Keith Packard writes ("Re: Bug#877024: modemmanager should ask before messing
with serial ports"):
> Yeah, I was just thinking that it would be easier to stop installing
> support for modems by default than to actually fix modemmanager to
> behave itself. It's certainly how I work -- apt remove modemmanager
> solves a world of problems for me.
But I should be able to use the same laptop to (1) control my machine
tools or talk to my rpi or whatever (2) go online with a usb mobile
modem when I'm out of the house. Possibly even simultaneously.
And, people shouldn't have to install support software to get their
internet to work.
Ian.
