By putting usb_modeswitch in verbose mode (flag EnableLogging in
/etc/usb_modeswitch.conf), I was able to see that, when plugging the key
after boot, usb_modeswitch gets the configuration file from the entry
12d1:1446 in /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/configPack.tar.gz.
USB_ModeSwitch log from Sun May 15 10:48:53 CEST 2011
raw args from udev: /2-1.2:1.0
Using global config file: /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
Bus ID for device not given by udev.
Trying to determine it from kernel name (2-1.2:1.0) ...
USB dir exists: /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1.2
Warning: USB attribute "serial" not found.
----------------
USB values from sysfs:
manufacturer HUAWEI Technology
product HUAWEI Mobile
serial
----------------
Found packed config collection /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/configPack.tar.gz
Searching overriding entries named: /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1446*
SCSI attributes not needed, moving on
checking config: 12d1:1446
Extracting config 12d1:1446 from collection
/usr/share/usb_modeswitch/configPack.tar.gz
! matched, now switching
(running command: /usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch -I -W -c
/var/lib/usb_modeswitch/current_cfg)
So I unpacked the entry in /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/ and put the following line
in /etc/rc.local
/usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch -I -W -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1\:1446
This way the key works is correctly initialized at boot. What I don't
understand is why usb_modeswitch is called by udev ("raw args from udev:
/2-1.2:1.0") when the key is plugged in after boot while it doesn't appear
to be called at boot.
