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

[Colin Guthrie]

'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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