My CDMA phone used as a modem finally showing its age and besides that I had constant worry about explosion possibility since its old battery have to be recharged all the time during usage. So I and my wife decided to buy a new CDMA modem. It's a Prolink P2000 CDMA 2000 1X modem.
...and Ubuntu 9.10 doesn't recognize it as a modem...
From lsusb command I know it's a 05c6:1000 Qualcomm, Inc and from what I've read it's a common problem because of the zero cd feature, that is useful for Windows, this feature makes OSes thinks that this USB devices is also a virtual CD. And it makes Ubuntu doesn't see the modem.
I've tried two methods i.e.: the usb_modeswitch method, and editing /etc/udev/rules.d/61-option-modem-modeswitch.rules method with no avail.
So for now the only way to stay connected is to share internet connection from my wife's Windows laptop via wifi.
Time for another fix hunt :D
keyword : 05c6:1000 Qualcomm, ubuntu, prolink p2000
From lsusb command I know it's a 05c6:1000 Qualcomm, Inc and from what I've read it's a common problem because of the zero cd feature, that is useful for Windows, this feature makes OSes thinks that this USB devices is also a virtual CD. And it makes Ubuntu doesn't see the modem.
I've tried two methods i.e.: the usb_modeswitch method, and editing /etc/udev/rules.d/61-option-modem-modeswitch.rules method with no avail.
So for now the only way to stay connected is to share internet connection from my wife's Windows laptop via wifi.
Time for another fix hunt :D
keyword : 05c6:1000 Qualcomm, ubuntu, prolink p2000
Does it show up as a CD? If it does does it get recognized if you right click the VirtualCD on the desktop and eject it?
What change does it make to lsusb?
no it doesn't recognized as a CD.
dmesg shows something like :
[42975.040716] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[42975.203836] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[42975.210728] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[42975.211017] usb-storage: device found at 2
[42975.211021] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
and that's it. it doesn't recognized as anything, it stops there.
Ok, was worth a shot. I have seen some from Telstra in Australia that appear as a CD, then when ejected get redetected as a modem and run great after that.
thx anyway :D