Re: How to make EDGE USB Modem work in Linux?

Just work from the command line, skipping usage of Network Manager

MarvS

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 5:30 AM, a dehqan <[email protected]> wrote:
> In The Name Of Allah The compassionate merciful
>
> Hello ;
> Thank you
> No that device is supported just needed
> [CODE]sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=3D1478 product=3D21[/CODE]
>
> And wvdial can connect to EDGE internet via device
>
> But Network manager cann't and it seems because of that it cann't
> detect proper symbolink between ttyUSB0 , ttyUSB1 , ttyUSB2 that are
> created by device
> One is for internet , another for sms and call , ..
>
> but wvdialconf can detect true one for internet .
> Regards dehqan
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Marvin Stodolsky
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dehqan
>> 1) Have you tried a simple:
>> $ sudo wvdialconf
>> or
>> $ sudo wvdialconf create
>> to check for modem detection?
>> 2)
>> $ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=3D0x05c6 product=3D0=C3=970015
>> Something may be wrong with the syntax here.
>> The 0x symbol pair as displayed in my GMAIL are not identical: 0x =C2=A0=
versus
>> =C2=A00=C3=97
>> They should both be the same. My guess would be the 0x is correct
>> On my System:
>> $ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=3D0x05c6 product=3D0x0015
>> is successful, though I don't have the matching USB hardware.
>> while your ERROR is reproduced with:
>> $=C2=A0sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=3D0x05c6 product=3D0=C3=970015
>> MarvS
>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 2:50 AM, a dehqan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> In The Name Of Allah The compassionate merciful
>>>
>>> Good day all ;
>>> Have a EDGE USB Modem and want to connect internet with it .
>>> It has a drive that contain a driver and windows users install it and g=
o
>>> ..
>>>
>>> Someone told me use usb_modeswitch :
>>>
>>> > mode switching data for usb-modeswitch
>>> >
>>> > Several new USB devices have their proprietary Windows drivers onboar=
d,
>>> > especially WAN dongles. When plugged in for the first time, they act
>>> > like a flash storage and start installing the driver from there. If
>>> > the driver is already installed, the storage device vanishes and
>>> > a new device, such as an USB modem, shows up. This is called the
>>> > "ZeroCD" feature.
>>> >
>>> > On Debian, this is not needed, since the driver is included as a
>>> > Linux kernel module, such as "usbserial". However, the device still
>>> > shows up as "usb-storage" by default. usb-modeswitch solves that
>>> > issue by sending the command which actually performs the switching
>>> > of the device from "usb-storage" to "usbserial".
>>>
>>> Now , don't know how to use usb_modeswitch ?
>>> have read man and did so > sudo usb_modeswitch -v 05c6 -p 0015
>>> =C2=A0but result says #
>>> Warning: no switching method given.
>>> [url]http://pastebin.com/20XTpZVk[/url]
>>> =C2=A0or
>>> Did so but lsusb does not show anything changed :
>>>
>>>
>>> > sudo usb_modeswitch -v 05c6 -p 0015 -V 05c7 -P 0016 -H -s -R
>>> >
>>> > Looking for target devices ...
>>> > =C2=A0No devices in target mode or class found
>>> > Looking for default devices ...
>>> > =C2=A0Found devices in default mode or class (1)
>>> > Accessing device 005 on bus 004 ...
>>> > Using endpoints 0x01 (out) and 0x81 (in)
>>> > Using endpoints 0x01 (out) and 0x81 (in)
>>> > Not a storage device, skipping SCSI inquiry
>>> >
>>> > USB description data (for identification)
>>> > -------------------------
>>> > Manufacturer: Global Mobile
>>> > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Product: Global Mobile
>>> > =C2=A0 Serial No.: 1234567890ABCDEF
>>> > -------------------------
>>> > Sending Huawei control message ...
>>> > =C2=A0OK, Huawei control message sent
>>> > -> Run lsusb to note any changes. Bye.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Also tried this guide but have error at >
>>> $ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=3D0x05c6 product=3D0=C3=970015
>>> [sudo] password for alabd:
>>> FATAL: Error inserting usbserial
>>> (/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/usbserial.ko)=
:
>>> Invalid argument
>>>
>>> Will be thankful if you guide me .
>>>
>>> Regards Dehqan
>>
>>
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