new user...trying to connect with USB mobile broadband dongle [SOLVED]

[phd7]

Hi,  I have just installed PClinuxOS 2012 KDE and have a problem connecting to mobile broadband. I normally have no problems connecting on another distro + mint + knoppix, sabayon and bodhi. It is not connecting on PclinuxOS
I hope you can help me .



I looked through 5 pages in this section and also googled but couldnt find an answer.

I have included a lot of information below which I hope is useful


Using Pclinux 2012 KDE
Kernel: 2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs
Broadband dongle: Sierra wireless USB302 on O2 Ireland (contract)
I went into the EDGE/GPRS/3G connection and entered the same settings I use for other distros.. i.e. the ones that come up automatically for O2,and my sim pin



lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:0181 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 1199:68a3 Sierra Wireless, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 1516:1603 CompUSA Flash Drive
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 413c:3012 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 413c:2107 Dell Computer Corp.
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


from Control centre under other hardware:
Identification
Vendor: ‎Sierra Wireless, Incorporated
Description: ‎USB 302
Media class: ‎

Connection
Bus: ‎USB

Bus PCI #: ‎2
PCI device #: ‎4
Vendor ID: ‎0x1199
Device ID: ‎0x68a3
Misc
Module: ‎sierra

under ethernet card (if relavant)
Identification
Vendor: ‎Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

Description: ‎RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller

Media class: ‎Ethernet controller

Connection
Bus: ‎PCI Express

PCI domain: ‎0

Bus PCI #: ‎3

PCI device #: ‎0

PCI function #: ‎0

PCI revision: ‎0x02

Vendor ID: ‎0x10ec

Device ID: ‎0x8136

Sub vendor ID: ‎0x1028

Sub device ID: ‎0x02e0

Misc
Module: ‎r8169



[pclinuxos@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.conf
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /sbin/modprobe ahci; /bin/true
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe uhci_hcd; /bin/true
alias sound-slot-1 snd_hda_intel
alias eth0 r8169
alias sound-slot-0 snd_hda_intel

[pclinuxos@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.preload
# /etc/modprobe.preload: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
# this file is for module-init-tools (kernel 2.5 and above) ONLY
# for old kernel use /etc/modules
fuse
raw1394
sbp2
ohci1394

evdev
i8k


[pclinuxos@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
cat: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0: No such file or directory




[pclinuxos@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
blacklist ssb




[root@localhost ~]# service -f network
Shutting down interface eth0:                                   [  OK  ]
Shutting down loopback interface:                               [  OK  ]
Bringing up loopback interface:                                 [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface eth0:                                     [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface ppp0:  Failed to activate ppp0, retrying in the background
                                                                [FAILED]



[root@localhost ~]# ip link show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:25:64:eb:ec:b2 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff



[root@localhost ~]# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:25:64:eb:ec:b2 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff



root@localhost ~]# netstat -tupl

Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign Address             State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 *:sane-port                 *:*                         LISTEN      1791/xinetd  
tcp        0      0 *:smux                      *:*                         LISTEN      2378/snmpd    
tcp        0      0 *:ipp                       *:*                         LISTEN      2354/cupsd    
tcp        0      0 *:ipp                       *:*                         LISTEN      2354/cupsd    
udp        0      0 *:snmp                      *:*                                     2378/snmpd    
udp        0      0 *:5353                      *:*                                     2299/avahi-daemon:
udp        0      0 *:49679                     *:*                                     2299/avahi-daemon:
udp        0      0 *:ipp                       *:*                                     2354/cupsd  






dmesg | tail -30
[fglrx] Reserved FB block: Unshared offset:fcc5000, size:33b000
[fglrx] Reserved FB block: Unshared offset:1fffb000, size:5000
[fglrx:fireglAsyncioIntEnableMsgHandler] *ERROR* interrupt source ff000066 is not supported on this hardware (return code = 1)
NET: Registered protocol family 10
r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link down
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated).  Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-ppp0 instead
usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1516, idProduct=1603
usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 2-2: Product: USB_DRIVE
usb 2-2: Manufacturer:
usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 21D3391F847ADA371173C0C8
scsi6 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0
scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access              USB_DRIVE        1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] 7972864 512-byte logical blocks: (4.08 GB/3.80 GiB)
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through
 sdf: sdf1
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk
Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated).  Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-ppp0 instead
r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link down
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated).  Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-ppp0 instead


