Hello all,
Just joined this forum after posting a thread in LinuxQuestions.org:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... -a-810361/

Bought a Huawei 1261 and am trying to get it to work in Hardy 8.04 (kernel 2.6.24-16-386). I installed usb_modeswitch from two sources:
http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywo ... modeswitch

Both of them installed successfully. But neither of them detect my modem.

The contents of the usb_modeswitch.conf file are:


When I run usb_modeswitch -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf I get:


lsusb gives:


Thanks in advance.

Disable any rules in /lib/udev/rules.d affecting your ID (12d1:1446).

Be sure to run as root or with sudo.

Try this: usb_modeswitch -I -W -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf

Tell me what happens.

Thanks for your response.

The only file in /lib/udev/rules.d was 40-usb_modeswitch.rules. Anyway, there was a line regarding Huawei 12d1:1446 that I commented out.

I ran the command you suggested as su and this is what I got:



lsusb gives:


The device has changed from 12d1:1446 to 12d1:140b. So does this mean it has been detected?

I'll try the wvdial and see what happens.

Thanks again Josh.

Update:

/dev/ttyUSB0 or any other ttyUSB has not be created.

The modem has switched but there is no driver assigned to it yet.
Your kernel is quite old so the "option" driver doesn't have the ability to add new USB IDs on the fly. You have to use the generic serial driver which is generally not recommended but may work. The other possibility is to change the source code of the "option" driver and add your device ID.

After switching do a "modprobe -v usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x14ac". This should give you ttyUSBx ...

Hello, I got my device working using Josh's comments. Thanks to the coders and the posters!

Huawei EC1262 for Reliance Netconnect Broadband+, India.
On two machines:
Debian 5.0, linux 2.6.26-2-amd64
usb_modeswitch 1.1.2
libusb-dev 2:0.1.12-13
WvDial 1.60

Debian 5.0, linux 2.6.26-2-686
usb_modeswitch 1.1.2
libusb-dev 2:0.1.12-13
WvDial 1.60

/etc/usb_modeswitch.conf:


1) modprobe -r usb_storage
2) modprobe -r usbserial
(a -d switch ought to do the same thing)
3) usb_modeswitch -I -W -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
4) modprobe -v usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x140b

/etc/wvdial.conf:


5) wvdial cdma
---

Updated on 2010/06/09
For completion:
Steps 1,2 and 3 can indeed be done together with a -d option.
usb_modeswitch -d -I -W -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf

And after connecting I have to add the route information to use the connection.
route add default gw the-remote-ip

Thanks for the responses.

Travelling at the moment and don't have my linux box with me. Will try out the suggestions and get back to you by the weekend.

Thanks again.

Sorry for the late response. Just got back home.

I tried

as suggested but still no /dev/ttyU*.

Thanks.

After the device has switched ("lsusb") and after running the "modprobe" line (you should see "insmod ..."), do a "dmesg" and post it.

If you don't see "insmod <something>" when trying to load usbserial, then the module may be loaded already; in that case it has to be unloaded and reloaded to add the new device ID.

Thanks Josh, it worked.

I didn't get the insmod command the last time I tried. So I rebooted so refresh the system and ran the command again.
This is the dmesg output:


wvdial cdma gives me:


Internet works fine and I am sending this post using my Ubuntu box.

Thanks very much Josh, particularly since I was delaying trying suggestions out. I was worried I would have to upgrade my Ubuntu.

hello Josh,
First of all,thank you very much.
I have the same problem with shivkiyer. I have tried out your suggestions step by step.when i execute 'modprobe -v usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1001 'command ,i saw the 'insmod ...',but i still have no /dev/ttyU*.
i am a nev linux learner,thank you for your help!
PS:My linux OS is Redhat Enterprise AS4 Update5,the kernel is 2.6.9-55,usb_modeswitch is usb-modeswitch-1.1.6 and usb-modeswitch-data-20101222.

Phew, that is a very old kernel. Or rather, a very old system. I'm not even sure it will automatically add new device nodes in /dev dynamically. You might have to create those nodes manually.

What are the ~30 last lines of "dmesg" output immediately after you run the "modprobe" command ?

my /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf is:

# Huawei, newer modems

DefaultVendor= 0x12d1
DefaultProduct=0x1446

TargetVendor= 0x12d1
TargetProductList="1001,1406,140b,140c,1412,141b,14ac"

CheckSuccess=20

MessageContent="55534243123456780000000000000011062000000100000000000000000000"


