<div dir="ltr">>> I just purchased a EVDO USB broadband card from Sprint, and I'm trying >> to set it up using NetworkManager. >> >> When I select Edit Connections from the applet, and then select the >> Mobile Broadband tab, I come to an empty screen, as I would expect. >> Then I click on the Add button, but nothing happens. I get no dialog, >> no error message, nothing. >> >> This is what I get in /var/log/messages when I insert the card into >> the USB slot: >> >> Aug 8 20:01:15 localhost kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB >> device on port 1 >> Aug 8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device >> using ohci_hcd and address 3 >> Aug 8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen >> from 1 choice >> Aug 8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: sierra: probe of 2-1:1.0 failed with >> error -5 >> Aug 8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb-storage: device ignored >> Aug 8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found, >> idVendor=1199, idProduct=0fff >> Aug 8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings: >> Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 >> Aug 8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Product: USB MMC Storage >> Aug 8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Sierra >> Wireless >> Aug 8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: SerialNumber: SWOC22905731 >> Aug 8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 3 >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB >> device on port 1 >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device >> using ohci_hcd and address 4 >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen >> from 1 choice >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: sierra 2-1:1.0: Sierra USB modem >> converter detected >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Sierra USB modem converter >> now attached to ttyUSB0 >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Sierra USB modem converter >> now attached to ttyUSB1 >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Sierra USB modem converter >> now attached to ttyUSB2 >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: sierra 2-1:1.1: Sierra USB modem >> converter detected >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Sierra USB modem converter >> now attached to ttyUSB3 >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Sierra USB modem converter >> now attached to ttyUSB4 >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Sierra USB modem converter >> now attached to ttyUSB5 >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found, >> idVendor=1199, idProduct=0023 >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings: >> Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Product: Sierra Wireless >> Compass 597 EVDO Modem >> Aug 8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Sierra >> Wireless, Incorporated >> >> It seems to recognize the card, and attach it to tty, so I think it >> should work. >> >> Any help as to why I don't get a dialog would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Andy >> >> -- > You may need to make changes to the 10-modem.fdi file so Network Manager > will pick it up correctly. I had to do this with a newer EVDO usb card > from verizon. Just do some searching on the internet. A quick search > turned up this one: <a href="http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=189848" target="_blank">> http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=189848</a> > > Obviously your entries in 10-modem.fdi wont match exactly depending on > your card. > > Alternatively you can just configure pptp / if scripts and connect via > the command line using ifup. > > --John Thanks John. I found the link very informative, and I added an entry in that file for my card. My card is a Sierra Wireless Compass 597, and there were entries for what looks like the same card, but PC Card, instead of USB, so I modeled it right after that, so the only thing that was different was the product id. When I hit the add button on the mobile broadband tab in NetworkManager's edit connections, I still don't get anything. Shouldn't I get a dialog of some type regardless of whether it has this information in the 10-modem.fdi file? I do seem to be able to manually get a ppp connection, with a IP address and proper DNS addresses, but I sure would like it to be automatic through NetworkManager. I just would have thought I would get a dialog, but nothing. Andy </div>