Bug 364197

Summary:	[RFE] Autodetect plugged in USB LTE modem and ask the user for country and provider
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Jacek Wielemborek <d33tah>
Component:	Networking in general	Assignee:	Lukáš Tinkl <lukas>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	jgrulich, justin.zobel, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Jacek Wielemborek 2016-06-10 23:08:06 UTC

My sister recently complained to me that she couldn't figure out how to connect her USB LTE modem on KDE 4 on Fedora. I checked and the steps were to:



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Under KDE 4, the steps to configure the device are:

1. Plug in the device,
2. Open the network manager applet,
3. Click on the settings icon,
4. Add a new connection,
5. Out of a myriad of options, select one related to mobile internet,
6. Select the device,
7. Pick a country,
8. Select an ISP,
9. Assume it's all fine and just click OK in the "connection details" window.

Actual Results:  
I'm not sure what is the process like under KDE 5, but I assume it's similar.


Expected Results:  
Could it be possible to show a pop-up instead that would say "hey, we detected a USB modem. Select your country and ISP. If you need to enter some additional settings, such as login credentials, clicked >>advanced settings>>"?

Comment 1 Ben Cooksley 2024-12-23 18:23:43 UTC

Bulk transfer as requested in T17796

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-06-04 19:32:36 UTC

Thanks for the suggestion, and I'm sorry we were not able to look into this yet! Can you or your sister still reproduce the original issue in Plasma 6.3.5 or later, and also presumably with a newer version of NetworkManager? It's possible it gets auto-detected correctly now. Unfortunately I don't have hardware suitable for testing this myself, hence asking if you or your sister still can.

Thanks a lot!

Comment 3 Jacek Wielemborek 2025-06-04 20:32:17 UTC

Nope, sorry, I can't reproduce the bug anymore because I don't have
access to the modem.

śr., 4 cze 2025 o 21:32 Nate Graham <bugzilla_noreply@kde.org> napisał(a):
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> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364197
>
> Nate Graham <nate@kde.org> changed:
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>            What    |Removed                     |Added
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>          Resolution|---                         |WAITINGFORINFO
>              Status|REPORTED                    |NEEDSINFO
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> --- Comment #2 from Nate Graham <nate@kde.org> ---
> Thanks for the suggestion, and I'm sorry we were not able to look into this
> yet! Can you or your sister still reproduce the original issue in Plasma 6.3.5
> or later, and also presumably with a newer version of NetworkManager? It's
> possible it gets auto-detected correctly now. Unfortunately I don't have
> hardware suitable for testing this myself, hence asking if you or your sister
> still can.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
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Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-06-05 18:42:08 UTC

Ok, thanks. Returning to REPORTED status just in case this is still relevant.