Bug 518076 - udev does not recognize gsm modem correctly
Summary: udev does not recognize gsm modem correctly
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: udev
Version: 11
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
low
low
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Assignee: Harald Hoyer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-08-18 19:09 UTC by QingLong
Modified: 2010-06-28 14:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-06-28 14:10:05 UTC
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Description QingLong 2009-08-18 19:09:32 UTC
Description of problem:
udev hotplug machinery does not recognize cellular phone as a gsm modem

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
141

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Get a cellular phone that has a builtin serial-to-usb converter on its usb port or some older cellular phone with serial interface (plugged via serial-to-USB converter cable) connected to USB port of the host.
2. Watch udev successfully creating /dev/ttyUSB device.
3. See no signs of recognizing it as a modem.

Actual results:
Don't know what oligofrenic machinery is used by the damned NetworkManager lamers tools but it does not let to use the phone as a gsm modem.

Expected results:
Either correctly recognize it automatically, or at least ask user.
Of course, the best approach would be to wipe out that lame stuff totally
and let people easily configure the devices and network interfaces by hand,
but I suspect redhat and fedora had been compromised by redmond agents,
so the latter solution appears to be impossible.

Additional info:
 This is from syslog
|
| kernel: USB Serial support registered for pl2303
| kernel: pl2303 5-1:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
| kernel: usb 5-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
| kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver pl2303
| kernel: pl2303: Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adaptor driver
| gpsd.hotplug: gpsd_control(action=add, arg=/dev/ttyUSB0)
| gpsd.hotplug: socket /var/run/gpsd.sock doesn't exist
| gpsd.hotplug: launching gpsd -F /var/run/gpsd.sock
| gpsd.hotplug: socket /var/run/gpsd.sock doesn't exist
| gpsd.hotplug: can't reach gpsd
| NetworkManager: <info> (ttyUSB0): ignoring due to lack of mobile broadband capabilties
|
 That is it uses gpsd.hotplug to figure out whether the device is a modem.
Looks rather stupid. AFAIK tools from gsmlib would do it much better,
at least it detects and communicates to it quite successfully.

Once again: GUIs make simple things simpler and complex ones impossible.
So how far Fedora team is going to lamerize Linux with a braindamaged stuff
like NetworkManager and gome-conf xml bullshit?
Until it finally becomes m$windoze? >:-<

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Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2010-06-28 14:10:05 UTC
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