From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 25 15:34:59 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AB0C1065670 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:34:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com) Received: from alogreentechnologies.com (alogreentechnologies.com [67.212.224.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F04078FC08 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:34:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from AMD620.ovitrap.com ([49.128.188.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by alogreentechnologies.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id q6PFY8C0003767; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:34:34 -0600 Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:36:28 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky To: Manish Jain Message-ID: <20120725223628.026cbf52@AMD620.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20120721133611.GA3755@tinyCurrent> <201207231737.43075.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <20120725202357.584a931f@AMD620.ovitrap.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Matthias Apitz , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to get Huawei EC1561 USB modem working under FreeBSD 8.2? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:34:59 -0000 Hi On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:21:04 +0530 Manish Jain wrote: > On 25-Jul-12 18:53, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:29:07 +0530 > > Manish Jain 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 d=EDa Saturday, July 21, 2012 a las 06:01:11PM +0530, Manish > >>>>> Jain escribi=F3: >=20 > I tried switching the USB ports and have some information which could=20 > help you to help me : >=20 > usbconfig -u 0 -a 2 dump_device_desc : > ugen0.2: at usbus0, cfg=3D0 md=3DHOST= =20 > spd=3DFULL (12Mbps) pwr=3DON >=20 > bLength =3D 0x0012 > bDescriptorType =3D 0x0001 > bcdUSB =3D 0x0110 > bDeviceClass =3D 0x0000 > bDeviceSubClass =3D 0x0000 > bDeviceProtocol =3D 0x0000 > bMaxPacketSize0 =3D 0x0040 > idVendor =3D 0x12d1 > idProduct =3D 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=20 > following : Mine is empty. Comment all entries out. This might be the problem. >=20 > link cuaU0.0 modem > own modem root:operator > perm modem 666 >=20 > link ugen0.3 usv > own usv root:operator > perm usv 666 >=20 > link cuaU0.1 apcups > own apcups root:operator > perm apcups 666 >=20 > 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. >=20 > Surprisingly, /etc/usb_modeswitch.d contains no entries for 12d1:140b > or 051d:*. Do I need to reinstall usb_modeswitch.d ? Or can usbconfig=20 > configure the devices correctly ? I am no expert here, so if yes, I=20 > would need the complete commands. >=20 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. >=20 > BTW, my system now has the usbdump command (installed from sources=20 > downloaded from http://biot.com/usbdump/) but no manpage. >=20 You got then a Linux version which might causes more problems that you need. Erich