Nope. Does not work. Dongle still shows up in file manager as a volume. Unmounted it and then gave the usbserial command. Tried bringing the connection up using NM. Same error "registration denied". Syslog shows ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 5 09:34:35 Mohan-Mini NetworkManager[1268]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0) Sep 5 09:34:35 Mohan-Mini NetworkManager[1268]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0): no ifupdown configuration found. Sep 5 09:34:35 Mohan-Mini NetworkManager[1268]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring... Sep 5 09:34:55 Mohan-Mini NetworkManager[1268]: <warn> pppd timed out or didn't initialize our dbus module Sep 5 09:34:55 Mohan-Mini NetworkManager[1268]: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) scheduled... Sep 5 09:34:55 Mohan-Mini NetworkManager[1268]: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) started... Sep 5 09:34:55 Mohan-Mini NetworkManager[1268]: <info> (ttyUSB0): device state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable') [70 120 5] Sep 5 09:34:55 Mohan-Mini pppd[5379]: Terminating on signal 15 Sep 5 09:34:55 Mohan-Mini NetworkManager[1268]: <info> Marking connection 'Airtel4G' invalid. Sep 5 09:34:55 Mohan-Mini NetworkManager[1268]: <warn> Activation (ttyUSB0) failed for connection 'Airtel4G' Sep 5 09:34:55 Mohan-Mini NetworkManager[1268]: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) complete. Sep 5 09:34:55 Mohan-Mini NetworkManager[1268]: <info> (ttyUSB0): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0] Sep 5 09:34:55 Mohan-Mini NetworkManager[1268]: <info> (ttyUSB0): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0] Sep 5 09:34:55 Mohan-Mini modem-manager[1245]: <info> Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/1: state changed (connected -> disconnecting) Sep 5 09:34:55 Mohan-Mini modem-manager[1245]: <info> Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/1: state changed (disconnecting -> connected) Sep 5 09:34:57 Mohan-Mini avahi-daemon[1261]: Withdrawing workstation service for ppp0. Sep 5 09:34:57 Mohan-Mini NetworkManager[1268]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices removed (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0) Sep 5 09:35:20 Mohan-Mini kernel: [ 5947.430417] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdd] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled Sep 5 09:35:20 Mohan-Mini kernel: [ 5947.433060] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdd] Asking for cache data failed Sep 5 09:35:20 Mohan-Mini kernel: [ 5947.433082] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Is ifupdown configuration mandatory for this device? b) Once the connection fails, it seems to switch back to storage mode. c) Is usb_switchmode config mandatory for this? If so, what would the entry be? -- Mohan Sundaram On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Noorul Islam K M <[email protected]> wrote: > Mohan Sundaram <[email protected]> writes: > >> I got one yesterday - Huawei 3276. I think it has got activated as the >> green light on the dongle keeps blinking. >> > > I think loading usbserial module for this particular product id and > vendor id combination might work. > > lsusb will give you product id and vendor id. > > sudo /sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=id product=id > > See whether Network Manager detects the modem after this. > > Thanks and Regards > Noorul _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
