More progress but still not there yet!!! (Thanks again Russ for the pointers)
Some comments re: PHARscape below, and I need to decide whether to go for
2.6.33 instead. Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
First, these MUST be enabled to get anywhere:
CONFIG_PPP=m
CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m
CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m
CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OPTION=m
The nasty part is that the kernel will crash on 'pon' if any of these are not
enabled as modules: CONFIG_PPP; CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC; CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE; and
CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP. (I have bent, stapled, folded, and stomped on just about
every possible combination of these options in the past two days... can it
really be so fragile?)
Upon USB insertion, a host of friendly messages are emitted, but the bash
prompt does not re-appear -oops- until the enter key is pressed:
usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=1410, idProduct=5030
usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=4
usb 1-3: Product: Novatel Wireless CDMA
usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Novatel Wireless Inc.
usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 091142250800000
usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 3
usb 1-3: new full speed USB device using ep93xx-ohci and address 4
usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=1410, idProduct=6000
usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=4
usb 1-3: Product: Novatel Wireless CDMA
usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Novatel Wireless Inc.
usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 091142250801000
usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
USB Serial support registered for generic
usbserial_generic 1-3:1.0: generic converter detected
usb 1-3: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0
usbserial_generic 1-3:1.1: generic converter detected
usb 1-3: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB1
usbserial_generic 1-3:1.2: generic converter detected
usb 1-3: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB2
usbserial_generic 1-3:1.3: generic converter detected
usb 1-3: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB3
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
usbcore: registered new interface driver option
option: v0.7.2:USB Driver for GSM modems
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Novatel MMC Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM Novatel Mass Storage 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
sr0: scsi-1 drive
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
(PRESS Enter key now to get prompt back....)
I am not sure, but that scsi business looks a little feisty, given that the
/etc/udev/rules/40-usb_modeswitch.rules seems to succeed in converting the
dongle to device 1410:6000, ie. the Novatel modem in lsusb.
pppconfig is correct, as is evidenced by ifconfig and the appearance of ppp0
with IP addresses issued by our cell provider. After 'pon verizon', the output
of lsmod is:
Module Size Used by
ppp_deflate 3720 0
zlib_deflate 20209 1 ppp_deflate
zlib_inflate 12894 1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp 4772 0
ppp_async 7073 1
crc_ccitt 1049 1 ppp_async
ppp_generic 18515 7 ppp_deflate,bsd_comp,ppp_async
slhc 4795 1 ppp_generic
option 14015 0
usbserial 27602 4 option
So, that looks pretty good. Problem is that within a few minutes of
establishing a connection ... kernel crashes. ARGH.
This bit from PHARscape is interesting:
http://www.pharscape.org/forum/index.php/topic,827.0.html
"If your Linux distribution is based on a kernel 2.6.33 or later then the
driver supplied with your kernel supports it "out of the box"
If your kernel is version 2.6.27 or earlier then you need to install the Option
hso driver version 1.14 from here:
http://www.pharscape.org/forum/index.php/topic,821.0.html
If, like me, you are using a distribution that has a kernel version between
2.6.27 and 2.6.33 then you can use my unofficial modified driver that is
attached to this message.
If you are unsure how to compile and install the drivers I have documented it
in several locations on this website but you can start here
http://www.pharscape.org/hso.html";
Does this hso apply to us? It seems we have two options:
1) Get this special, 'unofficial modified driver' and use it.
2) Scrap 2.6.32 and go 2.6.33/2.6.34.
Hmmm, does any of this ring a bell with anyone? Thanks!
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