usb modem isnt shown in list

[Daniel Holm]

Just started to use this new indicator but I am unable to use my USB modem for 3G internet. It just isnt shown in the list.

[Daniel Holm (danielholm)]

Even after installing ofono, my modem isnt shown when running 'cmcc list'.
It is a Huawei E182E

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

The same for my modem which works with network manager.
Vodafone K3765 (Huawei based chip)

ofono does not output anything in the console, maybe it needs to have a --debug option, but I don't know which one.
However the key blinks with the blue led, so this means that it finds the umts signal.

[Kalle Valo (kvalo)]

Huawei support in ofono was introduced only recently. With the release of ofono 0.24 (which hopefully happens this week) huawei support should improve.

[Kalle Valo (kvalo)]

Sorry, I got confused with the releases. Actually Huawei support in 0.23 should be better and it was released last weekend:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/network/ofono/

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

in the ppa we have ofono 0.20, that's the problem

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

Kalle, who's the point person on the ofono package, let's get that
updated asap.

Mark

[Kalle Valo (kvalo)]

Mark, Chris Coulson did the last update. I'll ask him for an ofono update to 0.23.

[Kalle Valo (kvalo)]

There was even more fundamental issue. The ofono plugin was not enabled in connman and that's why 3G modems didn't work at all. I missed this because I was always using self compiled versions of connman and only tested wifi with the version from the PPA.

Chris upload connman 0.53+git.20100614t210259.168c346+dfsg-0ubuntu0.10.04.1~ind2 to the indicator-network PPA which now contains the ofono plugin. Also he uploaded 0.23-0ubuntu0.10.04.1~ind1 which has improved modem support, especially more Huawei modems are now supported.

In case your modem is not supported, please file a new bug. More information here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ConnMan/Reporting

I also updated connman wiki page related to 3G:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ConnMan

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

Mmm. No packages for maverick? should I stick to the lucid repository even if I'm in maverick?

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

Even with the updated packages my Huawei modem does not show up.

[Kalle Valo (kvalo)]

Nicolo, latest connman is not uploaded to maveric yet but should be there next week. About your modem problem, ofono debug logs would help a lot to understand about the issue. Instructions here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ConnMan/Debugging

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

I wasn't asking an upload in maverick, but a maverick package inside the ppa.
As you see only indicator-network is present for maverick.

Thanks for the tip, this is the ofono output.

[Kalle Valo (kvalo)]

Please try with latest ofono from maverick. Or, even better, please try the daily builds:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ConnMan/DailyBuilds

Also I would like to know the modem's make, model and usb id.

[Kalle Valo (kvalo)]

Let's close this bug. If there are problems with a specific modem in ofono, please file a new bug.