Bug 102368

What does
# /usr/sbin/kudzu -p -c "MODEM"
print?

Created attachment 94118 [details]
/usr/sbin/kudzu -p -c "MODEM"

Obviously the PCI Winmodem should be ignored, and the USB FaxModem should be
recognized.

Kernel modules acm and usbcore were already loaded at the time of "kudzu -p -c".
 (I believe that they were loaded by kudzu at boot; the USB modem was connected
and powered up before, during, and after boot.)

still an issue?

Yes, a USB modem still cannot be found.  Desktop > Settings > Network; New >
Modem connection > Forward  still gives "system-config-network: No modem was
found on your system."  This was after turning on a USB modem that was plugged
into a previously-running system (i.e., "hotplug" situation, as opposed to "cold
plug" which is plugged in and turned on before boot.)  The "Select Modem" dialog
box presents /dev/modem as the default choice, and (among others)
/dev/input/ttyACM0 is listed in the drop-down list.  [Notice the extra "/input"
in the name.]

From /var/log/messages:
-----
Jul  8 09:07:34 fc4final kernel: usb 5-2: new full speed USB device using
uhci_hcd and address 3
Jul  8 09:07:35 fc4final kernel: usb 5-2: configuration #2 chosen from 2 choices
Jul  8 09:07:35 fc4final usb.agent[4550]: Keeping default configuration with
/sys//devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.4/usb5/5-2
Jul  8 09:07:39 fc4final kernel: cdc_acm 5-2:2.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
Jul  8 09:07:39 fc4final kernel: usbcore: registered new driver cdc_acm
Jul  8 09:07:39 fc4final kernel: drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.23:USB Abstract
Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
-----

/sbin/lsmod shows (selected lines):
-----
cdc_acm                13409  0
uhci_hcd               35152  0
ohci_hcd               26849  0
ehci_hcd               41037  0
-----

/dev contains [newly]:
crw-rw----  1 root    root   166,   0 Jul  8 09:07 ttyACM0

So it looks like hotplug worked (/dev/ttyACM0 got created, kernel module cdc_acm
got loaded and initialized), but the association between that and a Network
device (either a symlink /dev/modem -> ttyACM0, or the recognition of
/dev/ttyACM0 as a likely modem device) did not get made.

The component versions are now FC4 final release:
kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
system-config-network-1.3.26-1
hotplug-2004_09_23-7
hal-0.5.2-2
kudzu-1.1.116.2-2

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make sure that no important bugs slip through the cracks.

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This problem still exists in Fedora Core 5.  System > Administration > Network;
New > Modem connection > Forward; "No modem was found on your system."  The USB
modem was cold-plugged (plugged in and powered on before boot; at boot, udev
caused activity in modem lights; modem lights showed Ready.)  Say OK to the
message; the drop-down list defaults to /dev/modem which does not exist.  The
drop-down list also contains /dev/input/ttyACM0, which is incorrect (should be
/dev/ttyACM0 with no "input/".)  Kernel module cdc_acm was loaded automatically,
as shown by "/sbin/lsmod".  The modem is listed in /proc/bus/usb/devices. 
/var/log/messages contains
-----
Aug  5 07:10:08 farmer kernel: usbcore: registered new driver cdc_acm
Aug  5 07:10:08 farmer kernel: drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.25:USB Abstract
Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
-----
as a boot-time message (before invoking system-config-network.)

-----/etc/sysconfig/hwconf
class: OTHER
bus: USB
detached: 0
desc: "Zoom Telephonics, Inc. Zoom V90 USB Faxmodem"
usbclass: 10
usbsubclass: 2
usbprotocol: 1
usbbus: 1
usblevel: 1
usbport: 0
usbdev: 2
vendorId: 0803
deviceId: 9700
usbmfr: Zoom Telephonics, Inc.
usbprod: Zoom V90 USB Faxmodem
-----


kernel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5
initscripts-8.31.5-1
system-config-network-1.3.30-2.1
kudzu-1.2.34.3-1
udev-084-13


This Bugzilla Version 2.18-rh has no checkbox or status "Info provided", so
changing to Need info - Asignee.

Created attachment 133687 [details]
patch to./src/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py 

This patch appears to fix the problem: no complaint about "Modem not found",
and rest of configuration proceeds normally, without even asking about where
the modem is.

Fedora Core 5 is no longer maintained. Is this bug still present in Fedora 8?

Works in F8 with:
system-config-network-1.4.7-1.fc8
NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3235.fc8