Greets! I have a new and shiny Huawei E3276 stick here and want to test it with my gentoo thinkpad running Gnome.
I managed to get some /dev/ttyUSB0 .. the device is usb_modeswitch-ed automatically. I also added the modules "option" and "cdc_ncm" to my kernel config and the dmesg looks ok: # lsmod Module Size Used by option 26697 0 usb_wwan 6886 1 option cdc_ncm 9365 0 usbserial 23426 2 option,usb_wwan usbnet 19268 1 cdc_ncm crc32c_intel 13975 0 i2c_i801 8765 0 btusb 11699 0 [ 59.586159] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial [ 59.586534] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic [ 59.586593] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic [ 59.588309] usbcore: registered new interface driver option [ 59.588632] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port) [ 59.589143] usb 1-1.1: MAC-Address: 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64 [ 59.589721] cdc_ncm 1-1.1:1.1 wwan0: register 'cdc_ncm' at usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1, Mobile Broadband Network Device, 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64 [ 59.589814] option 1-1.1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 59.590004] usb 1-1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0 [ 59.590075] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ncm [ 59.595969] systemd-udevd[3717]: renamed network interface wwan0 to wwp0s26u1u1i1 [ 60.577572] scsi 8:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 60.577710] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access HUAWEI TF CARD Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 60.580526] sr1: scsi-1 drive [ 60.581510] sr 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 [ 60.589986] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk BUT: it doesn't show up in the networkmanager-GUI. No "mobile broadband" anything. [I] net-misc/networkmanager Available versions: 0.9.4.0-r6 0.9.6.4 (~)0.9.6.4-r1 [M](~)0.9.7.995 [M](~)0.9.8.0 [M]**9999 {avahi bluetooth connection-sharing +consolekit dhclient +dhcpcd doc gnutls +introspection modemmanager +nss +ppp resolvconf systemd test vala +wext wimax KERNEL="linux"} Installed versions: 0.9.6.4-r1(11:30:45 26.03.2013)(bluetooth dhcpcd introspection modemmanager nss ppp systemd wext -avahi -connection-sharing -consolekit -dhclient -doc -gnutls -resolvconf -vala -wimax KERNEL="linux") Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/ Description: Universal network configuration daemon for laptops, desktops, servers and virtualization hosts # eix modemm [I] net-misc/modemmanager Available versions: 0.6.0.0 (~)0.6.0.0-r1 [M](~)0.7.990(0/1) **9999(0/1) {doc policykit +qmi qmi-newest test} Installed versions: 0.6.0.0-r1(11:04:49 26.03.2013)(policykit -doc -test) Homepage: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/ModemManager/ModemManager/ Description: Modem and mobile broadband management libraries Does anyone have a pointer for me how to get that working? thanks! Stefan