Thanks, but sorry - I'm not familiar with a couple of terms here. What are "top post" and "RO storage"?
Regards, Tapas On 27 August 2013 12:26, Mohan Sundaram <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Tapas Ray [Gmail] <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Ok. I'll do that. Thanks! > >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> [ 1044.443570] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-3:1.0 >>>> [ 1045.448575] scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM USBModem Disk >>>> 2.31 PQ >>>> ---- >>> >>> I think it is getting detected as a CD-ROM. You need some tool (I >>> guess one is mentioned in this thread already) to make your modem to >>> show up. >>> >>> Go to that website, read documentation on how to use the tool and you >>> can use your modem with Ubuntu. > > a) Please do not top post. > b) Normally such dongles also carry the driver software. Hence they > mount as RO storage initially. If you install the drivers from that > storage, the software will switch it to the usb modem mode on > initialisation. > > -- Mohan Sundaram > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
