Problem connecting PCMCIA GSM Modem ZTE MF330

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DiamondDog · Post by **DiamondDog** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:14 pm

hello all, I have new laptop x61s lenovo and i recieved wireless GSM modem( ONDA/ZTE MF330 ) i am running gentoo linux using kernel 2.6.24-gentoo-r3, i am trying to figure out how to connect it so it will dial to my cellular ISP, but before that i am trying to find the right kernel driver, i googled it and found few posts talking about it but nothing concrete, i dont know if my kernel is allready support it or should i patch it, in other words i need some guru advice to guide me trough the installation, here is some info:

lsusb

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      Bus 008 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
      Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
      Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
      Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
      Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
      Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
      Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
      Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader
      Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

lspci

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      00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
      00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
      00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
      00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
      00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contoller #4 (rev 03)
      00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
      00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
      00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
      00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
      00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
      00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
      00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
      00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
      00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
      00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
      00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Mobile IDE Controller (rev 03)
      00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Mobile SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
      00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
      03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 4230 (rev 61)
      05:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
      05:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
      05:00.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 21)
      06:00.0 USB Controller: Philips Semiconductors USB 1.1 Host Controller (rev 11)
      06:00.2 USB Controller: Philips Semiconductors USB 2.0 Host Controller (rev 11)

lsmod ( i tried to load sierra module nothing happend )

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      Module                  Size  Used by
      ehci_hcd               27404  0
      sierra                 11204  0
      usbserial              26152  1 sierra
      usbhid                 16996  0
      ohci_hcd               18756  0
      pcmcia                 28632  0
      iwl4965                91816  0
      firmware_class          6848  2 pcmcia,iwl4965
      thinkpad_acpi          41312  0
      yenta_socket           21132  2
      firewire_ohci          14464  0
      sdhci                  13828  0
      mac80211              100940  1 iwl4965
      rsrc_nonstatic          8704  1 yenta_socket
      firewire_core          32192  1 firewire_ohci
      video                  15888  0
      e1000                 105344  0
      pcmcia_core            29592  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
      mmc_core               40260  1 sdhci
      output                  2688  1 video
      crc_itu_t               1792  1 firewire_core
      sg                     19084  0
      backlight               3716  2 thinkpad_acpi,video
      cfg80211                9928  1 mac80211
      uhci_hcd               19468  0
      pcspkr                  2304  0

dmesg when i plug the pcmcia card

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      pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
      PCI: Enabling device 0000:06:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
      ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
      PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:06:00.0 to 64
      ohci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: OHCI Host Controller
      ohci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
      ohci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: irq 18, io mem 0x80000000
      usb usb7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
      hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
      hub 7-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
      PCI: Enabling device 0000:06:00.2 (0000 -> 0002)
      ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:00.2[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
      PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:06:00.2 to 64
      ehci_hcd 0000:06:00.2: EHCI Host Controller
      ehci_hcd 0000:06:00.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 8
      ehci_hcd 0000:06:00.2: irq 18, io mem 0x80001000
      ehci_hcd 0000:06:00.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
      usb usb8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
      hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
      hub 8-0:1.0: 2 ports detected

Some links I found regarding the issue:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/129433
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.usb.general/1697
http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.o ... 52312.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-usb@v ... 01701.html
http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.o ... 52312.html
http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/l ... 85450.html

I know this is only the first step to install the driver, the second step will be to make the connection so if you have any relevant info or advice i will be happy to get it.

Thanks Diamond.

loisl · Post by **loisl** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:51 pm

DiamondDog,

I have Googled a little bit and found the following URL: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-List ... 05341.html

I understand this as a hint, that Your device will be supported as a serial USB adaptor. In kernel 2.6.24 as a Sierra device, than from 2.6.25 on as Option driver.

Simply compile the below USB serial drivers as a module, reboot and look what happens. Your Device will appear as /dev/ttyUSBsomething or similar.

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Device Drivers  --->
[*] USB support  --->
     USB Serial Converter support  --->
     <M>   USB AirPrime CDMA Wireless Driver
     <M>   USB Sierra Wireless Driver
     <M>   USB driver for GSM and CDMA modems

The AirPrime Driver may be obsolete, I found a hint in the Sierra help message

Hope this helps a bit.

Cheers,
Loisl

DiamondDog · Post by **DiamondDog** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:41 pm

I have those compiled as modules.

The problem now is that i don't have ttyUSB devices i have those dev instead:

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usbdev1.1_ep00
usbdev1.1_ep81
usbdev1.2_ep00
usbdev1.2_ep02
usbdev1.2_ep04
usbdev1.2_ep05
usbdev1.2_ep81
usbdev1.2_ep82
usbdev1.2_ep84
usbdev1.2_ep85

lsusb -v

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Bus 001 Device 002: ID 19d2:0001
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.10
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x19d2
  idProduct          0x0001
  bcdDevice            0.00
  iManufacturer           1 Qualcomm, Incorporated
  iProduct                2 ZTE CDMA Technologies MSM
  iSerial                 0
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           85
    bNumInterfaces          3
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0xa0
      (Bus Powered)
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           3
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              3 Data Interface
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0010  1x 16 bytes
        bInterval             128
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              3 Data Interface
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x84  EP 4 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x04  EP 4 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        2
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              3 Data Interface
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x85  EP 5 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x05  EP 5 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0

cat /proc/devices

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Character devices:
  1 mem
  4 /dev/vc/0
  4 tty
  5 /dev/tty
  5 /dev/console
  5 /dev/ptmx
  7 vcs
 10 misc
 13 input
 14 sound
 21 sg
 29 fb
116 alsa
128 ptm
136 pts
180 usb
188 ttyUSB
189 usb_device
226 drm
251 pcmcia
252 firewire
253 usb_endpoint
254 bsg

Block devices:
  7 loop
  8 sd
 11 sr
 65 sd
 66 sd
 67 sd
 68 sd
 69 sd
 70 sd
 71 sd
128 sd
129 sd
130 sd
131 sd
132 sd
133 sd
134 sd
135 sd

DiamondDog · Post by **DiamondDog** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:06 am

thanks to that post: http://hillj.co.uk/2008/01/31/how-to-ge ... ux-ubuntu/

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modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0x0001

gave me finally ttyUSB0, ttyUSB1, ttyUSB2.

I will keep reporting...