Below is the 'modprobe' and 'dmesg' output:

modprobe -v usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1001
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-55.EL/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/usbserial.ko vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1001

dmesg
...
...
...
EXT3 FS on hda10, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
SELinux: initialized (dev hda10, type ext3), uses xattr
SELinux: initialized (dev ramfs, type ramfs), uses genfs_contexts
NET: Registered protocol family 10
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c0386e20(lo)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device sit0
Adding 1068280k swap on /dev/hda8. Priority:-1 extents:1
SELinux: initialized (dev binfmt_misc, type binfmt_misc), uses genfs_contexts
IA-32 Microcode Update Driver: v1.14 <tigran@veritas.com>
microcode: CPU0 updated from revision 0x17 to 0x18, date = 10172004
IA-32 Microcode Update Driver v1.14 unregistered
parport0: PC-style at 0x3bc [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (4091 buckets, 32728 max) - 356 bytes per conntrack
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x3b8-0x3df 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
SELinux: initialized (dev rpc_pipefs, type rpc_pipefs), uses genfs_contexts
i2c /dev entries driver
parport0: PC-style at 0x3bc [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
lp0: console ready
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[drm] Initialized radeon 1.11.0 20020828 on minor 0:
agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 1x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 1x mode
ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1
ISOFS: changing to secondary root
SELinux: initialized (dev sr0, type iso9660), uses genfs_contexts
usb 3-1: USB disconnect, address 2
scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead device
SCSI error: host 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 4000000
Sense class 0, sense error 0, extended sense 0
scsi0 (0:0): rejecting I/O to dead device
sr0: CDROM (ioctl) error, command: Xpwrite, Read disk info 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00
sr: old sense key No Sense
Non-extended sense class 0 code 0x0
usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using address 4
scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: HUAWEI Model: Mass Storage Rev: 2.31
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
sr0: scsi-1 drive
Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 4
usb 3-1: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd HWActivator rqt 192 rq 253 len 4 ret -32
usb 3-1: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd HWActivator rqt 192 rq 253 len 4 ret -32
usb 3-1: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd HWActivator rqt 192 rq 253 len 4 ret -32
ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1
ISOFS: changing to secondary root
SELinux: initialized (dev sr0, type iso9660), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev hda5, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic
usbserial_generic 3-1:1.0: Generic converter detected
usb 3-1: Generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0
usbserial_generic 3-1:1.1: Generic converter detected
usb 3-1: Generic converter now attached to ttyUSB1
usbserial_generic 3-1:1.2: Generic converter detected
usb 3-1: Generic converter now attached to ttyUSB2
usbcore: registered new driver usbserial_generic
usbcore: registered new driver usbserial
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core v2.0

I think you could see for yourself that the driver was correctly loaded and seems to do its job.

If you still don't see new devices in the "/dev" folder, there might be an issue with your hotplug system. To be frank, it is ill-advised to use this distribution for the first steps with Linux. Why not use one of the up-to-date and user-friendly mainstream distributions?

thank you for your advice.but i work with this distribution .
i execute the command ‘cat /proc/tty/drivers’ and get output:
/dev/tty /dev/tty 5 0 system:/dev/tty
/dev/console /dev/console 5 1 system:console
/dev/ptmx /dev/ptmx 5 2 system
/dev/vc/0 /dev/vc/0 4 0 system:vtmaster
usbserial /dev/ttyUSB 188 0-254 serial
serial /dev/ttyS 4 64-131 serial
pty_slave /dev/pts 136 0-1048575 pty:slave
pty_master /dev/ptm 128 0-1048575 pty:master
unknown /dev/tty 4 1-63 console

I add the device manually:'mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0'.
Then there is ttyUSB0 in /dev

wvdia get output:
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT#777
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT#777
CONNECT
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
--> Connected, but carrier signal lost! Retrying...
--> Sending: ATDT#777
--> Waiting for carrier.
~[7f]}#@!}!}!} }=}!}$}%(}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&2_(*}'}"}(}"j[0f]~
^RSSILVL: 20
~[7f]}#@!}!}"} }=}!}$}%(}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&2_(*}'}"}(}"YU~
^RSSILVL: 60
~[7f]}#@!}!}#} }=}!}$}%(}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&2_(*}'}"}(}"G};~
^RSSILVL: 20
^RSSILVL: 60
~[7f]}#@!}!}$} }=}!}$}%(}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&2_(*}'}"}(}"?a~
^RSSILVL: 20
~[7f]}#@!}!}%} }=}!}$}%(}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&2_(*}'}"}(}"!/~
^RSSILVL: 60
~[7f]}#@!}!}&} }=}!}$}%(}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&2_(*}'}"}(}"[12]u~
^RSSILVL: 20
~[7f]}#@!}!}'} }=}!}$}%(}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&2_(*}'}"}(}"[0c];~
^RSSILVL: 40
~[7f]}#@!}!}(} }=}!}$}%(}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&2_(*}'}"}(}"b}!~
^RSSILVL: 20
^RSSILVL: 40
~[7f]}#@!}!})} }=}!}$}%(}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&2_(*}'}"}(}"|O~
^RSSILVL: 20
~[7f]}#@!}!}*} }=}!}$}%(}"}&} } } } }#}%B#}%}%}&2_(*}'}"}(}"O[15]~
^RSSILVL: 40
~[7f]}#@!}%}+} }$G4~
^DSDORMANT:1
^RSSILVL: 20
^RSSILVL: 40
^RSSILVL: 60
^RSSILVL: 80
...
...
...

My wvdial.conf is:
[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 9600
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ISDN = 0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Phone = #777
Username = ctnet@mycdma.cn
Password = vnet.mobi