[ILUG] Mobile dongle not seen

[Gerard Cunningham]

On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 13:26 +0100, Gareth Eason wrote:
> Gerard Cunningham wrote:

> As root (make sure vendor and product IDs are correct):
> modprobe -r option && modprobe -r usbserial && modprobe usbserial
> vendor=0x02d1 product=0x1001 && modprobe option
> sleep 3
> wvdial o2
> 
> 	I've attached my wvdial.conf file - if you've not already got it installed,
> 'aptitude install wvdial' will see you right :)
> 
> 	Hope this helps. Any questions, please feel free to drop me a mail.


I tried this, got the errors listed at the bottom of this message when I
ran the script. 

I've tried so many things the past few days I suspect that there's all
sorts of detritus lying in various config files at the moment, so I've
decided to let Ubuntu be until next weekend, after Karmic goes live and
I do a clean install. If I'm lucky. Karmic will plug & play, although
I'm not hopeful, since it didn't with the beta. If there's no joy, I may
try the script again and see what happens.

[I don't suppose there's a Karmic install party/POTD event next week an
end user could come along to? If it's good enough for #win7.... Free
pint(s) to the boffin who gets fixes my bugs.]

Meanwhile, on my reserve notebook (thinkpad R52) I decided to install
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and eureka, it's plug & play, successfully
connecting to the interwebs. I've only got a passing familiarity with
SUSE tho (its the distro on the SO's netbook) so I'm not sure if I'll
migrate or not.

Maybe it's time to leave Ubuntu behind and move on. 

Thanks to all who have made suggestions to date.

Anyway, here are the errors:

WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files
belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/oss-compat, it
will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-vmc, it
will be ignored in a future release.
FATAL: Error removing option
(/lib/modules/2.6.28-16-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/option.ko):
Operation not permitted
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Warning: section [Dialer o2] does not exist in wvdial.conf.
--> Cannot open /dev/modem: No such file or directory
--> Cannot open /dev/modem: No such file or directory
--> Cannot open /dev/modem: No such file or directory