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Description of problem: I got E173s-1 from T-Mobile Hungary but NetworkManager didn't recognized it as a modem. Udev in debug mode showed if usb_modeswitch failed: Jul 24 22:04:00 daptop udevd-work[4009]: '/lib/udev/usb_modeswitch' (stderr) 'Error: getting the current configuration failed (error -110). Aborting.' Jul 24 22:04:00 daptop udevd-work[4009]: 'usb_modeswitch '/1-4:1.0'' returned with exitcode 1 After a hard struggle I found that echo WaitBefore=3 >>/etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1c0b perfectly fixes the problem. I didn't found any other solution from udev. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): usb_modeswitch-data-20110227-1.fc15.noarch How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Plug-in Huawei E173s-1 Actual results: NetworkManager nor ModemManager doesn't do/logs anything Expected results: NetworkManager should recognize the stick as a modem Additional info: I reported it into a forum topic too (more verbose): http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/viewtopic.php?p=4863#4863
I don't know yet if it is the same problem, but i also cannot normally use my HUAWEI/NOWAY E173s with F15 on my laptop. The workaround is to power-off the laptop, plug the thing, power on and it is detected normally and correctly (as a modem). It does not allways connect but that is another issue.
Have you tried with F16 or F17 recently? I have been able to use mine E173s-6 with F16 recent kernels. At present mine works with F16 kernel 3.3.7-1.fc16.x86_64 There are still issues: No reconect, the modem needs to be unplugged and replugged. Sometimes the modem does not show up (rare), but unplugg and replugg works. I think this device is 90% functional now.
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