ZTE MF880 USB modem won't work with Lubuntu 12.04

[Rockstarever]

check out http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modes..._reference.txt for list of supported devices.

[bmork]

You do not need this info

The solution posted in my above Link RE: post #6

if require text service for the device try Wammu

Yes, you don't need that to make the serial functions work. But I needed it to make the QMI/wwan port work, as there is no other way to find out which USB interface it uses.


Bjørn

[bmork]

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; ZTEDCNET.INF
;
; ZTE Wireless Network Device
;
; Copyright (c) ZTE Corporation  All rights reserved.


[version]
Signature   = "$Windows NT$"
Class       = Net
ClassGUID   = {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Provider    = %ZTE%
DriverVer   = 01/20/2012,8.1069.0.1
CatalogFile = zgdcnet_1440.cat

[ControlFlags]
ExcludeFromSelect = *

[SourceDisksNames.x86]
1000 = %ZTESRCDISK%,,,\i386

[SourceDisksNames.amd64]
1000 = %ZTESRCDISK%,,,\amd64

[SourceDisksFiles]
zgdcnet_1440.sys  = 1000,,

[DestinationDirs]
DefaultDestDir = 12
ztewwan.CopyFiles = 12

[Manufacturer]
%ZTE% = ZTENetPort, NTamd64

[ZTENetPort]
%ztewwan.DeviceDesc0284%    = ztewwan.ndi, USB\VID_19D2&PID_0284&MI_04

Thanks a lot! This shows that USB interface #4 is used for the wwan function on this modem. I'll prepare and submit patches for the option and qmi_wwan drivers.


Bjørn

[bmork]

Thanks a lot! This shows that USB interface #4 is used for the wwan function on this modem. I'll prepare and submit patches for the option and qmi_wwan drivers.

davem is super fast! This is now in mainline if anyone wants to test:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kerne...adfb7559ca0e1e


Bjørn

[Lyfang]

Thanks! Please keep me updated. What about support for the upcoming 13.04 release?

[bmork]

Thanks! Please keep me updated. What about support for the upcoming 13.04 release?

Googling indicates that 13.04 will use a 3.8 kernel, which means that it should definitely support this modem out of the box. With a bit of luck maybe even with a NetworkManager/ModemManager using QMI to manage it?

But you don't need any of this to get the modem working in serial mode. The solution from alexfish should work regardless of kernel and NM/MM versions.


Bjørn