from /etc/peers/ppp0
noauth
defaultroute
usepeerdns
noccp
debug
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0"
user "gprs"



from errors.log:
Apr  3 18:49:55 localhost kdm_greet[1536]: Data directory "/var/lib/kdm" not accessible: No such file or directory
Apr  3 18:52:00 localhost pppd[2082]: Connect script failed
Apr  3 19:00:58 localhost pppd[3522]: Connect script failed



results of modeswitch:
[pclinuxos@localhost ~]$ usb_modeswitch -v 0x1199 -p 0x68a3 -S -W
Taking all parameters from the command line


 * usb_modeswitch: handle USB devices with multiple modes
 * Version 1.1.8 (C) Josua Dietze 2011
 * Based on libusb0 (0.1.12 and above)

 ! PLEASE REPORT NEW CONFIGURATIONS !

DefaultVendor=  0x1199
DefaultProduct= 0x68a3
TargetVendor=   not set
TargetProduct=  not set
TargetClass=    not set
TargetProductList=""

DetachStorageOnly=0
HuaweiMode=0
SierraMode=1
SonyMode=0
GCTMode=0
KobilMode=0
SequansMode=0
MobileActionMode=0
MessageEndpoint=  not set
MessageContent=""
NeedResponse=0
ResponseEndpoint= not set
Interface=0x00

InquireDevice enabled (default)
Success check disabled
System integration mode disabled


Looking for default devices ...
  searching devices, found USB ID 1d6b:0002
  searching devices, found USB ID 1d6b:0002
  searching devices, found USB ID 1199:68a3
   found matching vendor ID
   found matching product ID
   adding device
  searching devices, found USB ID 0bda:0181
  searching devices, found USB ID 1d6b:0001
  searching devices, found USB ID 1d6b:0001
  searching devices, found USB ID 413c:3012
   searching devices, found USB ID 413c:2107
  searching devices, found USB ID 1d6b:0001
  searching devices, found USB ID 04f9:0206
  searching devices, found USB ID 1d6b:0001
  searching devices, found USB ID 1d6b:0001
  searching devices, found USB ID 1d6b:0001
 Found devices in default mode, class or configuration (1)
Accessing device 002 on bus 002 ...
Getting the current device configuration ...
 OK, got current device configuration (1)
Using endpoints 0x01 (out) and 0x81 (in)
Not a storage device, skipping SCSI inquiry

USB description data (for identification)
-------------------------
Manufacturer: Sierra Wireless, Incorporated
     Product: USB 302
  Serial No.: not provided
-------------------------
Trying to send Sierra control message
 OK, Sierra control message sent
-> Run lsusb to note any changes. Bye.

[AS]

Please, check this thread, not exactly the same device, but very similar:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,103124.0.html

very probably you will need to download, compile and install the updated package linked in the first post, alternatively you may want to try to install the new kernel 3.2.13 available in testing section, which include updated support for sierra devices.

AS

[phd7]

 I tried installing the drivers and connecting but it didnt work. As the 14 pages on the other thread got very messy, I suppose I will just wait for the release you mentioned.

I also tried connecting with my Nokia c5-03 which I also use in other distros, but no luck here either.

Thanks anyway

[Just17]

I tried installing the drivers and connecting but it didnt work. As the 14 pages on the other thread got very messy, I suppose I will just wait for the release you mentioned.

I also tried connecting with my Nokia c5-03 which I also use in other distros, but no luck here either.

Thanks anyway

The 3.2.13 kernel is already available for you to try ......  it is in testing section of the repository. I am presently using it as my main kernel without issue.

[phd7]

The 3.2.13 kernel is already available for you to try ......  it is in testing section of the repository. I am presently using it as my main kernel without issue.

