[Mageia-dev] Missing in Action - 3G F5521gw

[Robert Fox]

On Wed, 2012-03-28 at 09:15 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 27/03/12 20:11 did gyre and gimble:
> > Since recent Cauldron updates, I can't get my 3G card (Ericsson F5521gw)
> > to work - looks like the modules are loading:
> > 
> > [root at ThinkFox rfox]# lsmod | grep cdc
> > cdc_ncm                18343  0 
> > usbnet                 32360  1 cdc_ncm
> > cdc_acm                28712  0 
> > cdc_wdm                18241  0 
> > usbcore               206950  10
> > uvcvideo,btusb,cdc_ncm,usbnet,cdc_acm,cdc_wdm,xhci_hcd,usbhid,ehci_hcd
> > 
> > but when I start drakconnect, I get "no device for this connection type"
> > 
> > On the same notebook (Thinkpad x220) it works fine under Ubuntu 12.04
> > B1)
> > 
> > Any hints would be welcome.
> 
> Try running as root:
> 
> mount -n -t usbfs -o devmode=0664,devgid=43 /proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb
> 
> 
> Then run drakconnect.
> 
> aka: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4500
> 
> Col
> 


Thanks Col - that fixed it!  Whew, I needed that (had to use Ubuntu as
fallback whilst onsite at a customer!) - Cheers!