[Mageia-dev] Missing in Action - 3G F5521gw

Wed Mar 28 10:15:07 CEST 2012

'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 27/03/12 20:11 did gyre and gimble:
+> Since recent Cauldron updates, I can't get my 3G card (Ericsson F5521gw)
+> to work - looks like the modules are loading:
+> 
+> [root at ThinkFox rfox]# lsmod | grep cdc
+> cdc_ncm                18343  0 
+> usbnet                 32360  1 cdc_ncm
+> cdc_acm                28712  0 
+> cdc_wdm                18241  0 
+> usbcore               206950  10
+> uvcvideo,btusb,cdc_ncm,usbnet,cdc_acm,cdc_wdm,xhci_hcd,usbhid,ehci_hcd
+> 
+> but when I start drakconnect, I get "no device for this connection type"
+> 
+> On the same notebook (Thinkpad x220) it works fine under Ubuntu 12.04
+> B1)
+> 
+> Any hints would be welcome.
+
+Try running as root:
+
+mount -n -t usbfs -o devmode=0664,devgid=43 /proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb
+
+
+Then run drakconnect.
+
+aka: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4500
+
+Col
+
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