Re: NetworkManager fails to activate my GSM connection

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 02:15 +0200, Jochen Wiedmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> after upgrading to Fedora 11, I can no longer use my GSM stick. See
> below for an excerpt from my /var/log/messages. Obviously, the model
> is detected and (unlike the behaviour from Fedora 10) not mounted as
> an USB drive, but immediately activated. So far, so good. However, the
> activation failed.
> 
> In Fedora 10, I used to run the command
> 
>   usb_modeswitch -v 0af0 -p 6971 -P 6971 -m 0x05 -M
> 55534243785634120100000080000601000000000000000000000000000000
> 
> to have it activated. See
> 
>     http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2009-May/msg00046.html
>     http://grumpyapache.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html
> 
> for details.
> 
> Any ideas, what might be wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jochen
> 
> 
> Jun 11 02:03:42 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: USB disconnect, address 3
> Jun 11 02:03:51 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using
> uhci_hcd and address 4
> Jun 11 02:03:51 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: New USB device found,
> idVendor=0af0, idProduct=6971
> Jun 11 02:03:51 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1,
> Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> Jun 11 02:03:51 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: Product: Globetrotter HSDPA Modem
> Jun 11 02:03:51 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: Manufacturer: Option N.V.
> Jun 11 02:03:51 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: SerialNumber: Serial Number
> Jun 11 02:03:51 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Jun 11 02:03:51 mcjwi kernel: usb-storage: probe of 5-1:1.0 failed with error -5
> Jun 11 02:03:51 mcjwi kernel: hso 5-1:1.0: Not our interface
> Jun 11 02:03:51 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: USB disconnect, address 4
> Jun 11 02:03:52 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using
> uhci_hcd and address 5
> Jun 11 02:03:53 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: New USB device found,
> idVendor=0af0, idProduct=6971
> Jun 11 02:03:53 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1,
> Product=2, SerialNumber=4
> Jun 11 02:03:53 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: Product: Globetrotter HSDPA Modem
> Jun 11 02:03:53 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: Manufacturer: Option N.V.
> Jun 11 02:03:53 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: SerialNumber: Serial Number
> Jun 11 02:03:53 mcjwi kernel: usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Jun 11 02:03:53 mcjwi kernel: usb-storage: probe of 5-1:1.0 failed with error -5
> Jun 11 02:03:53 mcjwi kernel: hso0 (hso): not using net_device_ops yet
> Jun 11 02:03:53 mcjwi kernel: hso0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
> Jun 11 02:03:53 mcjwi kernel: usb-storage: probe of 5-1:1.1 failed with error -5
> Jun 11 02:03:53 mcjwi NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyHS0): found serial
> port (udev:GSM  hal:GSM)
> Jun 11 02:03:53 mcjwi NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyHS0): new Modem
> device (driver: 'hso')
> Jun 11 02:03:53 mcjwi NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyHS0): exported as
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_af0_6971_Serial_Number_if0_serial_unknown_0
> Jun 11 02:03:57 mcjwi NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyHS0): device state
> change: 1 -> 2
> Jun 11 02:03:58 mcjwi NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyHS0): deactivating
> device (reason: 2).
> Jun 11 02:03:58 mcjwi NetworkManager:
> nm_system_device_flush_ip4_routes_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx >=
> 0' failed
> Jun 11 02:03:58 mcjwi NetworkManager:
> nm_system_device_flush_ip4_addresses_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx
> >= 0' failed
> Jun 11 02:03:58 mcjwi NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyHS0): device state
> change: 2 -> 3

Is there any more log output?  This looks normal, you need to click on
the item in the menu to connect.  Does that fail?

Dan