Integration of 3G Wireless Modem Detection - 4.1.2 & 4.2.1

[jfdee]

I'd like to propose the incorporation of the latest "usb_modeswitch" version into Puppy. There are more than 150 different devices on the list now; udev rules and wrapper scripts are included to automatically handle those devices.

It tests for ambiguous USB IDs (like the notorious 05c6:1000), choosing the right switching method for different devices with the same ID.

And if no other driver binds to the switched device, the wrapper mechanism adds the new USB ID dynamically to the "option" driver which works with every serial USB highspeed modem, even when it is not explicitly known to the kernel module.

If you want to have a look, there is more information available. Just google for "usb_modeswitch".

[Coolsun9]

Hi Rerwin,

I am glad to find this thread but not quite follow the tech talk. I hold back installing Puppy 4.3.1 on my eeePC 701 because I could not get E1550 to work on Linux.

It would be great if there is step by step instruction or screenshots complied in a document to follow.

Christmas Cheers

[jfdee]

Coolsun9:

For a manual preparation of your device do this in a console/terminal (as root on other systems than Puppy):

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# usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1446 -M "55534243123456780000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000"

The resulting device should be picked up by the "option" driver automatically. You can check that by running "dmesg" and look for newly created "ttyUSB" devices.

Check out the USB_ModeSwitch page (Google) if you want.

[Coolsun9]

Coolsun9:

For a manual preparation of your device do this in a console/terminal (as root on other systems than Puppy):

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# usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1446 -M "55534243123456780000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000"

The resulting device should be picked up by the "option" driver automatically. You can check that by running "dmesg" and look for newly created "ttyUSB" devices.

Check out the USB_ModeSwitch page (Google) if you want.

Hi jfdee,

Thanks for your reply. I am very new to Linux and so not sure how it's work. But I tried usb_modeswitch from the Console icon. It did not returned with the sequence of numbers as you have shown.
Instead, I got this....
usb_modeswitch: option requires an argument --M

What did I do wrong?

[jfdee]

Just a little misunderstanding: the row of numbers should follow the "-M" in the same command line. (Yes, this is a looong command.)

It was wrapped to the next line by the forum software; this is not intended.

[Coolsun9]

Just a little misunderstanding: the row of numbers should follow the "-M" in the same command line. (Yes, this is a looong command.)

It was wrapped to the next line by the forum software; this is not intended.

IC. Understand now. But..it returned with:

Looking for default devices ...
No default device found. Is it connected? Bye.

I am not sure what it means. The dongle was plugged in when I type the whole long command line. Please note Puppy did recognised the dongle as storage device with sr0 on the desktop.

BTW....I have managed to look into the usb_modeswitch.conf file and listed the E1550. It looks like this:

#######################################################
# Huawei E1550
#
# Contributor: Anders Blomdell, Ahmed Soliman

;DefaultVendor= 0x12d1
;DefaultProduct= 0x1446

TargetVendor= 0x12d1
TargetProduct= 0x1001

# only for reference and 0.x versions
# MessageEndpoint=0x01

;MessageContent="55534243123456780000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000"

I read somewhere shouldn't the semi colon ; be there?

I am quite surprise that this take longer than I expected to resolve this small issue. Please advise if I have missed anything. Thanks again.

[jfdee]

If you put those parameters on the command line, the config file is not used. Alternatively you can remove the semicolon characters in the config file (just the entry for the 1550!) and call "usb_modeswitch" without any parameters.

If the device is not there, then it is not found . Double check with "lsusb" if the "12d1:1446" entry is really present after plugging. Also check if your command line is correct, including the "0x" prefix in front of the hexadecimal numbers.

If you add the "-W" parameter you get a detailed output about the effective setting of all parameters used in that call.

[neurino]

I'm trying to make a Huawei e1550 in Puppy 4.3.1 (to be honest puppeee but I think it's quite the same)

I added rules_update-2 pet and uncommented 1550 line in /etc/udev/rules...

then some reboots here and there and then Internet Connection Wizard => Internet by dialog or wireless modem => probe => PROBE => no modem found.

Sometimes when I plug the e1550 it shows like a cdrom, unplug, reconnect and no icon shown...

In hardinfo the usb key shows as HUAWEI Mobile

here is my pmodemdialog file, please help!

Thank you!
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EDIT:

puppeee is not quite the same, I booted standard puppy,

added rules_update-2 pet and uncommented 1550 line in /etc/udev/rules...

maybe I had to rebbot but using directly usb_modeswitch the switch occured, then running the wizard the modem was found on /dev/ttyUSB0. I did not tried to connect yet but I wonder what could be missing or change in puppeee that made me headbang for hours with no result.... (maybe a different kernel???)

As usual any advice is welcome!

[jemimah]

I can tell from your attached output that device is detected as a disk.

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Dec 29 22:10:55 (none) user.notice kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HUAWEI   Mass Storage     2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Dec 29 22:10:55 (none) user.debug kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete
Dec 29 22:10:55 (none) user.notice kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     HUAWEI   MMC Storage      2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2

The modeswitch is failing though, maybe it's assuming usb-storage is built as a module. I'll look into it.

[jemimah]

Ok, it might be looking for /proc/bus/usb which Puppeee isn't mounting automatically for some reason. Please try mounting it manually, and go through the process again, and let me know if that fixes it.

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mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb

[neurino]

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mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb

Well, now usb_modeswitch finds and switches the modem (so the CD-Rom Icon disappears.

But PROBE in PupDial does not work yet

Looking for USB devices with PupScan (was "no devices found") now shows:

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snip...

Manufacturer=HUAWEI Technology
Product=HUAWEI Mobile
VendorID=12d1  ProductID=1001  KERNEL-MODULE=(none)

snip...

[jemimah]

Can you post the pmodemdiag info again? Preferably one from Puppeee and one from working standard Puppy.

[magerlab]

please, don't forget about BoxPupeee
I'll try to see what happens on 1 of january ( my work mate will bring huawei modem to me)

[01micko]

just my way of thinking.... if the usb modem wasn't there to begin with maybe the option driver needs to be loaded manually too?

yep, 2c worth...

[01micko]

mager, did you have a prob in boxpuppeee? I had none

[jemimah]

I will double check that the "option" driver is there when I get home. It might not be. I'd never heard of it before today.

[neurino]

Can you post the pmodemdiag info again? Preferably one from Puppeee and one from working standard Puppy.

here they are, thanks for your support!

[jemimah]

I checked and the option modules does exist, but it your output shows that it didn't load automatically. Can you try 'modprobe option' and see if that helps?

[neurino]

Can you try 'modprobe option' and see if that helps?

I tried it a lot of times yesterday but it answered something like "FATAL: Module option not found", now I'm on Standard Puppy I can't tell you the exact response but it was a short sentence

[jemimah]

I think you told me you are still on Puppeee 2.5. 3.1 is probably the first Puppeee to have the option module. I just tested on mine and it loads without error.