Bug 506214 - Nokia USB modem not recognized in NetworkManager
Summary: Nokia USB modem not recognized in NetworkManager
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 5.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: alpha
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Assignee: Dan Williams
QA Contact: desktop-bugs@redhat.com
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-06-16 03:45 UTC by Subhendu Ghosh
Modified: 2016-10-04 04:28 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-08-24 21:49:18 UTC
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Description Subhendu Ghosh 2009-06-16 03:45:40 UTC
Description of problem:
modem is not recognized by Network Manager

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-0.7.0-4.el5_3.i386
NetworkManager-0.7.0-4.el5_3.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Connect nokia phone (E71/E61) using PC Suite mode via USB

  
Actual results:
Modem is recognized by OS, but not Network Manager
-- dmesg --
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
cdc_acm 2-1:1.10: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
usbcore: registered new driver cdc_acm
drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.25:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
usbcore: registered new driver cdc_ether
-- dmesg --

-- ll /dev/tty* --
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 166,  0 Jun 15 23:33 /dev/ttyACM0
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp   4, 64 Jun 15 09:31 /dev/ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp   4, 65 Jun 15 09:31 /dev/ttyS1
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp   4, 66 Jun 15 09:31 /dev/ttyS2
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp   4, 67 Jun 15 09:31 /dev/ttyS3
-- ll /dev/tty* --


Expected results:
NetworkManager recognizes modem.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Dan Williams 2009-08-24 21:49:18 UTC
We only support a few mobile broadband cards in RHEL5 (mostly those shipped with Dell laptops), but you can try to add your nokia device to /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/10-modem.fdi as a GSM device and see if that works.


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