Bugzilla – Bug 116368
startmode can't be changed for a modem
Last modified: 2007-05-11 14:13:26 UTC
The startmode of at least a dialup modem can't be changed in yast (GUI + ncurses). For demand dialling it's not always sensible to have the interface user-controlled. When disabling "user controlled", cinternet -I no longer lists the interface and the interface can't be brought up. As modems are always in startmode "manual", the interface can never be activated and is inaktive after booting. The startmode can not be changed with yast. I don't want to require users to bring up the interface first, when I set demand dialling then that should be enough to make things work.
I see, you have a point. Until we fix it, you can change STARTMODE in /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg- modem*.
Reassigning to the new maintainer of yast2-network.
fixed in 2.15.31