X-Original-To: alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org Delivered-To: alpine-devel@mail.alpinelinux.org Received: from mail-pb0-f42.google.com (mail-pb0-f42.google.com [209.85.160.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.alpinelinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A51BDC0245 for ; Fri, 3 May 2013 14:57:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f42.google.com with SMTP id up7so943364pbc.29 for ; Fri, 03 May 2013 07:57:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:cc:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id; bh=BE365Fn3J0/uA0K8XT1PC9rL3wR/R9ou0e0P4opaXGs=; b=BBmkXsf6DBbJve3kd3fLDeO2wyeFczWWtzeLX+Mk7fuvGfy4gcBvh6GhMIk4Gd+4CF MQo+LDwRiR2Ukhem4YHZ0RHRgNAeupQp1zeqDKQWb7mbljqkoaEQyQ9FNICIchvz+QrI L3K9iuvSa0bAbrmW9Rn0oTFf52afVLX1Om3aSeD1MK7FnnFBn/e4bP/cEIWR5yvTtCvG TptDm90J+g+ErEHFc2KA2GhKh/GQ9tSrc/ijrFbeH5BIFtbm05NKeZntVtTq5GvC/MCi OG2j73ftuqEkXaVVaBsX8CemID4F4ONzWVw2+KZKjYpE+uzMc4YAZmfh8Qrfk37twuv3 RKnw== X-Received: by 10.68.216.165 with SMTP id or5mr14222627pbc.152.1367593065450; Fri, 03 May 2013 07:57:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from microknoppix.localnet ([117.227.190.175]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id az5sm9760464pbc.18.2013.05.03.07.57.37 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 03 May 2013 07:57:44 -0700 (PDT) From: "V.Krishn" Reply-To: vkrishn4@gmail.com To: alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org Subject: Re: [alpine-devel] [2.6rc2] USB 3G Modems Not Working, Anymore Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 20:19:21 +0530 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.3.7-64; KDE/4.7.4; x86_64; ; ) References: <5183C53A.5030300@arcor.de> In-Reply-To: <5183C53A.5030300@arcor.de> Cc: Der Tiger X-Mailinglist: alpine-devel Precedence: list List-Id: Alpine Development List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201305032019.21995.vkrishn4@gmail.com> On Friday, May 03, 2013 07:40:02 PM Der Tiger wrote: > Hi, > > Looks like there is a problem with USB modems (in my case a Huawei > E372) on 2.6rc1 and 2.6rc2. The modem is recognized and listed in > /var/log/messages, as well as with 'lsusb', but no /dev/ttyUSB* special > files are created. I had no such troubles on 2.5. Between the working > 2.5 and the current, non-operating state there where only two 'sudo apk > -U upgrade' (to 2.6rc1 and later 2.6rc2, both with reboot afterwards) > and no other changes to the Alpine system. > > At this stage, I cannot pinpoint the problem. Kernel module 'usbserial' > is loaded and a generic USB-to-serial adapter is recognized and the > corresponding special file created. My educated guess therefore is an > issue with 'usb_modeswitch' which can access the USB modem, but exits with: > > > 8<------------------------------------------------------->8 > alpine:~$ sudo usb_modeswitch -v 12d1 -p 1505 -H > > Looking for default devices ... > found matching product ID > adding device > Found device in default mode, class or configuration (1) > Accessing device 003 on bus 005 ... > Getting the current device configuration ... > OK, got current device configuration (1) > Using interface number 0 > Using endpoints 0x01 (out) and 0x81 (in) > Inquiring device details; driver will be detached ... > Looking for active driver ... > OK, driver found; name unknown, limitation of libusb1 > OK, driver "unkown" detached > > SCSI inquiry data (for identification) > ------------------------- > Vendor String: HUAWEI > Model String: Mass Storage > Revision String: 2.31 > ------------------------- > > USB description data (for identification) > ------------------------- > Manufacturer: Huawei Technologies > Product: HUAWEI Mobile > Serial No.: not provided > ------------------------- > Sending Huawei control message ... > Error: sending Huawei control message failed (error -32). Aborting. > 8<------------------------------------------------------->8 > > I can't tell, if this is caused by the kernel or the usb_modeswitch > tool. The modem itself is working flawlessly as proofed by connecting it > to my laptop. A different type of Huawei modem (namely E169) causes the > same problem on Alpine 2.6rc*. > > I'll gladly provide any information required to solve the problem. > > Any idea, what's causing this? > > Kind Regards, Tiger > > > --- > Unsubscribe: alpine-devel+unsubscribe@lists.alpinelinux.org > Help: alpine-devel+help@lists.alpinelinux.org > --- I am not sure if this would work (if usb_modeswitch does not work), if you still see the modem's flash storage as mounted then, do: sudo eject /dev/${device} #Your would need to figure out the device, should be /dev/sr0 (usually) sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1505 -- Regards. V.Krishn --- Unsubscribe: alpine-devel+unsubscribe@lists.alpinelinux.org Help: alpine-devel+help@lists.alpinelinux.org ---