Re: usb hsdpa modem only detected after using it on windows
Hi,
Umarzuki Mochlis <umarzuki@gmail.com> writes:
> 2009/8/17 Raja R Harinath <harinath@hurrynot.org>:
> [snipped]
>>
>> I wasn't too clear above. You need to get a copy of the kernel source,
>> patch it, compile it, and install it.
>>
>> However, it might be much much easier to follow the suggestion
>> elsethread: install the 'usb-modeswitch' package, and add a line:
>>
>> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="12d1", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1446", RUN+="/usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch --default-vendor 0x12d1 --default-product 0x1446 --target-vender 0x12d1 --target-product 0x1003 --huawei-mode --detach-storage-only "
>>
>> to /etc/udev/rules.d/usb_modeswitch.rules
>>
> I had created /etc/udev/rules.d/usb_modeswitch.rules
Hmm, does that means you didn't install the 'usb-modeswitch' package?
> with
> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="12d1", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1446",
> RUN+="/usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch --default-vendor 0x12d1
> --default-product 0x1446 --target-vender 0x12d1 --target-product
> 0x1003 --huawei-mode --detach-storage-only "
>
> in it. But it is still detected as usb cdrom storage. Maybe i need to
> start learning compiling and patching kernel to make this modem
> recognized upon bootup.
You may want to try again after installing the 'usb-modeswitch' package
from the 'testing' distribution:
http://packages.debian.org/usb-modeswitch
- Hari
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