TODO forever when life runs faster than you can afford

• 20205: Vodafone (Greece): Added prepay (CU) APN.

• 20404: Vodafone (Netherlands)
• 20408: KPN (Netherlands)
• 20412: Telfort (Netherlands)
• 20416: T-Mobile (Netherlands)
• 20420: Orange (Netherlands)
• 20601: Proximus (Belgium)
• 20610: Mobistar (Belgium)
• 20620: Base (Belgium)
• 27001: LUXGSM (Luxembourg)
• 27077: Tango (Luxembourg)
• 27099: Orange (Luxembourg)

• 20801: Orange (France)
• 20810: SFR (France)
• 20811: SFR (France)
• 20820: Bouygtel (France)
• 20821: Bouygtel (France)
• 21401: Vodafone (Spain)
• 21403: Orange (Spain)
• 21404: YOIGO (Spain)
• 21406: Vodafone (Spain)
• 21407: Movistar (Spain)
• 21408: Euskaltel (Spain)
• 21409: Orange (Spain)
• 21416: Telecable (Spain)
• 21417: R móbil (Spain)
• 21418: Ono (Spain)
• 21419: Simyo (Spain)
• 28001: Cytamobile Vodafone (Cyprus)
• 28010: MTN (Cyprus)

• Now checking if /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu is available if no other graphical su is found. This will allow using graphical su on KDE4 systems.

• Notification appearing after connecting with "toggle" argument, now also displays operator name.
• Whenever script awaits network logon (usually after supplying PIN), instead of querying modem every one second for a maximum of 15 seconds (15 tries, one second difference), now queries every four seconds for a maximum of 20 seconds (5 tries, 4 seconds difference). This may help some modems.
• When Xterm window appears to prompt user for PIN number, all required information are not read from scratch anymore. This eliminates issues where environment is not passed to child process and accelerates overall operation.
• When Xterm window appears to prompt user for PIN number, while DEBUG variable is SET, user has to press Ctrl+C for window to vanish.
• Script does not anymore jump to an existing X session of user that invoked it, if user invoked it from a tty console.
• If called from udevd, now properly captures access to X DISPLAY :0.
  • Uses xauth to gain access, if not having already, and drops access when exiting, if it had not access before.
  • Only does so, if only one non-root user currently has an X session running.
• Some initialization stuff is skipped when invoked with a "don't-really-do-anything" argument like "help", "status", "version".
• Script now makes sure PATH includes /bin, /usr/bin, /sbin and /usr/sbin before proceeding.
• Timestamp information, when running with DEBUG set, now only displays time information, skipping date part.

• Josua Dietze provided a bug report and a patch for serial device autodetection procedure which fixes a regression issue, introduced by 0.1.2, preventing many modems from having their correct tty device chosen.
• Fixed a regression issue, introduced by 0.1.2, which required a modem to be connected even when executing with the "help" argument.
• When first using script, 9menu interface does not any more appear as "Unnamed window".
• Configuration variable "debug" is now renamed to "DEBUG". This allows for method "debug" to be defined.

• If a specific driver is also required, USBDRIVER variable can be used and should contain the module required to be loaded.
• Examples:
  • By exporting variables:
    • 
$ export USBMODEM=1199:68a3
$ export USBDRIVER=sierra
$ sakis3g connect

  • Or, in command line:
    • 
$ USBMODEM=1199:68a3 \
> USBDRIVER=sierra \
> sakis3g connect

  • Or, by editting this script and place them below MYVERSION variable (especially if using sudo for getting root privileges).
• When no known/switched modem is found, and USBMODEM variable is not set, 9menu users are presented a list of currently connected USB devices to choose their modem from.

• prefer_osd and stick_to_console are NOT set, and
• an X DISPLAY IS detected, and
• uudecode IS present, then

embedded 9menu binary is utilized.

