F11: setting up a mobile 3G connection

[Antonio M]

2009/7/29 Antonio M <antonio.montagnani at gmail.com>:
> 2009/7/29 Antonio M <antonio.montagnani at gmail.com>:
>> Yesterday I got an USB card (Huawei 169.2) for connection to my mobile
>> provider (Tim in Italy)
>> I went to Network Manager and I set up my connection but it doesn't
>> show up in the available connection list (after wireless I suppose)
>> I note that I cant' set connection available to alla users as when I
>> apply modification I get:
>> Could not add connection
>> Saving connection failed: (0) Can't write connection type 'gsm'
>>
>> What shall I do??? I am using a fresh installed F11 with full updates...
>>
>> Tnx
>> --
>>
>
> Forgot to mention that when I set the connection there is no available
> device ... :-)...is teh dongle too new for Fedora???
>
>
this is the output of var/log/messages when the key is connected:

Jul 29 10:55:05 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 3
Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device found,
idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1446
Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device strings:
Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: Product: HUAWEI Mobile
Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: Manufacturer: HUAWEI Technology
Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Jul 29 10:55:18 Acer5720 kernel: scsi 8:0:0:0: CD-ROM
HUAWEI   Mass Storage     2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Jul 29 10:55:18 Acer5720 kernel: scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access
HUAWEI   SD Storage       2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Jul 29 10:55:18 Acer5720 kernel: sr1: scsi-1 drive
Jul 29 10:55:18 Acer5720 kernel: sr 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5
Jul 29 10:55:18 Acer5720 kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jul 29 10:55:18 Acer5720 kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0

and I do not see either files (installation files and so on) present
on same Mass storage....

any hint???


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