Richard Betham <rich...@betham.org.uk> writes: > Installer failed to detect mobile broadband device on USB. > I suggest that the kernel module called 'option' should have been > installed, but it was not. > > Huawei Mobile Broadband device (bought from 3) was plugged into a USB > socket during boot. > An Epson Stylus SX435W was plugged into another USB socket. > These two were the only devices in USB sockets during boot-install. > > I chose Alternate Desktop -> -> KDE > > Otherwise the software installed itself, but gave error messages > about the mirror which I chose. > The error message should have told me that the computer was not > connected to the Internet. > > After boot-install I gave the command : > echo 'option' >> /etc/modules
This is pointless. If it worked, then it the driver will be loaded automatically anyway. > then rebooted the computer on IDE-0. > This seemed to cause it to detect the Huawei correctly > > > I hope that this is useful. > Some people in the UK do not have landlines, let alone broadband on > landline. I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone has added support for installing via Mobile Broadband yet. Such modems usually require rather complex device specific setup (PIN, APN, possibly user/password, proprietary AT commands, proprietary management protocols etc) before a network connection is available. But the drivers are installed and the device should be automatically detected after installing. Bjørn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/878v65yaqz....@nemi.mork.no
