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Ree

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Registered: 2010-05-19

Posts: 37

Unable to use Novatel Ovation MC990D wireless USB modem

Hello,

I'm having trouble using a Novatel Ovation MC990D wireless USB modem on Arch Linux. I have all the required utilities installed (networkmanager, modemmanager, usb_modeswitch, etc), but when I plug the modem in, nothing happens at all. lsusb gives me this:

Bus 001 Device 009: ID 1410:7001 Novatel Wireless

I tried wvdial, but wvdialconf says no modem was detected:

Scanning your serial ports for a modem.

ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud
ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud
ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up.
Modem Port Scan<*1>: S1   S2   S3   


Sorry, no modem was detected!  Is it in use by another program?
Did you configure it properly with setserial?

What else should I try? If you need more info, let me know.

Stemp

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From: Paris, Europe

Registered: 2011-04-26

Posts: 61

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Re: Unable to use Novatel Ovation MC990D wireless USB modem

Kernel Bug

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Ree

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Registered: 2010-05-19

Posts: 37

Re: Unable to use Novatel Ovation MC990D wireless USB modem

Hm, is there a workaround to this?

Stemp

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From: Paris, Europe

Registered: 2011-04-26

Posts: 61

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Re: Unable to use Novatel Ovation MC990D wireless USB modem

Except by patching and recompiling the kernel, I don't think so
The patch was accepted in the Linux tree and is available in the new Linux 3.4 RC versions.
USB: option: re-add NOVATELWIRELESS_PRODUCT_HSPA_HIGHSPEED to option_id array

Maybe you should create a bug report in Arch and add this patch ?

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