• 70401: Claro (Guatemala)
• 70402: Tigo (Guatemala)

• 1c9e:f000 GBC PL68

• Drastically improved workflow to avoid executing same things twice or more. Overral operation is now faster.
• Does not any more randomly pickup a modem when more than one modems are available. 9menu users are provided a list of modems to choose from. OSD and command line users must provide its name or USB IDs as an extra command line argument. Argument must be long enough to distinguish just one modem.
  • Example:
    • If two ZTE modems are connected, then doing "sakis3g connect ZTE" will fail, while "sakis3g connect MF636" will work (if they are not both of the same model).
• Supported modems are not any more detected twice as both their official name and as their SWITCHED equivalent.
• If more than one modems are connected, does not any more silently proceed with second one, if first one failed to connect for whatever reason.
• Moved several parts, of autogenerated part, in the first part. Released around 130 KB, given current device database of Usb-ModeSwitch.
• Fixed a long existing issue preventing some switchable devices from being properly switched. Was providing wrong configuration file to Usb-ModeSwitch. Affected devices are a subset of devices with IDs: 05c6:1000 and 19d2:2000.
• Setting stick_to_console does not any more imply alwayssudo. You must explicitly set alwayssudo for sudo to be used.
• Less output should now appear when debug or VERBOSE are not set.
• User is now notified if tty device is occupied by another process. This will help users understand whether their modemmanager is messing with their ports.
• Unknown, switched and user-defined modems are all now given a 10 seconds period to settle connection with driver. This increases time required to connect, but sets more unsupported modems usable.
• When debug variable is set, output is now more rich during modem switching.
• Large pack of comments found on top part of script are now more readable.
• Added copyright notices:
  • when called with the "help" argument.
  • on 9menu interface, before connecting.

• FORCE_APN variable must be set if operator provides more than one APNs, or if requires subscriber number to be included in username or password for ppp connection.

• 22201: TIM (Italy)
• 22210: Vodafone (Italy)
• 22288: WIND (Italy)
• 22299: Tre (Italy)
• 26202: Vodafone (Germany)
• 26207: O2 (Germany)
• 26216: Vistream (Germany)
• 28601: Vodafone (Portugal)
• 28603: Optimus (Portugal)
• 28606: TMN (Portugal)
• 70802: Tigo (Honduras)

• Script now waits for network logon even for SIM cards that do not need PIN number.
• Script does not any more switch modem if called with the "help" or "status" arguments.

• 20209: Wind (Greece)
• 23201: Mobilkom/A1 (Austria)
• 23203: T-Mobile AT (Austria)
• 23205: Orange AT (Austria)
• 23207: T-Mobile AT (Austria)
• 23210: Drei AT (Austria)
• 26201: T-Mobile D1 (Germany)
• 26203: E-Plus (Germany)
• 26205: E-Plus (Germany)
• 26206: T-Mobile D1 (Germany)
• 26277: E-Plus (Germany)
• 27602: VODAFONE (Albania)

• If "option" driver fails to create devices, it removes it before attempting with driver specified by modem configuration.
• Chown operations now do not also define group.
• Desktop shortcut is now chmoded to 744.
• After supplying PIN number to modem, script now waits for network logon prior to continuing.

• 12d1:1003: Huawei E170 E220 E230 E270 E870

• Does not mess with HAL for unknown modems.
• Now uses a combination of UID/EUID/USER for determining if root or not. Not all shells set all three of them.

• Script had been checking for pppd/wvdial existence, prior to being root.
• Script now checks for "chat" existence before proceeding.
• Now relies on UID, instead of EUID for determining being root or not.

• Calls to "which" redirect stderr output to /dev/null. This should eliminate spamming occuring on some configurations.
• When "gksu" is not present, checks if "kdesu" exists, and uses that one instead. This should prevent it from using "su" on KDE environments.

• /dev/tty* device is determined by accessing HAL devices.
• HAL is updated of modem capabilities if not already set. This should make modem device appear on hal-aware programs.

• Switches modem (if not switched).
• Loads kernel driver (if not loaded).
• Updates HAL for modem capabilities (if not already aware).

Using this argument, can be used as udev rule for setting up device and allow use by other applications.

• Now makes sure it has root privileges before invoking usb_modeswitch.
• If modem gets disconnected, while 9menu is running, it scans if other usable hardware is present. If not, aborts like it used to do.