Hi! I was using Ubuntu 7.10 for over an year now, but I’m new to openSUSE. I have taken Internet via the Reliance USB modem in Ubuntu with certain commands that do not work on openSUSE, perhaps bcoz it is based on Red hat while Ubuntu is based on Debian linux. I shall list the commands that i used in Ubuntu’s case. Please post the equivalent commands in openSUSE.
dmesg
lsusb
modprobe
wvdialconf
wvdial
And if there is a comparison article of equivalent commands of Ubuntu and openSUSE, please let me know.
I used the Ubuntu forums to get my CDMA wireless internet connection up and running and there are no differences in the command line stuff, AFAIK.
The best GUI program, IMHO, to use to connect is using a dial-up connection is Kinternet. But you can also run wvdial from command line if you like using that better, but I believe that will only run if you type su in the terminal first, as is the case with those other commands you have listed above.
Also, don’t forget to go into YAST / System / Runlevel Services and enable smpppd, because you will not be able to establish up dial up connection without it running.
Maybe also double check in YAST to make sure it’s even installed. I know it gets installed automatically as a dependency when you install Kinternet, but I’m not positive it is installed by default.
I too have a Reliance Netconnect (CDMA 1X) ZTE / MG880 usb modem which I would like to use on a openSUSE 11.1 installation using KDE 4.3. The machine is a DELL Inspiron 1420 laptop.
Its been a long time since you posted this issue and must’ve successfully tackled the issue long back - please help.
The dmesg output after I plugged-in and then unplugged the device was as follows -
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usb 6-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 6-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 6-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 6-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 6-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 6-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 6-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
usb 6-1: device not accepting address 4, error -71
usb 6-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
usb 6-1: device not accepting address 5, error -71
hub 6-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
usb 6-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
usb 6-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 6-1: New USB device found, idVendor=19d2, idProduct=fffd
usb 6-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 6-1: Product: ZTE CDMA Tech
usb 6-1: Manufacturer: ZTE, Incorporated
usb 6-1: SerialNumber: Serial Number
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On un-plugging the modem, dmesg shows -
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usb 6-1: USB disconnect, address 6
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