Re: 1199:6832 Sierra Wireless, Inc. MC8780 not working with NetworkManager 0.8.3.998 / ModemManager 0.4

[Gerd Bavendiek <gerd bavendiek googlemail com>]

Hi Pantelis,

you really saved me ! It works ! I now can change to Natty.

I ran

echo modemmanager hold | dpkg --set-selections

to pin your package.

Shall I add a comment to my latest bugreport at launchpad (#784573) ?

Big thanks !

Kind regards

Gerd

Am 20.05.2011 08:24, schrieb Pantelis Koukousoulas:
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Gerd Bavendiek
> <gerd bavendiek googlemail com>  wrote:
>    
> > I have a ID 1199:6832 Sierra Wireless, Inc. MC8780 Device.
> > Unfortunately NetworkManager in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic
> > was the last version I could use the device with. I recently checked
> > Ubuntu 11.04 Natty (coming with NetworkManager version
> > 0.8.3.998). This too does not work, forcing me to stay with Karmic.
> >      
> [...]
>    
> > All the details are here:
> >      
> [...]
>    
> > Is there anything I can do (besides from learning to hack at
> > NetworkManager ...) ?
> >      
> Hi, I 'm not a NetworkManager dev, just a fellow ubuntu user :)
>
>  From a cursory reading of the bug reports you cited it seems like some
> sierra modems crash when ModemManager sends CFUN=1 to them.
>
> Can you help verify if this is indeed the case with yours as well?
>
> I put a version of natty's modemmanager with the attached patch
> applied in my ppa. So, the only thing you need to do to test is:
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pktoss/ppa
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install modemmanager
>
> restart networkmanager/modemmanager or to be 100% sure you
> can just reboot.
>
> Test to see if your device works now
>
> sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:pktoss/ppa
> sudo apt-get update
>
> (The last 2 steps are in order to remove my ppa to avoid it breaking
> your system with my other experimental stuff).
>
> Alternatively you can just build modemmanager with the attached
> patch applied by yourself.
>
> If the patched modemmanager works, then please say it so that
> the appropriate quirk for your device can be added.
>
> Thanks,
> Pantelis
>    


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