Sprint U680 only works in Ubuntu 7.04 so far!!!!!

[brow5679]

Need help getting Sprint U680 to work in more Linux than Ubuntu 7.04.

[pdc]

you tell us what you have done:

to what extent does the

"install on linux" section of this post help you?

http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/2106/63/

what does

lsusb

and

sudo tail -f /var/log/messages

say with the modem plugged in?

copy and paste the results

[brow5679]

Doing as you said it comes up:

Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 16d8:6803 CMOTECH Co., Ltd.
Bus 001 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 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

and:

Nov 16 18:13:22 brow5679-desktop kernel: [ 141.345841] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Nov 16 18:13:22 brow5679-desktop kernel: [ 141.347035] type=1503 audit(1258416802.351:6): operation="socket_create" family="ax25" sock_type="dgram" protocol=0 pid=5927 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd"
Nov 16 18:13:22 brow5679-desktop kernel: [ 141.347055] type=1503 audit(1258416802.351:7): operation="socket_create" family="netrom" sock_type="seqpacket" protocol=0 pid=5927 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd"
Nov 16 18:13:22 brow5679-desktop kernel: [ 141.347069] type=1503 audit(1258416802.351:8): operation="socket_create" family="rose" sock_type="dgram" protocol=0 pid=5927 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd"
Nov 16 18:13:22 brow5679-desktop kernel: [ 141.347083] type=1503 audit(1258416802.351:9): operation="socket_create" family="ipx" sock_type="dgram" protocol=0 pid=5927 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd"
Nov 16 18:13:22 brow5679-desktop kernel: [ 141.347096] type=1503 audit(1258416802.351:10): operation="socket_create" family="appletalk" sock_type="dgram" protocol=0 pid=5927 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd"
Nov 16 18:13:22 brow5679-desktop kernel: [ 141.347110] type=1503 audit(1258416802.351:11): operation="socket_create" family="econet" sock_type="dgram" protocol=0 pid=5927 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd"
Nov 16 18:13:22 brow5679-desktop kernel: [ 141.347124] type=1503 audit(1258416802.351:12): operation="socket_create" family="ash" sock_type="dgram" protocol=0 pid=5927 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd"
Nov 16 18:13:22 brow5679-desktop kernel: [ 141.347137] type=1503 audit(1258416802.351:13): operation="socket_create" family="x25" sock_type="seqpacket" protocol=0 pid=5927 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd"
Nov 16 18:13:22 brow5679-desktop kernel: [ 141.347258] type=1503 audit(1258416802.351:14): operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="::r" denied_mask="::r" fsuid=7 name="/proc/5927/net/dev" pid=5927 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd"

[brow5679]

That was in Ubuntu 8.10. I have Ubuntu 7.04 working.

[brow5679]

The "Install on Linux" is the same as what comes with the modem except what comes with the modem also tells me how to do Ubuntu 7.10 which does not work. Again I have only gotten Ubuntu 7.04 to work. I thank you for your trying to help so far.

[pdc]

try

sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x16d8 product=0x6803

and then

sudo ls ttyUSB*

and tell us what you get

and please make clear which operating system you have installed, and are using

[pdc]

so this device is basically a zeroCD device; that is, you need zero CDs to get it to work, as it has preloaded software, so is seen as a CD_ROM storage device; but it may have 3? types of linux software preloaded; an rpm version, and one assumes a .deb version;

the vendor ID product ID is likely the device in its usb storage mode state;

which country are you in? which provider are you with? If you have a working OS; and the modem works:

what about going with that ?

[brow5679]

I am now trying to get it to work in Ubuntu 8.10. As I said it works fine in Ubuntu 7.04. The shell information was and now is from Ubuntu 8.10. The first sudo was accepted and nothing else come up but the second sudo tht is "sudo ls ttyUSB*" it said this:


ls: cannot access ttyUSB*: No such file or directory

I am in USA and my OS are installed for the USA. There are not the standard .deb drivers or otherwise just sh commands and what makes 7.04 work ./connect.

[pdc]

you need a programme called usb_modeswitch

google for it; latest version is 1.0.5 and they tell you how to get it from the debian site;

the latest version is said to be automated; so should do all for you;



it should "flip" your device from storage device to modem

Google on

16d8:6803 CMOTECH

and you will find some background reading on your device:

it is not a very common device;

read this thread: a CDMA modem like yours

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1320700

[brow5679]

Well the older modeswitch installed easily but I could not figure out how to use it. I tried to install the newest one but said I needed tcl|tclsh which I could not find in .deb form. I read the string you suggested but do not yet understand it. I will work more tomorrow. Thanks for all your help. I will keep working on it..