Bug 580039

Summary: When exiting "Network Settings" in YaST popup requests to install smpppd
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 11.2 Reporter: Forgotten User YLzcEHequO <forgotten_YLzcEHequO>
Component: NetworkAssignee: Michal Zugec <mzugec>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None CC: lnussel, mt, s.assmann
Version: Final   
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Hardware: i586   
OS: openSUSE 11.2   
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Description Forgotten User YLzcEHequO 2010-02-15 20:55:20 UTC 
User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20091222 SUSE/3.5.7-1.1.1 Firefox/3.5.7

I have no software installed that requires to use of a modem yet every time I exit "Network Settings" in YaST I am told that I need to install smpppd. A search in software manager shows _no_ package installed that requires smpppd.

And simply telling me to install smpppd is _not_ the answer. Fix the dependency of it being required when no modem software is installed because no modem exists.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start YaST
2.Start "Network Settings"
3.Make a minor change
4.Accept changes to exit "Network Settings"
Actual Results:  
Without having smpppd installed, nor the need to do so, the error pops up every single time.
Comment 1 Katarina Machalkova 2010-03-11 22:56:55 UTC 
@3: What would that "minor change" be?

Some of the interfaces (wlan card?) has probably USERCONTROL bit set to true (to verify, run 'yast2 lan' -> pick interface -> Edit -> General tab -> Device control, or view /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-$interface file). 

If this is not the case, smpppd will not be required. If it is still required even after removing USERCONTROL bit from the affected interface, please reproduce the bug and attach YaST logs (tail of y2log will do)
Comment 2 Forgotten User YLzcEHequO 2010-03-12 14:21:31 UTC 
Removed the USERCONTROL bit and the prompt disappeared. But the real question is why is it required on a wlan card when the USERCONTROL bit is set.
Comment 3 Michal Zugec 2010-04-13 09:48:22 UTC 
*** Bug 590181 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Michal Zugec 2010-05-14 08:04:53 UTC 
>> But the real question is why is it required on a wlan card when the USERCONTROL bit is set.

Because (see bnc#605853)
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg.template:

## Type:    yesno
## Default: no
#
# If an interface may be controlled from a user via kinternet or cinternet
# you have to set this variable to yes.
#
USERCONTROL=

http://en.opensuse.org/Qinternet :
qinternet is a small application that an be used to start or stop internet dial-up connections. It's a frontend for smpppd and typically sits in the system tray waiting for your orders

From my side everything is ok except yast help text - I'll improve it
Comment 5 Michal Zugec 2010-05-14 08:55:47 UTC 
yast2-network-2.16.27
Comment 6 Bernhard Wiedemann 2016-04-15 10:47:27 UTC 
This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (580039) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/40017 Factory / yast2-network