3g dongle help giffgaff uk

[ExquisiteCorpse]

Trying to follow these instructions for giffgaff however cant seem to see the settings under network connections - mobile connection

Any help?

http://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Tips-Advice/Dongle-Settings/td-p/1924153

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Enable USB, plug the device then give us output of:

lsusb

lsmod

dmesg (final lines)

 

[Monkfish]

I suspect this is a driver issue as it will probably assume a Windows OS and so cant detect the dongle. Have you checked out this thread it may be of some use 

http://boards.openpandora.org/topic/6878-pandora-and-3g-usb-dongles//URL]

perhaps you can configure connection via your web browser 

 

[ExquisiteCorpse]

openpandora:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hublsmod

lsmod


Module                  Size  Used by
ehci_hcd               37272  0
aufs                  159702  37
squashfs               27214  2
xz_dec                 17848  1 squashfs
bluetooth             136282  0
wl1251_sdio             3319  0
wl1251                 67433  1 wl1251_sdio
mac80211              223841  2 wl1251_sdio,wl1251
cfg80211              154825  2 wl1251,mac80211
ecb                     1616  0
g_cdc                  31862  0
omaplfb                 6407  0
pvrsrvkm              142886  1 omaplfb
zram                   10302  1
snd_seq                47225  0
snd_seq_device          4491  1 snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            37481  1
snd_mixer_oss          13864  1 snd_pcm_oss
ipv6                  231937  10
fuse                   58359  0
ads7846                 8481  0
hwmon                    964  1 ads7846

dmesg
971.521118] usb usb2: Product: OMAP-EHCI Host Controller
[  971.521118] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.2.53 ehci_hcd
[  971.521118] usb usb2: SerialNumber: ehci-omap.0
[  971.524322] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[  971.524383] hub 2-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
[  971.849090] hub 2-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2

 

 

[ExquisiteCorpse]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004R3XW8S/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This is the dongle I bought.

Looking at it now though.....it's a usb 2.0 device :/

Are there any dongles that do work with the Pandora?

 

[levi]

It being USB2 shouldn't be a problem - USB2 devices work in either of the Pandora's ports.


Those diagnostics explain why you can't find the settings in nm - you've got a more basic USB problem. If I manage to find my own 3G dongle I'll try plugging that in and seeing what I get, but just at the moment I don't actually know where I've put it.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

unable to enumerate USB device on port 2

Not good. I can't help more but saying to try google.

Also maybe boot the latest xubuntu in live-cd mode, plug the device and check the commands above.

lsusb may report the ID, which is useful, and maybe even the module name if there's one loaded.

 

[ExquisiteCorpse]

Hey linux-swat. Cheers for helping 

lsusb on my debian laptop provides

Bus 003 device 008: ID l2dl:1001 Huawei Technologies Co,. LTD. E169/E620/E800 HSDPA MODEM

The amazon page says my modem is an E1750 and says it's supported under the Pandora 3g dongle wiki http://www.pandorawiki.org/USB_compatibility_list#HSDPA_.283G.29_Modems

However the Id doesn't seem to correlate :S

Anyway I tried to follow the guide to installing the e1750 dongle provided on the wiki and located here

http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?/topic/54318-guide-mobile-broadband-usb-stick-usage/page__view__findpost__p__939350

But running command

sudo opkg install modemmanager

Tells me it's already installed so I'm guessing my dongle isn't actually the e1750...

Cheers.

Edit: It also works on my debian testing laptop FYI.

 

[elw3]

Maybe it is not triggering the detection script, yet i have never seen that with an usb device. My laptop card modem has that on all newer ubuntu versions tho.

Try


sudo modprobe option 
To force load it. 

 

[Linux-SWAT]

lsmod plz.