usb-modeswitch 1.1.4 doesn't switch any device
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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udev (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Martin Pitt | ||
Maverick |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Martin Pitt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: usb-modeswitch
After a update to usbmodeswitch yesterday in Maverick my Huawei ec1261 just stpopped working. The system won't detect the data card. Everything was working fine before the update. Here is what happens when the data card is plugged:
1. When data card is plugged, a new mass storage device is shown for a flash of second and then it just disappears.
2. No option of selecting data card as a connection in network applet. It was properly configured and was working perfectly before the update. Edit Connection information shows the configuration profile.
3. Though no mounted drive appears in nautilus, the disk utility in system>
4. Tried eject and safely remove from disk utility and then plugged again, still the same problem.
5. Tried to downgrade to earlier usbmodeswitch packages but the system won't let me.
This is really annoying to me as I use the data card as main source for internet connectivity and this problem had made me nearly handicapped.
summary: |
- Huawei EC1261 not working after update to usb_modeswitch + Huawei EC1261 not working after update to usb-modeswitch |
Changed in usb-modeswitch (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
assignee: | nobody → Didier Raboud (odyx) |
summary: |
- Huawei EC1261 not working after update to usb-modeswitch + usb-modeswitch 1.1.4 doesn't switch any device |
tags: | added: regression-potential |
Changed in udev (Ubuntu Maverick): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in udev (Ubuntu Maverick): | |
status: | Fix Released → Fix Committed |
I somehow solved this by downgrading the usb-modeswitch package to a earlier version :1.1.0-2 and usb-modeswitch-data to 20100127_1.
I downloaded .deb files for these packages and tried gdebi. But the deb installer was broke and was giving errors: "dpkg: unable to read file descriptor"
So I used the command sudo dpkg -i <file.deb> and it worked. The problem still remains with the latest usb-modeswitch package.