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

Wed Mar 28 18:41:28 CEST 2012

On Wed, 2012-03-28 at 09:15 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote:
+> '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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+Thanks Col - that fixed it!  Whew, I needed that (had to use Ubuntu as
+fallback whilst onsite at a customer!) - Cheers!
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