Re: help needed in installing 3G+ usb modem

2010-07-17 Thread Christian Jaeger
> Whenever I plug that modem in a usb slot, it first acts as if it was a mass > storage device. Nothing wrong with this, have I been told : the data space > contains programs for MSWIN install. The device must therefore be switched > so as to be reckognized as a modem, which may be done using vario

Re: help needed in installing 3G+ usb modem

2010-07-15 Thread green
Bernard wrote at 2010-07-15 14:09 -0500: > At first, I don't know how to launch usb_modeswitch. It may be that > it is supposed to work automatically. In any case, my usbmodem does > not switch from storage to modem. The man page is really poor, as it > does not explain what you must exactly write

Re: help needed in installing 3G+ usb modem

2010-07-15 Thread Joe
On 15/07/10 20:09, Bernard wrote: Hi to Everyone, I have already tried a lot of things to get this to work on my laptop running Ubuntu 8.04. I also carried tests on my desktop on Debian Lenny, with no results in either system. My USB modem is a ZTE (Huwei abcd). It would probably help if yo

help needed in installing 3G+ usb modem

2010-07-15 Thread Bernard
Hi to Everyone, I have already tried a lot of things to get this to work on my laptop running Ubuntu 8.04. I also carried tests on my desktop on Debian Lenny, with no results in either system. Some people got very similar models of 3G key to work on Ubuntu. They have recommended that I carry