[Bug 880830] [NEW] Software center doesnt detect network connection made through gnome-ppp and wvdial

[Kanishk Dudeja]

Public bug reported:

I use wvdial and gnome-ppp to connect to my reliance net connect data
card..

but software center doesnt detect the network connection..

therefore i cannot install anything using software center..

any workarounds to this?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-center 5.0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 24 17:45:49 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110930)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity

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Title:
  Software center doesnt detect network connection made through gnome-
  ppp and wvdial

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I use wvdial and gnome-ppp to connect to my reliance net connect data
  card..

  but software center doesnt detect the network connection..

  therefore i cannot install anything using software center..

  any workarounds to this?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: software-center 5.0.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Oct 24 17:45:49 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110930)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_IN
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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