Christian Jaeger <chrjae <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Another update in my quest to get that UMTS modem work properly: > > Bell technical support told me that I should run a firmware upgrade on > the stick (and gave me a link to the exact file). Of course that's a > windows .exe. I tried to run it in a second hand computer store that > let me plug in my Bell stick, but it didn't work, probably because I > didn't install the driver beforehand, the installer and upgrade > utility conflicted with each other. So I gave up for some time. > > Now I've finally gotten an own computer with Windows (XP), so I > installed the modem first, then ran the firmware upgrade. Both worked > without problems. Also, on Windows the modem doesn't seem to exhibit > that disconnect problem. Then I tried again on Debian, and nothing > changed, disconnection on first try. Duh. > > So, if anyone knows what's left that I could try (well I'll try > contacting some network manager people), or knows which USB UMTS modem > works on Debian in Canada (with Bell), please tell. > > Thanks > Christian. > > Reading your first post on this issue I see that you remove the option module in favor of usbserial. That advice is all over the net. Are you still doing that ? I think it is -basically- wrong: 'option' is the specialised driver for this and many other 3g modems. 'usbserial' is -only- a generic driver on which you can fall back if-all-else-fails. ( I am citing the author of usbserial )
I suggest that you go back to the beginning, probably a clean, fresh install of Squeeze, stick the modem in and see what happens. Or a live cd, or, .. In Squeeze usbmodeswitch is standard. Then the option module should grab the modem. The module creates /dev/ttyUSB* After that the dialling: that is specific for your provider. HTH, --Jasper. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/loom.20110530t160259-...@post.gmane.org
