NM 0.7 fails to initialize Samsung B1100 3G modem

[Pablo Carmona A.]

Binary package hint: network-manager

The default AT initialization string fails with this 3g modem. NM sends "ATZ E0 V1 X4 &C1 +FCLASS=0" but only gets "ERROR" and there is no config file to modify this string.

The modem works well with wvdial but I have to use only a "ATZ" command to initialize it.

I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 with Netwok-Manager 0.7

pablo@pablito:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
  Instalados: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.2
  Candidato: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.2
  Tabla de versión:
 *** 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.2 0
        500 http://cl.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://cl.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages

Is there a chance to get NM 0.7.1 on Ubuntu 8.10?

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

does 0.7.1 from jaunty work for you?

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

I asked to test with latest jaunty packages (jaunty is now beta); if you dont have a chance to upgrade or test liveCD, please check whether the NM backports for intrepid provided by network-manager team PPA fix this issue for you; install them by adding http://launchpad.net/~network-manager/+archive to your sources and upgrading.

[Pablo Carmona A. (pcarmona)]

Thank you, I will try the PPA because I can't download the liveDVD (my Internet connection with this modem is too slow).

[Pablo Carmona A. (pcarmona)]

I downloaded the Ubuntu 9.04 Beta liveCD and test the modem. It works very well with Network Manager 0.7.1~rc3.1.git4cf2da146-0ubuntu1.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
  Instalados: 0.7.1~rc3.1.git4cf2da146-0ubuntu1
  Candidato: 0.7.1~rc3.1.git4cf2da146-0ubuntu1
  Tabla de versión:
 *** 0.7.1~rc3.1.git4cf2da146-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

I found that the modem doesn't accept the +FCLASS=0 command in the initialization string.

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!