Description of problem: <Apparently at least a few others facing same problem> I had both ZTE MG880 and Huawei EC325 modems working with Fedora Core 6. Service provider Reliance, India. I just upgraded to Fedora 9. When I try to connect through either modem, it seems the connection is made (Ping) but pppd issues some garbage and Firefox is unable to recognize the connection. The issue seems similar in both cases. Below is some output. I have posted in various forums, no solution yet. Using the ZTE MG880 modem ATDT#777 CONNECT --> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately. --> Starting pppd at Sun May 25 09:23:04 2008 --> Pid of pppd: 6053 --> Using interface ppp0 --> pppd: �}( ؇( --> pppd: �}( ؇( --> pppd: �}( ؇( --> local IP address 220.226.50.155 --> pppd: �}( ؇( --> remote IP address 220.224.135.106 --> pppd: �}( ؇( --> primary DNS address 202.138.103.100 --> pppd: �}( ؇( --> secondary DNS address 202.138.96.2 --> pppd: �}( ؇( Using the Huawei EC325 modem --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Sending: AT+CRM=1 AT+CRM=1 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Sending: ATDT#777 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT#777 CONNECT 230400 --> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately. --> Starting pppd at Sun May 25 11:14:08 2008 --> Pid of pppd: 3230 --> Using interface ppp0 --> pppd: ���[08]���[08]���[08] --> pppd: ���[08]���[08]���[08] --> pppd: ���[08]���[08]���[08] --> local IP address 220.226.70.189 --> pppd: ���[08]���[08]���[08] --> remote IP address 220.224.135.15 --> pppd: ���[08]���[08]���[08] --> primary DNS address 202.138.103.100 --> pppd: ���[08]���[08]���[08] --> secondary DNS address 202.138.96.2 --> pppd: ���[08]���[08]���[08] "zte.bat" holds cat /proc/bus/usb/devices modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0xfffd dmesg wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf cp wvdial-zte.conf /usr/bin/wvdial.conf cp wvdial-zte.conf /etc/wvdial.conf wvdial zte "wvdial-zte.conf" holds [Dialer zte] Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Modem Type = Analog Modem Phone = #777 Username = XXXXXXXXXX Password = XXXXXXXXXX ISDN = 0 SetVolume = 0 FlowControl = Hardware (CRTSCTS) Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 Dial Command = ATDT Baud = 460800 Stupid Mode = 1 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Could you please resolve the issue? Thanks! Bala
This seems to have accidentally been filed against the p0f package, when it's looking like a ppp problem. ;) Reassigning it over to ppp to get looked at. Thanks for reporting it!
Hi, I'd like to ask you following things: - does the Firefox work if you put IP address (e. g. 81.95.101.9) instead of www.something.... - are both modems connected to the computer at the same time (I mentioned hardware-connected) Thanks for you answer in advance
Hi - In response : 1. No Firefox does not work withe the IP addresses. 2. Only 1 modem is connected at a time (through USB port). Thanks so much for looking into this. My productivity becomes 0 when I am on the move since on my dual-boot laptop I am unable to use the Fedora side and I really need to migrate fully. The funny thing is that both these modems worked fine with Fedora Core 6. Bala
Hi, 1. Could you send me output of dmesg and /var/log/messages file. 2. What is release number of problematic pppd? 3. Please, try to install older ppp package. There is pkg from FC7 on this linkg http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=2551 Use rpm -U --force <pkg name>. Let me know if these packeage works fine. There are also available a couple of packeages from FC9. But we should start on the link above. JS
Created attachment 310317 [details] dmesg output Here is the output of dmesg
Created attachment 310318 [details] Output of /var/log/messages Here is the /var/log/messages file
NO LUCK! I downloaded and did the rpm -U --force <pkg name> Still same problem - shows garbage on terminal, and Firefox does not recognize connection. rpm -qa | grep -i ppp on my system now shows this ppp-2.4.4-2.i386 My Fedora 9 original pppd was 2.4.4 - /usr/sbin/pppd - size 317736 - date 12/03/08 This one that I downloaded was also 2.4.4 - /usr/sbin/pppd - size 312332 - date 1/12/2006 dates are dd/mm/yyyy.
Hi, thank you for additional info. I'd like to disturb you with testing once more. Could you test the rpm of FC-6 (ppp-2.4.4-1) http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=599 Thank you a lot
Sorry to say that too does not work. I got a warning on installation ... Header V3 DSA Signature NOKEY KEYID 897da07a It created /usr/sbin/pppd size 312956 date 25/7/2005. But again when I ran the script the same garbage came up on the screen Appreciate your help!
Sorry to say that too does not work. I got a warning on installation ... Header V3 DSA Signature NOKEY KEYID 897da07a It created /usr/sbin/pppd size 312956 date 25/7/2006. But again when I ran the script the same garbage came up on the screen Appreciate your help!
Hi its September 2008. I tried the modem ZTE-MG880 again. I continue to get the garbled characters in the shell view on running pppd. But - now firefox is able to connect to the net. I have been using it for a week now - its working fine. I don't recall any unusual changes to my system...
Hi, I read BZ #467004 inclusive links that are in this bug (there is a patch). I have no this modem available but it seems to be similar or the same problem.
There is new release in rawhide there is fixed bug #467004. I have the same opinion that it could solve your problem. Please, can you test this package?
Jiri - The pppd connection has been working for the past month. I think it is exactly the same or related issue. By accident, I noticed that in Network Manager, the DNS settings were not set, and I reset them. The connection through Firefox started working fine then. I thought I would test for a while and then report. Then again after a few weeks, I lost the connection. I went back into Network Manager and saw that the DNS settings were lost again. I reset them, and that did the trick again. No problems. I have to mention that the DNS settings were blank, not the settings as listed in bug #467004. As long as it works... I am still on Fedora 9 and I think it will be a while before I am in a position to test on Rawhide. But I think we can close this bug issue. Thanks so much! Bala
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 467004 ***