Thanks, that did the trick. This is even worse than "Strange, but true".
I didn't do the permanent switch because the device isn't mine. peter From: Rick Jones <[email protected]> Subject: Re: setting up ZTE CDMA Technologies MSM idProduct 0x2000 Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 07:33:18 -0500 > You need to mode-switch it before it will do anything. Initially it > emulates a CD-ROM only (an idea called ZeroCD), which in Windows makes > it autorun the software installer. The installed s/w then switches the > modem to a different idProduct, and all its real interfaces become > visible. This is not much use in Linux! > > Does your device appear as a CD-ROM in Linux? If so then "ejecting" it > should switch the modes. Otherwise look for usb_modeswitch on the net, > download and follow the instructions - it will be able to send the > magic string to the modem to switch it. > > Useful hint: The mode switch needs to be done everytime you plug it > in, but you can permanently switch off ZeroCD once you've got it > going. You need to send it the command AT+ZCDRUN=8 on the modem port - > it's usually easiest to do this using minicom or similar. This makes > life simpler, and the device is also quicker to start up. > > --On Tuesday, September 01, 2009 07:35:44 -0400 "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi: >> >> I have a "ZTE CDMA Technologies MSM" USB device that I'm currently >> trying to set up. It is on the Rogers network in Canada (which is one >> of the known CDMA providers). However the device doesn't work for me. >> >> I did a lsusb and noticed that there appears to be only one interface, >> to the built-in ROM that holds the drivers for Windows, and no interface >> for anything else. So I thought that something was very broken. >> >> However, I then noticed /lib/udev/rules.d/77-nm-zte-port-types.rules, >> which appears to fix this problem for many versions of the device. >> Unfortunately my device has idProduct ox2000, which is not on the list. >> The device is labelled "Rogers Mobile Internet" and is too high to >> nicely attach to vertical USB connections on the side of a laptop. >> >> Does anyone know what to add to the above file for this particular >> device? Or is there something else that needs to be done? >> >> Peter F. Patel-Schneider >> Bell Labs Research >> >> > > _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
