Huawei modem issue on open suse 11.3

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Hi im trying to connect my huawei e160 usb modem but it keeps failing and does not show on the Network Manager, checking on /var/log/messages this it what I get: Any help?

Oct 5 15:31:30 LPKENBITD002 modem-manager: (ttyUSB1): re-checking support…
Oct 5 15:31:30 LPKENBITD002 modem-manager: (Huawei): (ttyUSB1) deferring support check
Oct 5 15:31:33 LPKENBITD002 modem-manager: (ttyUSB1): re-checking support…
Oct 5 15:31:33 LPKENBITD002 modem-manager: (Huawei): (ttyUSB1) deferring support check
Oct 5 15:31:36 LPKENBITD002 modem-manager: (ttyUSB1): re-checking support…
Oct 5 15:31:36 LPKENBITD002 modem-manager: (Huawei): (ttyUSB1) deferring support check

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I have a problem with the E1550, sometimes in the lower right corner of the screen icon appears, mobile telephone (then the internet works),and sometimes no icon?
Why?..

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Attach the modem, then try the console command

lsusb

and post the results. Do not forget to enclose the list in

 tags.
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@Sasa064: I think it would be better for you to start a new thread. Your problem seems not to be related and we can’t answer it here, because noone wants to hijack OP’s thread.

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Here you go vodoo


Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b059 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 12d1:1003 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E220 HSDPA Modem / E270 HSDPA/HSUPA Modem
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 08ff:2810 AuthenTec, Inc. 
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0461:4d17 Primax Electronics, Ltd Optical Mouse

Cheers
TheMburu

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And here is output from dmesg


dmesg | grep tty 
    0.000000] console [tty0] enabled
    0.825996] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
    0.826448] 00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
  683.928884] usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
  683.929731] usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
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Sigh. The modem you have seems to be a bit tricky. See this link: Huawei E220 UMTS/GPRS (page is in German; can you read it?)

You have to put the modem into the right mode. For doing this you download a program witten in C http://www.kanoistika.sk/bobovsky/archiv/umts/huaweiAktBbo.c (also available at http://linux.frankenberger.at/dat/huaweiAktBbo.c and compile it:

gcc -o huaweiAktBbo -lusb huaweiAktBbo.c

You must have libusb-1_0-devel installed for this compilation. Copy the resulting program to /sbin/huaweiAktBbo and run it as user root. Then load the driver:

modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1003

To automate the process create a udev script named /etc/udev/rules.d/50-huawei-e220.rules with the following contents:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1003", SYSFS{idVendor}=="12d1", RUN+="/sbin/huaweiAktBbo"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1003", SYSFS{idVendor}=="12d1", RUN+="/bin/sleep 5"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1003", SYSFS{idVendor}=="12d1", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1003"

I did verify that huaweiAktBbo.c compiles on 11.3. It does! Further than this I can’t test anything. Have all the fun for yourself.

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Hi voodoo

I cant get past “gcc -o huaweiAktBbo -lusb huaweiAktBbo.c”

the output is

 gcc -o huaweiAktBbo -lsusb huaweiAktBbo.c 
/usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.5/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lsusb
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

When I change to "gcc -o huaweiAktBbo -/usr/sbin/lsusb huaweiAktBbo.c "

# gcc -o huaweiAktBbo -/usr/sbin/lsusb huaweiAktBbo.c 
gcc: unrecognized option '-/usr/sbin/lsusb'
/tmp/ccMaarlJ.o: In function `release_usb_device':
huaweiAktBbo.c:(.text+0x17): undefined reference to `usb_release_interface'
huaweiAktBbo.c:(.text+0x41): undefined reference to `usb_close'
/tmp/ccMaarlJ.o: In function `list_devices':
huaweiAktBbo.c:(.text+0x72): undefined reference to `usb_get_busses'
/tmp/ccMaarlJ.o: In function `find_device':
huaweiAktBbo.c:(.text+0xdd): undefined reference to `usb_get_busses'
/tmp/ccMaarlJ.o: In function `main':
huaweiAktBbo.c:(.text+0x200): undefined reference to `usb_init'
huaweiAktBbo.c:(.text+0x205): undefined reference to `usb_find_busses'
huaweiAktBbo.c:(.text+0x20a): undefined reference to `usb_find_devices'
huaweiAktBbo.c:(.text+0x28a): undefined reference to `usb_open'
huaweiAktBbo.c:(.text+0x2fd): undefined reference to `usb_get_descriptor'
huaweiAktBbo.c:(.text+0x33d): undefined reference to `usb_get_descriptor'
huaweiAktBbo.c:(.text+0x37d): undefined reference to `usb_get_descriptor'
huaweiAktBbo.c:(.text+0x3d5): undefined reference to `usb_control_msg'
huaweiAktBbo.c:(.text+0x401): undefined reference to `usb_close'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

What may be happening here?

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gcc -o huaweiAktBbo -lsusb huaweiAktBbo.c

There is a typographical error: can you see the difference between -lsusb and -lusb ?

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Hi

Correct man, I used -lsusb which gave me the errors as above, i.e.

# gcc -o huaweiAktBbo -lsusb huaweiAktBbo.c 
/usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.5/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lsusb
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
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Try installing usb_modeswitch and see if the modem is behaving properly:

su
zypper install usb_modeswitch
zypper update
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Hi

The usb_modeswitch is already installed and is the highest version.

Cheers
TheMburu

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Have a look at this…It might be helpful…
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/105545

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so themburu: you have a Huawei E160 modem that gives an lsub printout of

ID 12d1:1003 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E220 HSDPA Modem / E270 HSDPA/HSUPA Modem

and your system recognises it as a modem when you type dmesg | grep tty as it gives

GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0

I use gnome network manager for such connections: I right-click on network manager: what I call the two TV screens; left click on edit connections; then click on mobile broadband; add; with distros such as ubuntu, they have a list of countries; networks; and the apn settings for each; with opensuse you need to research the apn settings by yourself; having set up this config, I would then left-click on network manager with the device plugged in; see the entry I had created: (opensuse offers the default title of GSM connection 1 or somesuch so you edit to suit yourself); and I left-click and connect

so help us understand what you do as you say

Hi im trying to connect my huawei e160 usb modem but it keeps failing and does not show on the Network Manager,

particularly what the

does not show on the Network Manager,
means

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I have checked on an unlocked 160 that I use whilst overseas; (so switched simcards from overseas to local )

on 11.2 it is not seen as a modem! (whereas it was on earlier systems)

so when I install usb_modeswitch, it is seen: so seems you need to install usb_modeswitch:

can I suggest something else …

I have become a fan of sakis3g as a means of connecting to the internet with usb sticks:

this is the home page but get it and install it from the page below

this is the how to install page Sakis3G installation - Sakis3G wiki

I recommend it as it has usb_modeswitch in its package; for opensuse to use the latest package, you otherwise have to install 2 .tar.bz2 packages which is more hassle: for debian users, a .deb package is available;

I have found sakis3g great; has all the apn settings preloaded;

so sakis3g replaces the need to use network manager to connect to the internet;