New upstream versions of usb-modeswitch (2.2.0) and usb-modeswitch-data (20140529) released 2 weeks ago and are already packaged in Debian unstable!
Lots of other Huawei related issues (like LP bug #1192297) are fixed in updated usb-modeswitch (2.2.0+repack0-1) and usb-modeswitch-data (20140529-1) packages in Debian unstable. Please install usb-modeswitch version 2.2.0+repack0-1 and usb- modeswitch-data version 20140529-1 packages from Debian unstable, reboot your Ubuntu system and test if your problem with Huawei 3G dongle still occurs with new usb-modeswitch You can download new usb-modeswitch and usb-modeswitch-data from here: https://packages.debian.org/sid/usb-modeswitch https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/usb-modeswitch-data/download Here is debian/changelog: usb-modeswitch (2.2.0+repack0-1) unstable; urgency=medium * New 2.2.0 upstream release - Introduction of parameter "HuaweiNewMode", wrapping the standard bulk message for all newer Huawei devices; - Support for generic fallback config files, combined with OS switch (per vendor ID); * Repack the upstream tarball: - Drop the code copy of jimtcl. * Bump usb-modeswitch-data depends to 20140529 * Update VCS-* fields to canonical form -- Didier Raboud <o...@debian.org> Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:21:08 +0200 And here is usb-modeswitch-data debian/changelog: usb-modeswitch-data (20140529-1) unstable; urgency=medium * New upstream release + New devices [0408:f001] SpeedUp SU-8500U [04cc:226e] Nexperia TM TD-SCDMA [04cc:226f] Nexperia TM TD-SCDMA (Variant) [04fc:2140] Sunplus Techn. SU-3200U [0b3c:f00c] Olivetti Olicard 500 [0b3c:f017] Olivetti Olicard 160 [0bdb:190d] Ericsson F5521gw [0bdb:1910] Ericsson F5521gw (Variant) [0fce:d0df] Sony Ericsson EC400 [1410:5055] Novatel MiFi 4082 [19d2:1232] ZTE MFxxx [1c9e:9101] Emobile D21LC (Variant) [1c9e:9401] Emobile D21LC [1c9e:9d00] Prolink PCM100 [2020:f00f] SpeedUp SU-8000U [23a2:1010] Titan 3.5G - Substantial change in handling of Huawei devices - Generic udev rule and additional generic configuration files (as fallback for unknown models or as OS-specific catch-all) * Bump Recommends/Breaks against usb-modeswitch to 2.2.0 * Update VCS-* fields to canonical forms -- Didier Raboud <o...@debian.org> Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:19:43 +0200 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to usb-modeswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314842 Title: usb_modeswitch not run correctly for 3G dongle Status in “usb-modeswitch” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I am using a laptop (Asus N56VZ) with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (recently upgraded from 12.04 LTS) and until recently none of my 3G USB dongles worked (I have a few). Note that the very same problem occurred on 12.04 and I upgraded early hoping for this issue to go away. It didn't. After investigation, it seems that usb_modeswitch is't doing its magic: My test dongle is a Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ID 12d1:14c1 According to the udev rules and the usb_modeswitch data I could dig up, the product ID should switch to 14c6 to make it work correctly. A file named "12d1:14c1" IS in the tgz package of usb-modeswitch-data, but nonetheless this is all I see in /var/log/syslog when I plug the dongle in: =================================================================================== May 1 00:44:49 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 54.336137] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd May 1 00:44:49 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 54.354566] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=14c1 May 1 00:44:49 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 54.354570] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 May 1 00:44:49 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 54.354571] usb 3-1: Product: Vodafone Mobile Broadband (Huawei) May 1 00:44:49 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 54.354572] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Vodafone Group (Huawei) May 1 00:44:49 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 54.355682] usb-storage 3-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected May 1 00:44:49 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 54.355814] scsi7 : usb-storage 3-1:1.0 May 1 00:44:49 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 54.355879] usb-storage 3-1:1.1: USB Mass Storage device detected May 1 00:44:49 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 54.355985] scsi8 : usb-storage 3-1:1.1 May 1 00:44:49 rramondalap02 mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 3: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1" May 1 00:44:49 rramondalap02 mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 3 was not an MTP device May 1 00:44:50 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 55.354598] scsi 7:0:0:0: CD-ROM Vodafone CD ROM (Huawei) 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 May 1 00:44:50 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 55.355275] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access Vodafone Storage (Huawei) PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 May 1 00:44:50 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 55.356963] sr1: scsi-1 drive May 1 00:44:50 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 55.357074] sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 May 1 00:44:50 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 55.357135] sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5 May 1 00:44:50 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 55.357264] sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0 May 1 00:44:50 rramondalap02 kernel: [ 55.359620] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk May 1 00:44:50 rramondalap02 usb_modeswitch: switch device 12d1:14c1 on 003/003 =================================================================================== Now I found a way to make it work: sudo usb_modeswitch -v 12d1 -p 14c1 -M '55534243123456780000000000000011062000000100000000000000000000' After some seconds pass the dongle is correctly switched to the new ProductID and works as intended. I thought the issue was with the usb-storage delay (as per /etc/usb_modprobe.conf ) but even after configuring SetStorageDelay=6 I got no change in behavior. Still, I hope that someone more accustomed to the internals of usb_modeswitch will find a solution, given that a workaround is already available. Further info on my machine: uname -a Linux rramondalap02 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 10 19:11:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux All USB ports are 3.0 and I suspect this is related to the issue: on my work desktop, 2.0 ports, the same dongle works right away in 12.04 LTS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-modeswitch/+bug/1314842/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
