Hi, Your answer is very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to give me all that information. You are right, the usb modem comes with a win and mac auto-installation, but nothing for linux. I found on the net that some poeple made it work for ubuntu and other linux distributions quite easily. I'll take the time to look carefully at your suggestions. Thank you again --- On Wed, 12/15/10, Hiisi <saippua5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Hiisi <saippua5@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: usb name in /dev > To: "Community support for Fedora users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 3:59 PM > ke, 2010-12-15 kello 13:57 -0500, > fred smith kirjoitti: > > As a totally wild guess, maybe it's /dev/sr1? (see the > line > > immediately > > above). > <--SNIP--> > > if it did get automounted, the default behavior would > be to both (1) > > put an icon on your desktop, and (2) open a browser > window into the > > root > > of the filesystem on that device. > > > > > > It's a common problem with Huawei and ZTE (ONDA) > USB-modems. The OP may > provide us with the exact model to be sure. But the usual > case is that > those devices are initially made for windoze (and macos > probably). The > build-in flash memory auto-detects itself as CD-rom and > windoze user > should click the button in some kind of pop-up to confirm > the > installation of the driver. In some cases modem requires > auto-reconnection from connection program every 30 seconds. > Summary, it > won't work on Linux without additional configuration. > Normally one can > deal with it in two ways: > 1. by using usb_modeswitch > 2. or flashing the modem > > First way is preferable if you're planning to use this > modem both under > Linux and windoze (i.e. a friend or your boss gave it to > your for > vacation ;-). In any other cases I would recommend the > second item in > the list above. Anyway, before using usb_modeswitch one > should install > it. Yum/rpm is a preferable method as it will automatically > create all > the necessary udev rules for you. Probably you'll have to > modify /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf. Use google to find the > right values of > device-specific settings in it. To connect to the Internet > you'll have > to create a Mobile Broadband connection with NetworkManager > or to use > something like ppp, kppp or wvdial with mobile provider > specific > settings to dial the number. > > Second way is a bit tricky but the result is (in most known > cases) > working modem, supported by recent Fedoras out of the box. > You should > eject the fake CD it plays. As it was already discussed, > it's /dev/sr1. > You can simply umount it if it displays its icon on desktop > or in > nautilus (assuming you're using gnome). After that the new > links will be > created under /dev directory: /dev/ttyUSB*, where > /dev/ttyUSB0 is your > modem (probably zero at the end, but you'll have to ensure > that with > dmesg after CD ejection). Then you'll have to send > modem-specific > AT-command to that device. Utility like minicom is useful > for this task. > > The OP really should search google with the exact model. > Chances are > high that with most popular models step-bu-step guides are > available. > HTH, Hiisi > -- > "Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard > disk?" > Microsoft spel chekar vor sail, worgs grate !! > -- Felix von Leitner, leitner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
