ok here we go.
As I wrote, all credits go to the spanish guide you can read here.
Plugin your x060s and give a . You should have a line saying something like:
Code:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1bbb:f000 T & A Mobile Phones
Please notice the code f000 : this is the responsible of all our problems, we have to modeswitch this to 0000 in order to make the modem work.
Let me just summarize what I did on my eeePc 4g from the command line:
1. Install usb_modeswitch to make kernel recognize the TWO devices inside x060s: mass storage and MODEM (!).
2. Configure usb_modeswitch with sudo gedit /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf and adding the lines:
Code:
########################################################
# Alcatel X060
DefaultVendor= 0x1bbb
DefaultProduct= 0xf000
TargetVendor= 0x1bbb
TargetProduct= 0x0000
# only for reference
# MessageEndpoint=0x01
MessageContent="55534243123456788000000080000606f50402527000000000000000000000"
########################################################
or uncommenting the lines referring to Alcatel X200 that should be the same device.
Plug it in again, give as sudo the command:
and looking your syslog (with tail -20 /var/log/syslog or with a simple dmesg) you should now see:
Code:
..... Direct-Access USBModem MMC Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
This Direct-Access (instead of previous CD-ROM) means that we made it.
Next step is starting a driver for the modem. The command is:
Code:
modprobe usbserial vendor=0x1bbb product=0x0000
In your dmesg / syslog you should see:
Code:
Jul 11 10:24:16 eee-yard kernel: [ 100.388222] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jul 11 10:24:16 eee-yard kernel: [ 100.390492] usbserial_generic 1-2:1.0: generic converter detected
Jul 11 10:24:16 eee-yard kernel: [ 100.390658] usb 1-2: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Jul 11 10:24:16 eee-yard kernel: [ 100.390952] usbserial_generic 1-2:1.1: generic converter detected
Jul 11 10:24:16 eee-yard kernel: [ 100.391068] usb 1-2: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB1
Jul 11 10:24:16 eee-yard kernel: [ 100.394230] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jul 11 10:24:16 eee-yard kernel: [ 100.395689] usbserial_generic 1-2:1.3: generic converter detected
Jul 11 10:24:16 eee-yard kernel: [ 100.395847] usb 1-2: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB2
Now we have 3 serial usb interfaces! - our modem is on USB2.
To check it, just enter:
Code:
screen /dev/ttyUSB2
and at the prompt, ask the modem to identify itself with:
Answer should be:
Code:
Manufacturer: TCT Mobile International Limited
Model: HSPA Data Card
Revision: C1111000
IMEI: 352079030611766
+GCAP: +CGSM,+DS,+ES
OK
Now you may want to skip these passages for the next uses: to do so, you may add a rule with sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/50-alcatel.rules which contains:
Code:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="f000", SYSFS{idVendor}=="1bbb", RUN+="/usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0000", SYSFS{idVendor}=="1bbb", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0x1bbb product=0x0000"
Check if usb_modeswitch is really in /usr/sbin or maybe in /sbin and/or copy it to the needed location.
Now of course you want to connect with your new modem!
NetworkManager is not able to do it without tweaks - basically you need to recompile a kernel module, as is said here in comment nr. 4.
Otherwise you can do it old-skool style 
using wvdial from command line. In this case, please pay attention:
1- if your SIM has a PIN protecting it, is it better to remove the PIN as the process of passing the pin to the sim seems to be buggy and does not work properly;
2- to me this is now working only if I give a sudo wvdial - possibly some permission issues on the usage of ttyUSB2 that I still have to solve - anyway remember it if it does not work as normal user!
Anyway first of all you need to sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf - here is mine, working to connect me to my mobile operator TIM in Italy :
Code:
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","ibox.tim.it"
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB2
Check Def Route = on
Phone = *99#
Username = tim
Password = tim
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Stupid Mode = 1
Baud = 460800
New PPPD = yes
ISDN = 0
AutoDNS = 1
Obviously you should change init3 inserting your own apn address.
Once you created the file, just give a wvdial (or in my case, a sudo wvdial...) and you will see:
Code:
Jul 11 10:24:38 eee-yard pppd[4463]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
Jul 11 10:24:38 eee-yard pppd[4463]: using channel 1
Jul 11 10:24:38 eee-yard pppd[4463]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 11 10:24:38 eee-yard pppd[4463]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB2
Once I will fix the issue of only connecting as sudo, the topic is SOLVED 
Meanwhile I am testing this software : even x060s is not from Vodafone, it seems to be able to
check traffic, connect and disconnect, and maybe send sms.
Ciao and thanks again to the original spanish guide that showed me how to do it.
First Cup of Ubuntu
Originally Posted by SHIVANESH
i just bought alcatel One Touch X060S HSDPA usb modem, but it only can used in windows, i tried in ubuntu but still cannot be detected as modem.even tough alcatel website states that it support linux, plz help is there any drivers or installers for 3G modem to be used in ubuntu.
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