Re: NetworkManager does not see 3G Modem

[Ma Begaj <derliebegott gmail com>]

2010/10/19 Ma Begaj <derliebegott gmail com>:
> Hi,
>
> I have here an another modem, Option Globetrotter GX0301 PCMCIA. It
> uses hso module and it is not visible by NetworkManager.
> My user is in dialout group (/dev/ttyHS* devices belong to dialout).
>
> Am I missing something here? Here is the data I have ...
>
> Thanks
>
>
> root x22:/home/mb# ls -l /dev/ttyHS*
> crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 250, 0 2010-10-19 14:55 /dev/ttyHS0
> crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 250, 1 2010-10-19 14:55 /dev/ttyHS1
> crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 250, 2 2010-10-19 14:55 /dev/ttyHS2
> crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 250, 3 2010-10-19 14:55 /dev/ttyHS3
>
> log when I start NetworkManager:
> Oct 19 15:03:03 localhost NetworkManager[2869]: <info> NetworkManager
> (version 0.8.1) is starting...
> Oct 19 15:03:03 localhost NetworkManager[2869]: <info> Read config
> file /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
> Oct 19 15:03:03 localhost NetworkManager[2869]: <info> trying to start
> the modem manager...
> Oct 19 15:03:04 localhost NetworkManager[2869]: <info> Loaded plugin
> keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the
> NetworkManager mailing list.
> Oct 19 15:03:04 localhost NetworkManager[2869]: <info> found WWan
> radio killswitch rfkill1 (at
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0/usb2/2-1/rfkill/rfkill1)
> (driver usb)
> Oct 19 15:03:04 localhost NetworkManager[2869]: <info> found WiFi
> radio killswitch rfkill2 (at
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:02.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill2)
> (driver <unknown>)
> Oct 19 15:03:04 localhost NetworkManager[2869]: <info> WiFi enabled by
> radio killswitch; enabled by state file
> Oct 19 15:03:04 localhost NetworkManager[2869]: <info> WWAN enabled by
> radio killswitch; enabled by state file
> Oct 19 15:03:04 localhost NetworkManager[2869]: <info> WiMAX enabled
> by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
> Oct 19 15:03:04 localhost NetworkManager[2869]: <info> Networking is
> enabled by state file
>
>
> root x22:/home/mb# ls -l
> "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0/usb2/2-1/rfkill/rfkill1/"
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:04 claim
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 2010-10-19 15:04 device -> ../../../2-1/
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:04 index
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 14:55 name
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:04 persistent
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 2010-10-19 15:04 power/
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 14:55 state
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 2010-10-19 14:55 subsystem ->
> ../../../../../../../../../class/rfkill/
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 14:55 type
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 14:55 uevent
>
> root x22:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0/usb2/2-1/rfkill/rfkill1#
> cat type
> wwan
>
> root x22:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0/usb2/2-1/rfkill/rfkill1#
> cat uevent
> RFKILL_NAME=hso-0
> RFKILL_TYPE=wwan
> RFKILL_STATE=1
>
> root x22:/# ifconfig hso0
> hso0      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr
> 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
>          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1486  Metric:1
>          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
>          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
>
> root x22:/# cd /sys/class/net/hso0
> root x22:/sys/class/net/hso0# ls -l
> insgesamt 0
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 14:55 address
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 14:55 addr_len
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:08 broadcast
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:08 carrier
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 2010-10-19 15:08 device -> ../../../2-1:1.0/
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:08 dev_id
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:08 dormant
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:08 duplex
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:08 features
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 14:55 flags
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:08 ifalias
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 14:55 ifindex
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:08 iflink
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:08 link_mode
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:08 mtu
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:08 operstate
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 2010-10-19 15:08 power/
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:08 speed
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 2010-10-19 15:08 statistics/
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 2010-10-19 14:55 subsystem ->
> ../../../../../../../../../../class/net/
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 15:08 tx_queue_len
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 14:55 type
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2010-10-19 14:55 uevent
>
> root x22:/sys/class/net/hso0# cat type
> 65534
> root x22:/sys/class/net/hso0# cat uevent
> DEVTYPE=wwan
> INTERFACE=hso0
> IFINDEX=4
>
> root x22:/sys/class/net/hso0/device# cat uevent
> DEVTYPE=usb_interface
> DRIVER=hso
> DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/002/003
> PRODUCT=af0/7011/0
> TYPE=255/255/255
> INTERFACE=255/255/255
> MODALIAS=usb:v0AF0p7011d0000dcFFdscFFdpFFicFFiscFFipFF
>



I knew that this probably will be embarrassing.  I forgot to reinstall
ModemManager
during system upgrade :)

Everything working great.