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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101005/002197.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101005/002197.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d2ff62427 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101005/002197.html @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] Wish List + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Wish%20List&In-Reply-To=%3C4CAB055F.80108%40o2.co.uk%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="002206.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="002207.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] Wish List</H1> + <B>doug</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Wish%20List&In-Reply-To=%3C4CAB055F.80108%40o2.co.uk%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Wish List">dougrb at o2.co.uk + </A><BR> + <I>Tue Oct 5 13:00:47 CEST 2010</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002206.html">[Mageia-discuss] IRC community channels - need a ruling from the board +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002207.html">[Mageia-discuss] Wish List +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2197">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2197">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2197">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2197">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>On 04/10/10 16:10, Michael Scherer wrote: +><i> Le lundi 04 octobre 2010 à 11:44 +0100, doug a écrit : +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> Can I put in a plea on behalf of users who can't even use a +</I>>><i> telephone hook-up because of the appalling phone connection, +</I>>><i> e.g. in a rural area through Telecom Italia, and are obliged +</I>>><i> to depend on a 'dongle'? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I found an installation procedure for my dongle freely +</I>>><i> available on the internet; it's not proprietary. In fact the +</I>>><i> Windows installation disk that comes with the dongle itself +</I>>><i> uses it. AFAICT it's the details of the dialer defaults, in +</I>>><i> particular the init strings, that would have to be sorted +</I>>><i> out for different broadband providers. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If you have information to share, you should fill a bug report. +</I> + +I'm not clear where I could file a bug report. +I can certainly set out what worked for me with Mandriva +2009.1 for a particular provider. It didn't seem especially +complicated; the main problem was tracking down the relevant +information in the first place. +So where would I send it? + +><i> Developers cannot really track down every provider on the planet. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> No, i must confess that I didn't use a modem since a long time ( the +</I>><i> only one I used is the one of my mobile phone, and I used wvdial (not +</I>><i> user friendly) and network-manager ( not sure it can work with non 3g +</I>><i> modem )), so I cannot really tell where to look for filling a bug +</I>><i> report. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> But I think you are right and that's important to make sure that it work +</I>><i> fine. +</I> + +<quote from later in this thread>............................... + > > Of course I'm not suggesting that we collect the dial +settings and phone + > > numbers for each provider on earth - that would be, +perhaps, impossible - +Well, that's exactly what is done for UMTS provider +( +<A HREF="http://git.gnome.org/browse/mobile-broadband-provider-info/">http://git.gnome.org/browse/mobile-broadband-provider-info/</A> +). So i do +not see why it couldn't be done. + <end quote> + +Wouldn't this be the basis for including, say, a default +dongle installation and a number of representative providers +or appropriate links? + +Doug +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002206.html">[Mageia-discuss] IRC community channels - need a ruling from the board +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002207.html">[Mageia-discuss] Wish List +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2197">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2197">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2197">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2197">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |