AT&T USBConnect Turbo on Ubuntu 10

[chrisjgilmore]

OK so I'm trying and have been trying for a couple of days to get my new AT&T laptop connect card working on my new Ubuntu install of 10.04. Below are the excerpts of my lsusb query, wvdial.conf and contents of my /dev directory. It appears to me (I'm a novice) that the proper file is not referenced in the wvdial.conf but i can't figure out which one should be referenced.... Can anyone offer some help?

lsusb query response
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0a5c:2145 Broadcom Corp.
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 08ff:2810 AuthenTec, Inc.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 058f:6366 Alcor Micro Corp. Multi Flash Reader
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1004:613f LG Electronics, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 058f:6254 Alcor Micro Corp. USB Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 17ef:1004 Lenovo
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13fe:2240 Kingston Technology Company Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

wvdial.conf
[Dialer 3G]
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
Init = ATZ
Init1 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","proxy"
Stupid mode = 1
phone= *99#
Baud = 921600
Username = ISPDA@CINGULARGPRS.COM
Password = CINGULAR1
Init1 = ATZ
Auto Reconnect = on
Carrier Check = no

/dev contents
adsp loop6 random tty10 tty41 usbmon1
agpgart loop7 rfkill tty11 tty42 usbmon2
audio mapper root tty12 tty43 usbmon3
block mcelog rtc tty13 tty44 usbmon4
bsg mem rtc0 tty14 tty45 usbmon5
bus mixer scd0 tty15 tty46 usbmon6
cdrom net scd1 tty16 tty47 usbmon7
cdrom1 network_latency sda tty17 tty48 usbmon8
cdrw network_throughput sda1 tty18 tty49 v4l
char null sda2 tty19 tty5 vboxdrv
console nvram sda5 tty2 tty50 vboxnetctl
core oldmem sdb tty20 tty51 vcs
cpu_dma_latency pktcdvd sdb1 tty21 tty52 vcs1
disk port sdc tty22 tty53 vcs2
dri ppp sdc1 tty23 tty54 vcs3
dsp psaux sequencer tty24 tty55 vcs4
dvd ptmx sequencer2 tty25 tty56 vcs5
dvdrw pts sg0 tty26 tty57 vcs6
ecryptfs ram0 sg1 tty27 tty58 vcs7
fb0 ram1 sg2 tty28 tty59 vcsa
fd ram10 sg3 tty29 tty6 vcsa1
full ram11 sg4 tty3 tty60 vcsa2
fuse ram12 shm tty30 tty61 vcsa3
hidraw0 ram13 snapshot tty31 tty62 vcsa4
hpet ram14 snd tty32 tty63 vcsa5
input ram15 sndstat tty33 tty7 vcsa6
kmsg ram2 sr0 tty34 tty8 vcsa7
log ram3 sr1 tty35 tty9 vga_arbiter
loop0 ram4 stderr tty36 ttyS0 video0
loop1 ram5 stdin tty37 ttyS1 zero
loop2 ram6 stdout tty38 ttyS2
loop3 ram7 tty tty39 ttyS3
loop4 ram8 tty0 tty4 urandom
loop5 ram9 tty1 tty40 usbmon0


Like I said any help is appreciated this is what is keeping me from getting off M$ for not only my home but also my work computer.

[Charles07]

Bump.

[Charles07]

This appears to be the one from LG.

[pdc]

these devices need to be seen as a modem; (some are seen initially as a virtual CD-ROM device);

I think this is your device

http://www.netbooktech.com/2010/03/08/atts-two-new-laptopconnect-cards-lg-turbo-and-option-velocity/

from the ID you give


ID 1004:613f LG Electronics, Inc.

that looks very like the ID of a device that has not flipped; meaning it is seen as a virtual CD-ROM device and I quote it here


# LG HDM-2100 (EVDO Rev.A USB modem)
#
# Contributor: Jérôme Oufella

;DefaultVendor= 0x1004
;DefaultProduct=0x607f


....... I know it is not the ID of your device, but is close;

so if you tell us what


dmesg | grep tty says when you copy and paste this command and type it into a terminal

if it says


ttyACM0 you can use wvdial

but if it does not, the device still needs to be flipped ........

..... also ...... where did you get the wvdial script from? Just wondering if it is all correct .......

[trippinnik]

Any luck getting this to work? My boss just gave me one of these, and I'm going on vacation. I don't want to drag one of the big Windows PCs with me just to use this card.

I had a Mercury from Sierra and it worked about a year ago, just plugged it in and connected. I've tried making a new connection with NetworkManager but no go.

Anyone have any success?

[pdc]

see what


dmesg | grep tty

gives you .......... as above ...............

[trippinnik]

[ 0.000000] console [tty0] enabled
[ 4.232633] tty tty10: hash matches


I guess I need to "flip" it? I saw something about a script that does this, is that right? And I have to use wvdial to connect, not NetworkManager?

[pdc]

yes;

http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/

is the home for usb_modeswitch

they send you here for the debian package

http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=usb-modeswitch

1.1.2 seems the latest

it should autoconfigure

reboot after install

try dmesg again; hopefully you will see new data

[trippinnik]

I installed those packages but dmesg |grep tty:
[ 0.000000] console [tty0] enabled

[trippinnik]

I think it's just not installed right yet (install is apparently broken in live system atm) I will try again on the PC I actually have Ubuntu installed on at home.

[alexfish]

hi

the device does not appear to be listed in the usb modeswitch data

when the device is connected do any icons appear on the desktop

if so try right click and eject or safely remove commands from the menu , or use the disk utility from the menu

see if any changes in the ID's check with the lsusb command from the terminal

if there are any changes in the ID's try the modprobe command from the terminal

Code:

sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0xID product=0xID

Example:

sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0x0063


regards

alexfish

[trippinnik]

I did see a thread on the usb_modeswitch forum that ejecting the device might work.

I've tried "Safely Remove" and "Eject" but the usb id doesn't change. I'm going to dive into the info on the usb_modeswitch site about manual doing the flip since it's a new device maybe it's not on the list yet.

[pdc]

join their forum; Josh runs the forum and oversees usb_modeswitch;

seek his help; he is very helpful and knowledgable;

google on the usb_modeswitch; google will give it to you

[trippinnik]

Cool got it working. I found this thread over there: http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/viewtopic.php?t=412 so I built the latest source which has the device added and now it's working.

[pdc]

great work! well done

somewhere; you can add SOLVED to the thread; you can then claim the credit for it

[Charles07]

Thanks!

[trippinnik]

Solved.