Re: fails to detect usb mobile broadband device

[Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>]

Richard Betham <richard@betham.org.uk> writes:

> Installer failed to detect mobile broadband device on USB.
> I suggest that the kernel module called 'option' should have been 
> installed, but it was not.
>
> Huawei Mobile Broadband device (bought from 3) was plugged into a USB 
> socket during boot.
> An Epson Stylus SX435W was plugged into another USB socket.
> These two were the only devices in USB sockets during boot-install.  
>
> I chose Alternate Desktop -> -> KDE
>
> Otherwise the software installed itself, but gave error messages 
> about the mirror which I chose.
> The error message should have told me that the computer was not 
> connected to the Internet.
>
> After boot-install I gave the command :
> echo 'option' >> /etc/modules

This is pointless.  If it worked, then it the driver will be loaded
automatically anyway.

> then rebooted the computer on IDE-0.
> This seemed to cause it to detect the Huawei correctly
>
>
> I hope that this is useful.
> Some people in the UK do not have landlines, let alone broadband on 
> landline.

I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone has added support for
installing via Mobile Broadband yet.  Such modems usually require rather
complex device specific setup (PIN, APN, possibly user/password,
proprietary AT commands, proprietary management protocols etc) before a
network connection is available.

But the drivers are installed and the device should be automatically
detected after installing.


Bjørn