For added detail, the dispatcher script mentioned above is 03mmsproxy and is installed to /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d.
The script is written in Python does the following: 1) it does some minor error checking on modem_path ( 'DEVICE_IPATH' ) and connection ( 'CONNECTION_ID' ) 2) it makes a synchronous dbus call to get the properties of the specified ofono context 3) is use socket.gethostbyname to resolve the MMS proxy 4) if uses subprocess.call to invoke the "ip route" command to configure the proxy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1304501 Title: handle ofono MMS host routes that are hostnames and not IP addresses To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1304501/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs