Alessandro,

The short answer is the none of the 2.0beta versions work on Ubuntu 8.04 (or Kubuntu or Xubuntu). Your best bet is to revert back to the 1.99.17 version. Before you do so, make sure you clean out every trace of the 2.0beta3 you currently have installed.

Get rid of everything in the folders below and start from scratch.

~/.vmc2
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/vmc

Hope this helps,

Gaz

It seems like I'm having the same sort of issues (E220 card in combination with Ubuntu 8.04, I had a previous post on this forum). I did try the 1.99.17 version, but with not much more luck. I don't feel that much switching back to 7.10. Is there any roadmap/idea if and when support for 8.04 will be available? Looking at the download rates of the .deb, one would say that potentially there are a lot of ubuntu users (true, could be debian users as well) out there.

But as I understand, on 7.10 the card is supposed to be "supported" (as in: it should work). Maybe that would be my best short term solution.

Cheers,
Bert

I have the same and it's working :
1. plug it in and wait a short while
2. in a terminal do :sudo modprobe -r uhci_hcd
3. then do :sudo modprobe uhci_hcd
4. start the driver and everything should work

Have fun

What do you mean with "start the driver..."?

I found on some Ubuntu fora that I should put "blacklist airprime" in /etc/modules.d/blacklist (yes, ubuntu loaded the USB device as an airprime device in my case)

I did 1, 2 and 3. This resulted in:

1045.383591] usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 11:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sr1: scsi-1 drive
sr 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1


However, step 4, starting $ vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-debug

2008/05/29 00:24 +0200 Log opened.
2008/05/29 00:24 +0200 twistd 2.5.0 (/usr/bin/python 2.5.2) starting up
2008/05/29 00:24 +0200 reactor class: <class 'twisted.internet.gtk2reactor.Gtk2Reactor'>
2008/05/29 00:24 +0200 Loading /usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/gtk-tap.py...
2008/05/29 00:24 +0200 Loaded.
2008/05/29 00:24 +0200 Changing process name to VMCCdfL
2008/05/29 00:24 +0200 Log opened.
2008/05/29 00:24 +0200 twistd 2.5.0 (/home/bertrand/ 2.5.2) starting up
2008/05/29 00:24 +0200 reactor class: <class 'twisted.internet.gtk2reactor.Gtk2Reactor'>
2008/05/29 00:24 +0200 Loading /usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/gtk-tap.py...
2008/05/29 00:24 +0200 Loaded.
2008/05/29 00:24 +0200 twisted.conch.manhole_ssh.ConchFactory starting on 2222
2008/05/29 00:24 +0200 Starting factory <twisted.conch.manhole_ssh.ConchFactory instance at 0x8bb25ac>


And showed me the error (sorry for the Spanish): Su dispositivo "Huawei E270" no está registrado correctamente con el kernel. Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux necesita al menos dos puertos serie para comunicarse con su Huawei E270. El programa incluye unas reglas de udev más algunos binarios para asegurar que su dispositivo siempre es reconocido correctamente. Si ha instalado desde el funete, asegurese que ha copiado los ficheros necesarios del directorio contrib

Any ideas?

Hi Bert,
It sounds like the device is not being switched properly from CD storage mode to modem mode. There should be a nicely working udev rule that does this by calling the /usr/sbin/huaweiAktBbo command to perform the switch every time the card is inserted. Perhaps you can run this by hand to see if it works? Afterwards you should have two devices called /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1. If this doesn't work capture the error message if any and post it. As an alternative the program 'usb_modeswitch' can also perform this CD->modem switch. I've used that too on occasions.

I have also seen problems where the USB host port hasn't enough power on its own, so as a test try using the double USB cable that came with the device.

Best regards,


Andrew

Still doesn't do the trick :( I was already using the double USB cable.

My steps:
$sudo modprobe -r uhci_hcd

Thereafter this happens after the
$sudo modprobe uhci_hcd

USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0 -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 17, io base 0x00001820
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1 -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 18, io base 0x00001840
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2 -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 19, io base 0x00001860
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.3 -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.3 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: irq 20, io base 0x00001880
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb-storage: probe of 2-2:1.0 failed with error -5
option 2-2:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
usb-storage: probe of 2-2:1.1 failed with error -5
option 2-2:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
scsi17 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 17:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sr1: scsi-1 drive
sr 17:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
sr 17:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5

Now the:

$ sudo /usr/sbin/huaweiAktBbo
Hladam HUAWEI E220 a prepnem na modem - bbo 06
4 set feature request returned 0
Prepnute-OK, Mas ttyUSB0 ttyUSB1 (cez usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1003)
pozri /proc/bus/usb/devices

Which seems to do quite ok. But dmesg shows no changes...

And if I run:
$ vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-debug
2008/05/29 20:22 +0200 Log opened.
2008/05/29 20:22 +0200 twistd 2.5.0 (/usr/bin/python 2.5.2) starting up
2008/05/29 20:22 +0200 reactor class: <class 'twisted.internet.gtk2reactor.Gtk2Reactor'>
2008/05/29 20:22 +0200 Loading /usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/gtk-tap.py...
2008/05/29 20:22 +0200 Loaded.
2008/05/29 20:22 +0200 Changing process name to VMCCdfL
2008/05/29 20:22 +0200 Log opened.
2008/05/29 20:22 +0200 twistd 2.5.0 (/home/bertrand/ 2.5.2) starting up
2008/05/29 20:22 +0200 reactor class: <class 'twisted.internet.gtk2reactor.Gtk2Reactor'>
2008/05/29 20:22 +0200 Loading /usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/gtk-tap.py...
2008/05/29 20:22 +0200 Loaded.
2008/05/29 20:22 +0200 twisted.conch.manhole_ssh.ConchFactory starting on 2222
2008/05/29 20:22 +0200 Starting factory <twisted.conch.manhole_ssh.ConchFactory instance at 0x8bb15ac>


And a popup screen again states:
Su dispositivo "Huawei E270" no está registrado correctamente con el kernel. Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux necesita al menos dos puertos serie para comunicarse con su Huawei E270. El programa incluye unas reglas de udev más algunos binarios para asegurar que su dispositivo siempre es reconocido correctamente. Si ha instalado desde el funete, asegurese que ha copiado los ficheros necesarios del directorio contrib

i had the same problem but after doing the modprobes i also needed to run the mobile connect from command line with sudo for 8.04 I am writing this while being connected by 3G ;)

Until yesterday (when I reinstalled Ubuntu) I was working with no problems with Vodafone program.
...My Odyssey started yesterday when for others reasons I had to reinstall my Ubuntu (same version as before 8.04).
Right now I'm going crazy...

I'm trying all versions of Vodafone "driver":

vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux_1.99.17_i386.deb
vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux_2.0.beta1_i386.deb
vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-2.0.beta3-ALL-i386-installer.run

none of them is working.
All the same problem:
----------------
Device Setup not complete

Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux cannot connect with the selected device (Huawei E220)
----------------

How can I make a clean uninstall of the run?
What directory does the installer create?

Thanks in advance...

Hi guys,
After some trial and error I almost feel like I am there.... Some extra help would be appreciated.

I blacklisted the /etc/modules.d/blacklist file:
blacklist airprime

to prevent the airprime module being loaded.

dmesg now shows the next while plugging in the E220 device:
usb 3-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
usb 3-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 3-3: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd huaweiAktBbo rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -62
usb 3-3: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd huaweiAktBbo rqt 128 rq 6 len 9 ret -62
usb 3-3: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd huaweiAktBbo rqt 128 rq 6 len 32 ret -62
usb 3-3: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd huaweiAktBbo rqt 0 rq 3 len 0 ret -62
usb 3-3: USB disconnect, address 3
usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
usb 3-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
usb 3-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usb-storage: probe of 3-3:1.0 failed with error -5
usb-storage: probe of 3-3:1.1 failed with error -5
scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 4
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
/build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for generic
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
/build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core
/build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
option 3-3:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
usb 3-3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
option 3-3:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
usb 3-3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
usbcore: registered new interface driver option
/build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/drivers/usb/serial/option.c: USB Driver for GSM modems: v0.7.1
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
scsi 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
sr0: scsi-1 drive
sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0


When running vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-debug it nicely asks me for a pin number (no errors here anymore).

However, when I press "connect" it shows the following in the terminal:
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV WvDial<*1>: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.56

2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV WvModem<*1>: Cannot get information for serial port.
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV
WvDial<*1>: Initializing modem.

2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATZ

2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV WvDial Modem<*1>: OK
WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATZ

2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV WvDial Modem<*1>: ATZ
WvDial Modem<*1>: OK
WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATQ0 V1 E0 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0

2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV WvDial Modem<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E0 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
WvDial Modem<*1>: OK
WvDial<*1>: Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","live.vodafone.com"

2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV WvDial Modem<*1>: OK
WvDial<*1>: Modem initialized.
WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATDT*99***1#
WvDial<*1>: Waiting for carrier.

2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV WvDial Modem<*1>: CONNECT
WvDial<*1>: Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
WvDial<Notice>: Starting pppd at Tue Jun 17 21:02:07 2008

2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV WvDial<Notice>:
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV Pid of pppd: 9306
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV

2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV WvDial<*1>: Disconnecting at Tue Jun 17 21:02:07 2008

2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter::IDLE DATA_RCV: '\r\n^BOOT:91782250,0,0,0,6\r\n'
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter::Huawei E220 NOTIFICATION: '\r\n^BOOT:91782250,0,0,0,6\r\n'
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: DATA RECV WvDial<*1>: The PPP daemon has died: No root priv error (exit code = 3)
WvDial<*1>: man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
WvDial<Notice>: I guess that's it for now, exiting
WvDial<Notice>: The PPP daemon has died. (exit code = 3)

2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 Unhandled error in Deferred:
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 Unhandled Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/twisted/internet/gtk2reactor.py", line 216, in simulate
self.runUntilCurrent()
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py", line 561, in runUntilCurrent
call.func(*call.args, **call.kw)
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 239, in callback
self._startRunCallbacks(result)
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 304, in _startRunCallbacks
self._runCallbacks()
--- <exception caught here> ---
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 317, in _runCallbacks
self.result = callback(self.result, *args, **kw)
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/Vodafone_Mobile_Connect_Card_driver_for_Linux-2.0.beta3-py2.5.egg/vmc/contrib/louie/plugin.py", line 103, in called
return receiver(*args, **kw)
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/Vodafone_Mobile_Connect_Card_driver_for_Linux-2.0.beta3-py2.5.egg/vmc/gtk/controllers/application.py", line 1314, in disconnected_handler
notification = show_error_notification(self.tray, title, message)
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/Vodafone_Mobile_Connect_Card_driver_for_Linux-2.0.beta3-py2.5.egg/vmc/gtk/notification.py", line 75, in show_error_notification_posix
expires=True)
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/Vodafone_Mobile_Connect_Card_driver_for_Linux-2.0.beta3-py2.5.egg/vmc/gtk/notification.py", line 65, in show_normal_notification_posix
notification.show()
gobject.GError: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: pppd closed their stdout!
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: pppd closed their stderr.
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 WVDIAL: quitting
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 Unhandled error in Deferred:
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 Unhandled Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/twisted/internet/gtk2reactor.py", line 216, in simulate
self.runUntilCurrent()
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py", line 561, in runUntilCurrent
call.func(*call.args, **call.kw)
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 239, in callback
self._startRunCallbacks(result)
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 304, in _startRunCallbacks
self._runCallbacks()
--- <exception caught here> ---
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 317, in _runCallbacks
self.result = callback(self.result, *args, **kw)
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/Vodafone_Mobile_Connect_Card_driver_for_Linux-2.0.beta3-py2.5.egg/vmc/contrib/louie/plugin.py", line 103, in called
return receiver(*args, **kw)
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/Vodafone_Mobile_Connect_Card_driver_for_Linux-2.0.beta3-py2.5.egg/vmc/gtk/controllers/application.py", line 1314, in disconnected_handler
notification = show_error_notification(self.tray, title, message)
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/Vodafone_Mobile_Connect_Card_driver_for_Linux-2.0.beta3-py2.5.egg/vmc/gtk/notification.py", line 75, in show_error_notification_posix
expires=True)
File "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/Vodafone_Mobile_Connect_Card_driver_for_Linux-2.0.beta3-py2.5.egg/vmc/gtk/notification.py", line 65, in show_normal_notification_posix
notification.show()
gobject.GError: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter::IDLE DATA_RCV: '\r\n^BOOT:91782250,0,0,0,6\r\n'
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter::Huawei E220 NOTIFICATION: '\r\n^BOOT:91782250,0,0,0,6\r\n'
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter: SENDING ATCMD 'AT+CSQ\r\n'
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter: NEW STATE: waiting
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter::WAITING DATA_RCV: '\r\n+CSQ: 24,99\r\n\r\nOK\r\n'
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter::WAITING: EOR detected, firing deferred
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter::WAITING: CBK =
2008/06/17 21:02 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter: NEW STATE: idle
2008/06/17 21:03 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter::IDLE DATA_RCV: '\r\n^BOOT:91782250,0,0,0,6\r\n'
2008/06/17 21:03 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter::Huawei E220 NOTIFICATION: '\r\n^BOOT:91782250,0,0,0,6\r\n'
2008/06/17 21:03 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter::IDLE DATA_RCV: '\r\n^BOOT:91782250,0,0,0,6\r\n'
2008/06/17 21:03 +0200 HuaweiE2XXAdapter::Huawei E220 NOTIFICATION: '\r\n^BOOT:91782250,0,0,0,6\r\n'


Please some help. If more info needed: say so.
Cheers,
Bert