Package: usb-modeswitch
Version: 2.5.2+repack0-2
Severity: normal
In a mostly up-to-date "testing", but a past kernel 4.4, and running
"init", usb-modeswitch no longer creates the /dev/gsmmodem symlink when
a 3G mobile serial modem is plugged in. Instead it creates an ordinary
empty file there (and possibly /dev/gsmmodem2 sometimes).
With logging enabled, /var/log/usb_modeswitch_ttyUSB_1-5:1.5 contains
Return symlink name "gsmmodem" and exit
which I thought is normal and could suggest usb_modeswitch_dispatcher is
correctly reporting, so blame may lie elsewhere -- but I couldn't tell
where.
The actual mode switch is ok and can point ppp at /dev/ttyUSB4 or
whatever.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.iso88591, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1),
LANGUAGE=en_AU:en_GB:en (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages usb-modeswitch depends on:
ii libc6 2.28-8
ii libjim0.77 0.77+dfsg0-3
ii libusb-1.0-0 2:1.0.22-2
ii usb-modeswitch-data 20170806-2
usb-modeswitch recommends no packages.
Versions of packages usb-modeswitch suggests:
pn comgt <none>
pn wvdial <none>
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/usb_modeswitch.conf changed:
DisableSwitching=0
DisableMBIMGlobal=0
EnableLogging=1
HuaweiAltModeGlobal=0
-- no debconf information
