Public bug reported: When using Xubuntu 12.04 on battery power, i have just realised that I cannot connect to the mobile internet.
Expected behaviour: plug in (Nokia) mobile phone -- select 'pc suite' as connection type. Click network manager in task-bar. Select mobile broadband connection. Connect to internet. Observed behaviour: plug in (Nokia) mobile phone -- select 'pc suite' as connection type. Click network manager in task-bar. See that not mobile network is available. Do not connect to internet(!) Requested details follow. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 $ apt-cache policy network-manager network-manager: Installed: 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun May 27 17:00:41 2012 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) IpRoute: default via 10.6.6.6 dev ppp0 proto static 10.6.6.6 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 10.165.201.200 169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0 scope link metric 1000 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-04 (23 days ago) nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH Wired connection 1 93fd1be1-2e0d-4d12-abe8-ddb42ecbd457 802-3-ethernet 1338113409 Sun 27 May 2012 11:10:09 BST no no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2 eduroam a3128d87-f057-4d70-8abf-9392a4049ca1 802-11-wireless 1330424231 Tue 28 Feb 2012 10:17:11 GMT no no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1 T-Mobile Default e2e62a31-ada0-4564-b4c7-dd53e3d92964 gsm 1338134318 Sun 27 May 2012 16:58:38 BST no no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 lancaster a8b96bc0-181f-4934-8970-6ea88204622c 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/3 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH ttyACM0 gsm connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 wlan0 802-11-wireless unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled disabled disabled enabled enabled ** Affects: network-manager Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Fix Released ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005207 Title: network manager doesn't see mobile networks on battery power To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager/+bug/1005207/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs