Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:36:28 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to get Huawei EC1561 USB modem working under FreeBSD 8.2? Message-ID: <20120725223628.026cbf52@AMD620.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP410F8393DE3043422D16693F6C30@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP1086684ACF08C894823C3B0F6D80@phx.gbl> <20120721133611.GA3755@tinyCurrent> <BLU0-SMTP1571F208F049EDC078EC837F6DD0@phx.gbl> <201207231737.43075.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <BLU0-SMTP1716BB70E64EAA958F76B9BF6DC0@phx.gbl> <20120725202357.584a931f@AMD620.ovitrap.com> <BLU0-SMTP410F8393DE3043422D16693F6C30@phx.gbl>
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Hi On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:21:04 +0530 Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> wrote: > On 25-Jul-12 18:53, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:29:07 +0530 > > Manish Jain<bourne.identity@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> On 23-Jul-12 16:07, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >>> On Monday 23 July 2012 16:46:04 Manish Jain wrote: > >>>> On 21-Jul-12 19:06, Matthias Apitz wrote: > >>>>> El día Saturday, July 21, 2012 a las 06:01:11PM +0530, Manish > >>>>> Jain escribió: > > I tried switching the USB ports and have some information which could > help you to help me : > > usbconfig -u 0 -a 2 dump_device_desc : > ugen0.2: <HUAWEI Mobile HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST > spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON > > bLength = 0x0012 > bDescriptorType = 0x0001 > bcdUSB = 0x0110 > bDeviceClass = 0x0000 > bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 > bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 > bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 > idVendor = 0x12d1 > idProduct = 0x140b This is strange. src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs says this: product HUAWEI E140B 0x140b 3G modem This means that your product is supported Is this line in your usbdevs? > Now what should my devfs.conf contain ? Currently it contains the > following : Mine is empty. Comment all entries out. This might be the problem. > > link cuaU0.0 modem > own modem root:operator > perm modem 666 > > link ugen0.3 usv > own usv root:operator > perm usv 666 > > link cuaU0.1 apcups > own apcups root:operator > perm apcups 666 > > Obviously, these entries are incorrect since neither my modem speaks > to the internet nor is any signal from the APC UPS recognized. I > believe once I have the correct devfs entries, the whole system > should work smoothly. But please correct me if I am wrong. > > Surprisingly, /etc/usb_modeswitch.d contains no entries for 12d1:140b > or 051d:*. Do I need to reinstall usb_modeswitch.d ? Or can usbconfig > configure the devices correctly ? I am no expert here, so if yes, I > would need the complete commands. > What version of FreeBSD are you using? > Thanks for any help. I am greatly indebted to FreeBSD and its > philosophy making things 'as simple as possible, but not any simpler' > - which has helped me learn a great deal about computers in general > and managing my own computer in particular. But the USB related stuff > still beats the hell out of me, so I need help here. There is something very, very simple wrong. I just do not see now what it is. I have the feeling that your modem is not recognised while it should be as it is known to FreeBSD. > > BTW, my system now has the usbdump command (installed from sources > downloaded from http://biot.com/usbdump/) but no manpage. > You got then a Linux version which might causes more problems that you need. Erichhelp
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