On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 18:35 +0200, antonio montagnani wrote: > Dan Williams ha scritto / said the following il giorno/on 29/07/2009 > 18:10: > > On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 12:29 +0300, Peteris Krisjanis wrote: > >> Btw, NM crowd, any practical/theoretical ideas how to solve this > >> 'plug-and-run-usb-modeswitch-and-play' problem in distros? Is someone > >> working on this? :) > > > > your distro may ship usb_modeswitch or modem-modeswitch. Either of > > those (or both) are generally the best way to fix this problem. > > Sometimes it's also done in the kernel drivers for the device. > > > > Dan > > > > Dan > > I am a newbie at setting wireless broadband therefore my notes are by a > newbie and I compare to Windows settings. > In Windows I plug the card and after making a little modification on > settings due to wrong out-of-the-box settings (settings of modem) on my > new Huawei 1692 dong, I was online, and I still see the mass storage > In Fedora, I had to dig the net to find that I have to install and use > usb_modeswitch, I don't have the broadband connection listed in > nm-applet, I have to use automatic connection to use it...and in any > case I do not have mass storage available.
Well, Fedora should probably be shipping usb_modeswitch or something similar. Second, it may be that your card's IDs aren't yet known to the drivers. Can you do "lsusb -vv" from a terminal for me when the card is plugged in and the driver-cd-thing has disappeared? Thanks, Dan > I think that something could be done to improve situation, as NM is a > great tool in anycase (switching between wired and wireless network is > working like a charm, years ahead of similar tool in M$) > > My two cents _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
