No suitable device found for this connection
If the internet connection is not available (via GSM), I try to activate it manually. Sometimes successfully, other times not (then I don't know any other solution than restarting PP 🥴). I'm not 100% sure, but it seems to be related to an index of quectelqmi_X higher than 0 - then I can't start manually.
when it doesn't work
# nmcli d
DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION
wlan0 wifi connected moje_WiFi
p2p-dev-wlan0 wifi-p2p disconnected --
eth0 ethernet unavailable --
quectelqmi_1 gsm unavailable --
lo loopback unmanaged --
# nmcli con up Internet
Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device found for this connection (device quectelqmi_1 not available because device is not available).
when it OK
# nmcli d
DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION
wlan0 wifi connected moje_WiFi
quectelqmi_0 gsm disconnected --
p2p-dev-wlan0 wifi-p2p disconnected --
lo loopback unmanaged --
# nmcli con up Internet
Connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/7)
I have noticed that increasing the index causes, for example, removing and re-adding the qmi_wwan
module.
Linux plasma-mobile 5.12.9-1-MANJARO-ARM #1 (closed) SMP Thu Jun 3 10:11:08 UTC 2021 aarch64 GNU/Linux