any help appreciated. I just got Novatel 1410:5059 3G USB stick. Have tested it with Windows - works. On the OpenSUSE 11.4 (64-bit) and actually also in Ubuntu it does not create the needed /dev/ttyUSB0 (/dev/ttyUSB1) devices. I tried to remove usbserial module and then load it with modprobe usbserial vendor=1410 product=5059. No errors reported. I disabled the pin on the device. I have no used two hours with Google and hopefully I get at least a comment here whether it is supported or not. This is quite new device so there seems not to be much information about it yet.
If it’s a new device, its unlikely that support will yet exist. The usb_modeswitch utility may offer your best chance of exposing the modem interface, and get this working.
The current list of supported devices include several Novatel USB modems, and you may find it is possible to get your device working, by reading the ‘Troubleshooting’ and ‘Contribute’ sections of the guide.
Here is an example of someone getting their 3G modem working with openSUSE11. (This will give you an idea of the steps involved).
Found the datasheet of the modem. Supported in 2.6 kernel.
That sounds promising. With your device plugged in, try
dmesg|tail
What output do you get?
Sometimes, it is possible to expose the modem device, simply by disabling ‘storage’ device (using ‘rmmod usb_storage’, or ‘eject /dev/sr*’), then checking ‘lsusb’ again.
dmesg|tail gives
44998.566629] usb 1-2.4: New USB device found, idVendor=1410, idProduct=5059
[44998.566632] usb 1-2.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=4
[44998.566634] usb 1-2.4: Product: Novatel Wireless HSPA
[44998.566635] usb 1-2.4: Manufacturer: Novatel Wireless, Inc.
[44998.566637] usb 1-2.4: SerialNumber: 123456789012341
[44998.567999] scsi14 : usb-storage 1-2.4:1.0
[44999.569409] scsi 14:0:0:0: CD-ROM NVTL Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[44999.571798] sr1: scsi-1 drive
[44999.571915] sr 14:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[44999.572013] sr 14:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg13 type 5
When I plug it in. But I can’t get the /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyUSB1 when I load usbserial with vendor and product. I found from the Linux usb-project of the vendor and product ids. And 5059 is not listed. Probably an old list…because dmesg seems to identify it correctly.
It would be plain sailing after I got those /dev/ttyUSB0 to come up.