Re: Sierra Modem Problem

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 19:54 -0700, Josefa Molina wrote:
>  
> Hi, 
>  
> I am having this problem and would like to know what exact text change
> is needed so that I can add it to the file. Also, I've seen this fix
> list the location of the file in "etc/hal/fdi/information/modems.fdi"
> vs "/usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/". Which is correct? 

Only /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop is the "official"
location provided by the upstream hal-info project.  Not sure what is
creating the other location.

In the file you'll see a section for Sierra devices.  Look for the
section starting with "<!-- Sierra Wireless -->".  In that section,
you'll see one block for GSM devices, and one block for CDMA devices.
Add your modem's "product ID" to the end of the list in the right
section for your modem.  The "product ID" can be found as the
hexadecimal number after the colon in the output of 'lsusb' for your
modem:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
                            ^^^^ product ID

Dan

> Thanks.
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:08:11 -0700
> From: Chetan Karia <chetankaria gmail com>
> Subject: Supporting new Sierra CDMA modems.
> To: networkmanager-list gnome org
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> Hi,
> 
> I am an employee of Sierra wireless USA. I was testing network manager
> on Ubuntu 8.10. I found that all Sierra  CDMA modems worked well with
> network manager except our two new products which were not detected by
> Network Manager. On investigating further I discovered its just matter
> of adding the Vendor ID and Product ID of our new devices to the file
> "10-modem.fdi"  under the directory
> "/usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/". Once I edit this file
> and add the VID/PID's the Network Manager detects the devices and
> connects to CDMA network. I wanted to know the procedure to officially
> add the VID/PID's of new Sierra device to 10-modem.fdi file, so that I
> do not have to edit it manually.
> 
> Your help will be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chetan
> 
> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:12:38 +0100
> From: Rapha?l Jacquot <sxpert sxpert org>
> Subject: Re: Supporting new Sierra CDMA modems.
> To: networkmanager-list gnome  org
> Message-ID: <20090310171238 GF11537 sxpert org>
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> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:08:11AM -0700, Chetan Karia wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am an employee of Sierra wireless USA. I was testing network
> manager
> > on Ubuntu 8.10. I found that all Sierra  CDMA modems worked well
> with
> > network manager except our two new products which were not detected
> by
> > Network Manager. On investigating further I discovered its just
> matter
> > of adding the Vendor ID and Product ID of our new devices to the
> file
> > "10-modem.fdi"  under the directory
> > "/usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/". Once I edit this
> file
> > and add the VID/PID's the Network Manager detects the devices and
> > connects to CDMA network. I wanted to know the procedure to
> officially
> > add the VID/PID's of new Sierra device to 10-modem..fdi file, so
> that I
> > do not have to edit it manually.
> > 
> > Your help will be much appreciated.
> 
> you should contact the Udev people
> 
> linux-hotplug vger kernel org
> 
> > Thanks,
> > Chetan
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:50:37 +0100
> From: Alexander Sack <asac ubuntu com>
> Subject: Re: Supporting new Sierra CDMA modems.
> To: Chetan Karia <chetankaria gmail com>
> Cc: networkmanager-list gnome org
> Message-ID: <20090310175037 GH29428 jwsdot com>
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:08:11AM -0700, Chetan Karia wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am an employee of Sierra wireless USA. I was testing network
> manager
> > on Ubuntu 8.10. I found that all Sierra  CDMA modems worked well
> with
> > network manager except our two new products which were not detected
> by
> > Network Manager. On investigating further I discovered its just
> matter
> > of adding the Vendor ID and Product ID of our new devices to the
> file
> > "10-modem.fdi"  under the directory
> > "/usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/". Once I edit this
> file
> > and add the VID/PID's the Network Manager detects the devices and
> > connects to CDMA network. I wanted to know the procedure to
> officially
> > add the VID/PID's of new Sierra device to 10-modem.fdi file, so that
> I
> > do not have to edit it manually.
> 
> Please provide info on the exact pieces required.
> 
> One way to move foward would be to file a bug with that info against
> hal-info [1] package in launchpad. We (ubuntu) takes care that info
> submitted there regularly gets committed upstream.
> 
> [1] - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal-info/+filebug
> 
> - Alexander 
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:58:51 -0400
> From: Chuck Anderson <cra WPI EDU>
> Subject: Forcing a BSSID, unchecking "Connect automatically" doesn't
>     work
> To: networkmanager-list gnome org
> Message-ID: <20090310185851 GO10097 angus ind WPI EDU>
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> 
> I'm trying to force a specific BSSID (testing 802.11n in fact) but 
> NetworkManager keeps trying to associate to the other BSSID's (APs)
> on 
> the same ESSID.  In fact, it popped up with a dialog to set up the 
> encryption settings, etc. (WPA TLS) because it couldn't use the 
> connection profile that I forced the BSSID on.  So I let it create 
> another Auto profile, set up the encryption, and then unchecked the 
> "Connect automatically"...but guess what?  It still connects 
> automatically.
> 
> How do I force NetworkManager to ignore all BSSID's for a specific 
> ESSID, except for the one I want?
> 
> 
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> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:20:44 -0700
> From: Drew Moseley <dmoseley mvista com>
> Subject: Shutting down specific device
> To: networkmanager-list gnome org
> Message-ID: <49B6BD8C 7090000 mvista com>
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> 
> Is there a bit of scripting magic where I can force a specific
> network device to shut down?
> 
> We have a device that when it is powered down via external switch,
> Network Manager handles it but sees a state change to FAILED so it
> is marked as invalid.  I'd like to be able to tell Network Manager
> that it should be disconnected so it is handled more gracefully.
> 
> I've started playing with dbus-send but so far can only manage to
> use the sleep and wake commands successfully.
> 
> Drew
> 
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