Re: About USB mode switching

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 18:35 +0200, antonio montagnani wrote:
> Dan Williams ha scritto / said the following    il giorno/on 29/07/2009 
> 18:10:
> > On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 12:29 +0300, Peteris Krisjanis wrote:
> >> Btw, NM crowd, any practical/theoretical ideas how to solve this
> >> 'plug-and-run-usb-modeswitch-and-play' problem in distros? Is someone
> >> working on this? :)
> >
> > your distro may ship usb_modeswitch or modem-modeswitch.  Either of
> > those (or both) are generally the best way to fix this problem.
> > Sometimes it's also done in the kernel drivers for the device.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> 
> Dan
> 
> I am a newbie at setting wireless broadband therefore my notes are by a 
> newbie and I compare to Windows settings.
> In Windows I plug the card and after making a little modification on 
> settings due to wrong out-of-the-box settings (settings of modem) on my 
> new Huawei 1692 dong, I was online, and I still see the mass storage
> In Fedora, I had to dig the net to find that I have to install and use 
> usb_modeswitch, I don't have the broadband connection listed in 
> nm-applet, I have to use automatic connection to use it...and in any 
> case I do not have mass storage available.

Well, Fedora should probably be shipping usb_modeswitch or something
similar.  Second, it may be that your card's IDs aren't yet known to the
drivers.  Can you do "lsusb -vv" from a terminal for me when the card is
plugged in and the driver-cd-thing has disappeared?

Thanks,
Dan


> I think that something could be done to improve situation, as NM is a 
> great tool in anycase (switching between wired and wireless network is 
> working like a charm, years ahead of similar tool in M$)
> 
> My two cents