Hi Bjørn,
On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 08:49:27PM +0100, Bjørn Bürger wrote:
> Argh! Nevermind, just figured it out.
>
> It's actually documented in the original NEWS file, but it's
> not very obvious to the user, why suddenly the modem disappears.
>
> This is the solution:
>
> ln -sft /etc/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.d
> /usr/share/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.available.d/*
>
> and it's also documented quite nicely on the modemmanager.org
> website. Maybe debian should add a prominent Warning, because
> this will break modemmanager heavily for a lot of non-technical
> people:
Thanks for investigating! Since you know exactly what you were looking
for do you want to draft something for NEWS.Debian / README.Debian and
submit this at
https://salsa.debian.org/DebianOnMobile-team/modemmanager ? That would be great.
Cheers,
-- Guido
>
> - cite from NEWS.gz ---
>
> ModemManager 1.18.4
> ---
>
> * A new FCC unlock operation management via external scripts is introduced,
>which will avoid to automatically unlock FCC locked devices unless the
> user
>has configured the operation manually, or unless an official
> vendor-provided
>FCC unlock tool is found in the system.
>
>Please refer to the following URL for full details:
>https://modemmanager.org/docs/modemmanager/fcc-unlock/
>
>The following changes should be taken into account by distribution
> packagers:
>** A set of FCC unlock scripts named as the specific vendor 'vid' will be
> installed in ${datadir}/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.available.d.
>** A set of symlinks is created named as the specific device 'vid:pid',
> and
> pointing to the per-vendor 'vid' files, in the same location inside
> ${datadir}.
>** A new ${sysconfdir}/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.d directory is created,
> where
> users will manually install additional symlinks to the scripts shipped
> in
> ${datadir}.
>** A new ${libdir}/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.d directory is created, where
> vendors will install their own official FCC unlock tools.
>** Both fcc-unlock.d directories should be empty on a new install, and
> their
> contents (if any) should not be removed on ModemManager upgrades.
>
> ---
>
> Have a nice weekend.
> Bjørn
>
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