Re: mbca: CDMA operator issues
ti, 2008-10-28 kello 11:03 -0400, Dan Williams kirjoitti: > On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 14:07 +0200, Antti Kaijanmäki wrote: > > pe, 2008-10-24 kello 19:02 -0400, Dan Williams kirjoitti: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I notice the Wizard in Ubuntu also doesn't filter for CDMA vs. GSM, > > > which can obviously be autodetected based on probing of the HAL > > > information. For a given GSM device, you shouldn't show CDMA, but for a > > > given CDMA device, you shouldn't show GSM operators. I plugged my > > > Sprint card into an 8.10 beta system running NM packages from 2008-10-15 > > > and it just showed GSM providers, which obviously won't work for my > > > card. > > > > The reason why the wizard is showing only GSM providers is that the > > database doesn't yet contain many CDMA providers :) > > The US should be mostly populated by now. Thanks! :) > > The list of operators could easily be filtered based on network type, > > but libmbca API doesn't support that ATM :/ > > Should probably add that API then, it's pretty crucial. > Well I don't think that it's _crucial_ because if the list of service providers is complete for a given country then the user will choose the CDMA setting from the list anyway. But it's anyway a problem and let's see what we can do about this. > > > There's also http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557819 which has > > > a few more CDMA things for mbca. > > > > I will look into this. > This was a libmbca bug. It's now fixed in libmbca trunk. We are preparing updates for Ubuntu ASAP. -- Antti signature.asc Description: Digitaalisesti allekirjoitettu viestin osa ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: mbca: CDMA operator issues
On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 14:07 +0200, Antti Kaijanmäki wrote: > pe, 2008-10-24 kello 19:02 -0400, Dan Williams kirjoitti: > > Hi, > > > > I notice the Wizard in Ubuntu also doesn't filter for CDMA vs. GSM, > > which can obviously be autodetected based on probing of the HAL > > information. For a given GSM device, you shouldn't show CDMA, but for a > > given CDMA device, you shouldn't show GSM operators. I plugged my > > Sprint card into an 8.10 beta system running NM packages from 2008-10-15 > > and it just showed GSM providers, which obviously won't work for my > > card. > > The reason why the wizard is showing only GSM providers is that the > database doesn't yet contain many CDMA providers :) The US should be mostly populated by now. > The list of operators could easily be filtered based on network type, > but libmbca API doesn't support that ATM :/ Should probably add that API then, it's pretty crucial. Dan > > It's also sometimes possible to pull out what CDMA provider the card is > > meant for by grepping the output of ATI, because the firmware strings > > will sometimes contain the provider name. Might be a future > > optimization to suggest the provider based on that, but let the user > > override if they wish. > > True, but let's see if we can get network ID's to the database. We can > use those to present smart suggestions to the users and since network id > is inquired from the phone it's pretty accurate. > > > > There's also http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557819 which has > > a few more CDMA things for mbca. > > I will look into this. ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: mbca: CDMA operator issues
pe, 2008-10-24 kello 19:02 -0400, Dan Williams kirjoitti: > Hi, > > I notice the Wizard in Ubuntu also doesn't filter for CDMA vs. GSM, > which can obviously be autodetected based on probing of the HAL > information. For a given GSM device, you shouldn't show CDMA, but for a > given CDMA device, you shouldn't show GSM operators. I plugged my > Sprint card into an 8.10 beta system running NM packages from 2008-10-15 > and it just showed GSM providers, which obviously won't work for my > card. The reason why the wizard is showing only GSM providers is that the database doesn't yet contain many CDMA providers :) The list of operators could easily be filtered based on network type, but libmbca API doesn't support that ATM :/ > It's also sometimes possible to pull out what CDMA provider the card is > meant for by grepping the output of ATI, because the firmware strings > will sometimes contain the provider name. Might be a future > optimization to suggest the provider based on that, but let the user > override if they wish. True, but let's see if we can get network ID's to the database. We can use those to present smart suggestions to the users and since network id is inquired from the phone it's pretty accurate. > There's also http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557819 which has > a few more CDMA things for mbca. I will look into this. -- Antti signature.asc Description: Digitaalisesti allekirjoitettu viestin osa ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
mbca: CDMA operator issues
Hi, I notice the Wizard in Ubuntu also doesn't filter for CDMA vs. GSM, which can obviously be autodetected based on probing of the HAL information. For a given GSM device, you shouldn't show CDMA, but for a given CDMA device, you shouldn't show GSM operators. I plugged my Sprint card into an 8.10 beta system running NM packages from 2008-10-15 and it just showed GSM providers, which obviously won't work for my card. It's also sometimes possible to pull out what CDMA provider the card is meant for by grepping the output of ATI, because the firmware strings will sometimes contain the provider name. Might be a future optimization to suggest the provider based on that, but let the user override if they wish. There's also http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557819 which has a few more CDMA things for mbca. Thanks! Dan ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
