NetworkManager fails to activate my GSM connection

[Jochen Wiedmann <jochen wiedmann gmail com>]

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


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