Re: Where and how to install D02HW in ConnectionManager?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 13:19 +0900, Jacobs Shannon wrote:
> This might or might not represent progress... I think the critical
> trick now is to use this information about the D02HW extracted from
> the lsusb results:
> 
> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 12d1:1003 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E220
> HSDPA Modem / E270 HSDPA/HSUPA Modem
> 
> My yet newest theory is that the ID information of 12d1:1003 needs
> to be included in an fdi file. For some reason, pon does not care,
> but ConnectionManager must have this information to proceed. I
> suspect that it belongs in the
> /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/ directory in the file
> 10-modem.fdi. I think it should appear rather like this arbitrarily
> selected example:

If you're using Ubuntu, I think they have a custom patch that
autodetects modem type without using the fdi files.  But in any case, if
NM already sees the modem, you're past this step.

Dan


> <!-- Sony Ericsson K750i -->
> <match key="@info.parent:usb.vendor_id" int="0x0fce">
>   <match key="@info.parent:usb.product_id" int="0xd016">
>     <match key="@info.parent:usb.interface.number" int="1">
>       <append key="modem.command_sets"
> type="strlist">GSM-07.07</append>
>       <append key="modem.command_sets"
> type="strlist">GSM-07.05</append>
>     </match>
>   </match>
> </match>
> 
> I have found some apparently relevant information on Huawei, but so
> far it is in Japanese, which I read slowly and with some pain... I'm
> not sure quite what I'm looking for or where to find it. I did find
> some information that the D02HW is supposed to work 'out of the box'
> with ISPs in several European countries... Or is the secret in the
> reams of information from lshal? Perhaps the required information
> can be mapped from a Windows machine? And can anyone confirm whether
> or not I am making progress?
> 
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