[Nix-dev] 3g usb modem

[Evgeny Egorochkin]

On Вторник 20 декабря 2011 03:21:20 Yury G.  Kudryashov wrote:
> Florian Friesdorf wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > is somebody successfully using a 3g usb modem with nixos, like:
> > ID 12d1:1001 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E620 USB Modem
> > 
> > One of the few pleasures of ubuntu was, that network manager just
> > handled it and I'd like to help getting nixos to that point.
> 
> I've mostly packaged NetworkManager for NixOS. The missing bits are:
>  * upstart job; should be easy to do (I'm just starting every time from
> console because I don't want to do nixos-rebuild before New Year);
>  * knm looks for provider info in /usr. Should be patched to look in
> XDG_DATA_DIRS (there is a standard KDE function to search for 'data' files;
> forgotten the name);
>  * add package for mobile-broadband-provider-info (should be very easy).
> 
> Unfortunately, I'm too busy till 30 December (I'd prefer to participate in
> exams as a student, not as a teacher but I have no choice).

Actually this needs ModemManager, which is not yet packaged, but I have it in 
a half-baked state locally.

-- 
Evgeny