Problems during 3G modem installation

[edge_84]

Hello!

Iīm a total beginner of ArchLinux and right now Iīm struggling with the installation of a 3G USB internetmodem (Huawei E220).

I found a post in this forum about this issue and it said that one way is to download wvdial and modemmanager. Since I donīt have an internetconnection I canīt install these packages via pacman, so currently the only way is to download the packages to my Windows-laptop and then move it with a USBstick to the ArchLinux computer. But this may not work because the system wonīt find the right filetype (ext2) on the stick when I try to mount it.

Any ideas on how to solve this?

Thanks!

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

But this may not work because the system wonīt find the right filetype (ext2) on the stick when I try to mount it.

May not work? Or didn't work? I'm assuming you mean Windows won't read the ext2 format of your thumb drive?
If you're using a USB stick on both a Windows and a Linux computer, the simplest thing I could think of is to have your stick formatted to FAT32. Everything reads that, so no problems there.

[MikeTbob]

I could be mistaken but I don't think you want to use wvdial for a Wireless device. Plug the device into Arch Linux and issue this command please.

dmesg

Cut and paste the last 50-100 lines back here please.

[jayd512]

I could be mistaken but I don't think you want to use wvdial for a Wireless device.

D'OH! I missed that...

[jayd512]

While I don't use Arch, this page may help a bit: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...on_of_Packages

[edge_84]

Thank you very much!

[edge_84]

]I could be mistaken but I don't think you want to use wvdial for a Wireless device. Plug the device into Arch Linux and issue this command please.

dmesg

Cut and paste the last 50-100 lines back here please.

This is the output when I issue dmesg | grep -i usb.. Seems like the drivers are loaded, right?

Thanks!



usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
ehci_hcd: 0000:00:10.4: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd: 0000:00:10.4: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
hub 1-0:1.0 USB hub found
uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface Driver
uhci_hcd: 0000:00:10.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
uhci_hcd: 0000:00:10.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
uhci_hcd:0000:00:10.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
uhci_hcd:0000:00:10.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
usb 5-1: new full speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
Initializing USB Mass STorage driver...
scsi16 : usb-storage 5-1:1.0
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
usb 5-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
usb 5-1: new full speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd
scsi9 : usb-storage 5-1:1.2
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
USB serial support registered for generic
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
usb 5-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
usb 5-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
usbcore: registered new interface driver option
option: v0.7.2:USB Driver for GSM modems

[MikeTbob]

It looks like it recognized it. Can you get it to work?