect to the internet using a 3G dongle.  Modem manager was recommended to me due to support for the various quirks that seem inherent in these 3G dongles.  Unfortunately upgrading the system in question to 9.10 is currently out of the question, and it is running headless so I can't use network manager.  I understood that I could configure it using DBus so if anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears.  Thanks!

Slan,
Cian

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[Dan Williams]

On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 13:22 +0100, Cian Masterson wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I'm trying to use modemmanager in Ubuntu 8.10 but I'm not having a
> whole lot of joy.  I can install and run it but it doesn't seem to
> show up in dbus.  That is to say that a dbus-monitor doesn't display
> any traces when I start modem-manager and qdbus gives the following:
>
> cianer@Feegle:~$ qdbus org.freedesktop.ModemManager
> Service 'org.freedesktop.ModemManager' does not exist.
> cianer@Feegle:~$

How are you starting ModemManager?

> I am new to dbus so it is more than likely I'm missing something
> obvious!

Probably not, it should work automatically when ModemManager is running.
Can you ensure that ModemManager is actually running when you try to
look for it with qdbus?

If not, try running (as root):

modem-manager --debug

and see what it prints out.

Dan

> What I am trying to do is configure a headless system running Ubuntu
> 8.10 to connect to the internet using a 3G dongle.  Modem manager was
> recommended to me due to support for the various quirks that seem
> inherent in these 3G dongles.  Unfortunately upgrading the system in
> question to 9.10 is currently out of the question, and it is running
> headless so I can't use network manager.  I understood that I could
> configure it using DBus so if anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears.
> Thanks!
>
> Slan,
> Cian
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