Network manager and Mobile connections

[Georgi Kourtev]

> I was told "once upon a time" to use sudo wvdial as wvdial needs access
> to whatever in the system that a non-admin does not have. Right or wrong
> I have no idea.
> 
> This is my wvdial.conf (it is for CDMA modem in this case so number
> differs):
> [Dialer Defaults]
> Init1 = ATZ
> Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
> Modem Type = Analog Modem
> Baud = 480600
> New PPPD = yes
> Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
> ISDN = 0
> Phone = #777
> Password = something..
> Username = 111

Without changing anything I decided to check whether the modem will work with 
KPPP dialer.  And --boom -- it worked.  The wvdial.conf is the same as before 
the upgrade.  I checked now with 4.7.4 -- don't see the modem with 
networkmanager, nor can connect with wvdial (with or without sudo).

Frankly speaking I was more comfortable when I could have use the 
networkmanager for connecting -- it's like one-stop-shop for connection 
without having to think what connection I would like to use... I'll be happy 
if someone can show ways of making this work again.
gk