F12 RC3 Can't create modem network connection

[Harald Hoyer]

On 11/10/2009 08:15 AM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 20:43 -0600, Jim Haynes wrote:
>> I installed F12 RC3 in what I think is a typical gnome desktop
>> configuration, and I customized the installation to select
>> dialup networking.  Then I tried to use System->Administration->Network
>> to create a new modem connection.  The program crashed with the following
>> error report
>>
>> Component: system-config-network
>> Version: 1.5.99
>> Summary: TBf1b4415d NCPluginDevModem.py:37:getModemList:ImportError: No module named kudzu
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>     File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/NCPluginModemInterface.py", line 136, in on_Modem_prepare
>>       dlist = getModemList()
>>     File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/plugins/NCPluginDevModem.py", line 37, in getModemList
>>       import kudzu
>> ImportError: No module named kudzu
>>
>> Local variables in innermost frame:
>>
>>
>> I checked and there is no kudzu package installed, but I don't know if
>> that is the cause of the above error.
>>
>> jhhaynes at earthlink dot net
>
> It almost certainly is.
>
> Harald appears to have (incorrectly?) silently dropped the requirement
> of kudzu in 1.5.97:
>
> http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/system-config-network/F-12/system-config-network.spec?r1=1.48&r2=1.49
>
> However, I think you should be able to configure the connection via
> NetworkManager, and that would be the preferred method. Can you try
> that? Thanks.
>

hmm, seems I forgot one place...