Thanks, as I cannot acces the repos due to having no internet connection, is there another way of downloading and installing 3.2.13?

regards

[Just17]

The testing section is here

http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/2010/RPMS.testing/

I installed the following

kernel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs (1-1_as_2012)
kernel-devel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs (1-1_as_2012)

So if you choose a different kernel, make sure you have the corresponding 'devel' package.

kernel-3.2.14  is now available in 5 different 'flavours'   Install the one that suits your hardware and requirements.


HTH
 

[phd7]

The testing section is here

http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/2010/RPMS.testing/

I installed the following

kernel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs (1-1_as_2012)
kernel-devel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs (1-1_as_2012)

So if you choose a different kernel, make sure you have the corresponding 'devel' package.

kernel-3.2.14  is now available in 5 different 'flavours'   Install the one that suits your hardware and requirements.
HTH

Ok, I'll give it a go. Havent done it before. Are there any other packages not in the default insatall of 2012 I need to also download and install before I reboot into Pclinuxos?
And if you have a link to a tutorial, it would be great.
Thanks

[Just17]

There should be directions about dropping the packages into /var/cache/apt/archives/  and then using Synaptic to install them.

Maybe someone with definite instructions could jump in here ......  as I have not used this method for kernels and there *might* be something I am not allowing for ......  so hang fire a little while please ....

[YouCanToo]

The testing section is here

http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/2010/RPMS.testing/

I installed the following

kernel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs (1-1_as_2012)
kernel-devel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs (1-1_as_2012)

So if you choose a different kernel, make sure you have the corresponding 'devel' package.

kernel-3.2.14  is now available in 5 different 'flavours'   Install the one that suits your hardware and requirements.


HTH
 

Shouldn't the development package be drawn in as a dependency of the new kernel package being installed???

[gseaman]

The testing section is here

http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/2010/RPMS.testing/

I installed the following

kernel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs (1-1_as_2012)
kernel-devel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs (1-1_as_2012)

So if you choose a different kernel, make sure you have the corresponding 'devel' package.

kernel-3.2.14  is now available in 5 different 'flavours'   Install the one that suits your hardware and requirements.


HTH
 

Shouldn't the development package be drawn in as a dependency of the new kernel package being installed???

Not without an internet connection.

[AS]

The testing section is here

http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/2010/RPMS.testing/

I installed the following

kernel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs (1-1_as_2012)
kernel-devel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs (1-1_as_2012)

So if you choose a different kernel, make sure you have the corresponding 'devel' package.

kernel-3.2.14  is now available in 5 different 'flavours'  Install the one that suits your hardware and requirements.


HTH
 

Shouldn't the development package be drawn in as a dependency of the new kernel package being installed???

Yes and the dependencies are in place. You won't be able to install the kernel package alone, without the devel package. There are however other dependencies that right now are not enforced (there is a reason because it is in testing ....) and mostly are about dkms video driver modules. Installing the new kernel will require to update some packages also available in testing section, i.e. fglrx driver, nvidia173xx, broadcom-wl, ... which have been patched/updated to properly build and work with the new kernel.

phd7,
unless you know exactly what you are going to do, don't do that, if you decide to test the new kernel, please join the tester-ML the testing section:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/board,83.0.html

Link to tester-ML removed

AS

[YouCanToo]

The testing section is here

http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/2010/RPMS.testing/

I installed the following

kernel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs (1-1_as_2012)
kernel-devel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs (1-1_as_2012)

So if you choose a different kernel, make sure you have the corresponding 'devel' package.

kernel-3.2.14  is now available in 5 different 'flavours'   Install the one that suits your hardware and requirements.


HTH
 

Shouldn't the development package be drawn in as a dependency of the new kernel package being installed???

Not without an internet connection.

OK, so how are they getting the kernel without an internet connection? or am I missing something here?

[Just17]

OK, so how are they getting the kernel without an internet connection? or am I missing something here?

Using a different OS that can use the mobile broadband device the packages can be downloaded.

But as AS has pointed out this is not as simple as at first appears ....

[phd7]

I took the easy way out and bought a Huawei modem (E353)for O2  which was recognised straight away.

Thanks for the input anyway

[Just17]

I took the easy way out and bought a Huawei modem (E353)for O2  which was recognised straight away.

Thanks for the input anyway

I hate it when that is necessary 

Glad you found a way to get sorted