On mar., 2011-10-18 at 15:55 +0200, Didier Raboud wrote: > Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > > Drop usb-modeswitch completely from the default desktop install? > > network-manager recommends modemmanager recommends usb-modeswitch. > > network-manager wants modemmanager to handle "mobile network modems". > modemmanager wants usb-modeswitch because most "mobile network modems" need > "modeswitching". Without usb-modeswitch installed, those devices are just > seen as "USB Mass Storage", often readonly with Windows installers on them > (aka "brick"). > > The presence of usb-modeswitch in the default desktop installs (of Ubuntu > and Debian fwiw) is not really my call, but I think it is justified: having > those "mobile network modems" work out-of-the-box is at least "nice to > have". Think for example about users that have no other internet connection > than trough such a mobile network modem. Not sure it'd help in this case but imho this is the case only on laptops. People installing desktop usually don't need a 3G modem (and if they do, they can manually install it). I'm not even sure network-manager is needed on the desktop install, but eh. Regards, -- Yves-Alexis
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