Re: Trying to get GOBI modem [back] to working

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2012-11-29 at 13:12 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> openSUSE 12.2 i686
> NetworkManager-0.9.4.0-5.13.1.i586
> ModemManager-0.5.2.0-2.4.1.i586
> 3.4.11-2.16-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT
> 
> I have an HP Netbook Pavilion dm1.
> Device is 03f0:241d Hewlett-Packard Gobi 2000 Wireless
> 
> It worked on a previous install, at least at some point.  Now the device
> does not appear to be available [we appear to have at least the same
> version of ModemManager - I do have
> a /usr/lib/ModemManager/libmm-plugin-gobi.so].
> 
> Does NetworkManager / ModemManager initialize this device or does that
> still fall to the gobi_loader?
> 
> Previously in /var/log/message we'd see -
> 
> Sep 27 18:32:14 linux kernel: [    3.303672] USB Serial support
> registered for Qualcomm USB modem
> Sep 27 18:32:14 linux kernel: [    3.305245] qcserial 1-5:1.1: Qualcomm
> USB modem converter detected
> Sep 27 18:32:14 linux kernel: [    3.305360] usb 1-5: Qualcomm USB modem
> converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> Sep 27 18:32:14 linux kernel: [    3.307537] qcserial 1-5:1.2: Qualcomm
> USB modem converter detected
> Sep 27 18:32:14 linux kernel: [    3.307810] usb 1-5: Qualcomm USB modem
> converter now attached to ttyUSB1
> Sep 27 18:32:14 linux kernel: [    3.309392] qcserial 1-5:1.3: Qualcomm
> USB modem converter detected
> Sep 27 18:32:14 linux kernel: [    3.309549] usb 1-5: Qualcomm USB modem
> converter now attached to ttyUSB2
> 
> The device configured as wwan0 "HP un2420 Mobile Broadband Module".
> 
> Now these additional devices do not appear [assuming the firmware is not
> initialized].

Firmware is still handled by gobi_loader.  If you only see one ttyUSBx
port, then the device is waiting for firmware.  If you see more than
one, or you see wwan0 or cdc-wdm0, then the device's firmware is alive
and it should be picked up by ModemManager.

Dan