[CentOS] Problem connecting a USB modem.

Fri Aug 12 09:24:21 UTC 2005
Fernando Lança <fernando.lanca at inov.pt>

Hi,

Here is the list of usb devices:

[root at localhost ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 05c6:3196 Qualcomm, Inc. CDMA Wireless Modem
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

And a list of the kernel modules:

[root at localhost ~]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ppp_generic            35157  0
slhc                    7233  1 ppp_generic
cdc_acm                12641  0
nls_utf8                2113  1
autofs4                23237  0
i2c_dev                11329  0
i2c_core               22081  1 i2c_dev
ds                     17349  4
dm_mod                 56405  0
md5                     4033  1
ipv6                  232833  12
yenta_socket           18881  1
pcmcia_core            60041  2 ds,yenta_socket
uhci_hcd               31065  0
snd_es1968             34717  2
snd_ac97_codec         63889  1 snd_es1968
snd_pcm_oss            49017  0
snd_mixer_oss          17985  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                96841  2 snd_es1968,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              29893  1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          9673  2 snd_es1968,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart         8769  1 snd_es1968
snd_rawmidi            26597  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          8137  1 snd_rawmidi
snd                    55461  11 
snd_es1968,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore               9889  2 snd
tulip                  45025  0
floppy                 58481  0
ext3                  116937  1
jbd                    71257  1 ext3

I just can't talk with the modem i even tried minicom with no success.

Thanks!

Fernando Lança


Sudev Barar wrote:
> On 8/11/05, Fernando Lança <fernando.lanca at inov.pt> wrote:
> 
>>I'm trying to connect a USB CDMA modem (z010) to a CentOS 4.1
>>(kernel 2.6.9-11.EL) and I can't talk to the modem. I tried the
>>same modem under Fedora Core 1 (2.4.22-1.2199.nptl) and it works
>>like a charm.
>>
>>The only difference is  /dev/ttyACM0 for CentOS and /dev/input/ttyACM0
>>for the Fedora.
> 
> 
> Correct.
> Altough your message log does not show this to be a problem, my CDMA
> device was being recognised as HandspringVisor and it worked only when
> I added visor to /etc/hotplug/blacklist. Check listing of USB devices
> to see if any conflict is happening.
> 
> HTH


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