For added detail, the dispatcher script mentioned above is 03mmsproxy and is installed to /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d.
The script is written in Python does the following: 1) it does some minor error checking on modem_path ( 'DEVICE_IPATH' ) and connection ( 'CONNECTION_ID' ) 2) it makes a synchronous dbus call to get the properties of the specified ofono context 3) is use socket.gethostbyname to resolve the MMS proxy 4) if uses subprocess.call to invoke the "ip route" command to configure the proxy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1304501 Title: handle ofono MMS host routes that are hostnames and not IP addresses Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “ofono” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: NM should be able to handle (read: resolve) MMS proxy settings as strings for hostnames: if the value is a hostname rather than an IP address, we should try to resolve it to generate a proper host route to the MMS proxy. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1304501/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
