Re: Mobile broadband connects to wrong USB device

[Ben <ben benjamin it>]

Ahh OK thanks. Here is the output when I select the connection:

NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ttyUSB4) starting connection 'Vodafone'
NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyUSB4): device state change: 3 -> 
4                             
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ttyUSB4) Stage 1 of 5 (Device 
Prepare) scheduled...
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ttyUSB4) Stage 1 of 5 (Device 
Prepare) started...
NetworkManager: <debug> [1231210578.256890] nm_serial_device_open(): 
(ttyUSB4) opening device...
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ttyUSB4) Stage 1 of 5 (Device 
Prepare) complete. 
NetworkManager: <WARN>  init_done(): Modem initialization failed
NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyUSB4): device state change: 4 -> 9
NetworkManager: <debug> [1231210578.418451] nm_serial_device_close(): 
Closing device 'ttyUSB4'
NetworkManager: <info>  Marking connection 'Vodafone' invalid.
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ttyUSB4) failed. 
NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyUSB4): device state change: 9 -> 3
NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyUSB4): deactivating device (reason: 0).
NetworkManager: nm_system_device_flush_ip4_routes_with_iface: assertion 
`iface_idx >= 0' failed
NetworkManager: nm_system_device_flush_ip4_addresses_with_iface: 
assertion `iface_idx >= 0' failed

Is it possible that it's trying to open ttyUSB4 instead of /dev/ttyUSB4 ?

Jerone Young wrote:
> You can look in /var/log/daemon.log.
>
> You can also run Network Manager in debug mode (as root):
> 1)  /etc/init.d/network-manager stop
> 2) NetworkManager --no-daemon
>
> You will see debug message in the Window.
>
> On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 13:36 +1100, Ben wrote:
>   
> > Hmmm no if I change the int to a 4 and reboot, it tries to connect but 
> > about half a second later it instantly connects back to what it had 
> > originally connected to (LAN or whatever). There is nothing in the log 
> > (/var/log/messages) about what it's doing so it's hard to say. But if I 
> > set int to be 3 for example and then connect, it says it's trying to 
> > dial ttyUSB3, so setting it to 4 I am assuming it is trying to connect 
> > to ttyUSB4.
> >
> > Any other suggestions? Is there any other place where it could be 
> > logging failed attempts? I read somewhere that it could put info in 
> > /var/log/networkmanager but I don't have that file.
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > Jerone Young wrote:
> >     
> > > Ok I might have screwed it up. You can hack your local copy easily
> > > though. First back it up. Then edit
> > > /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/10-modem.fdi
> > >
> > > line 334
> > > You will see
> > > <match key="@info.parent:usb.interface.number" int="0">
> > >
> > > Change this to
> > > <match key="@info.parent:usb.interface.number" int="4">
> > >
> > > Let us know if that works.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 12:24 +1100, Ben wrote:
> > >   
> > >       
> > > > Thanks for the suggestion. I tried your fix however when I copied this 
> > > > file over the original one (made backup first) and then reboot, I can 
> > > > create a connection but now I no longer see it in the connection list. 
> > > > I'm using NetworkManager applet 0.7.0.
> > > >
> > > > Jerone Young wrote:
> > > >     
> > > >