Bug#634916: usb-modeswitch: seems to have no effect on Huawei E169

2011-08-11 Thread Didier Raboud
reassign 634916 src:linux-2.6 3.0.0-1 retitle 634916 Linux modeswitches some 3G dongles in kernelland (duplicates userland functionality) thanks Dear linux-2.6 maintainers, I'm hereby re-assigning the #634916 bug to the Linux kernel, as per the discussion held with Josua Dietze, the usb-modeswi

Bug#634916: usb-modeswitch: seems to have no effect on Huawei E169

2011-08-09 Thread Josua Dietze
Am 09.08.2011 20:14, schrieb Didier Raboud: I'd be happy to close this bug, _but_ I don't want to lose information: in short, this is a kernel bug, right? Are you aware of an opened bug for the upstream Linux kernel ? If not, I propose to reassign this bug to the Debian kernel package and help i

Bug#634916: usb-modeswitch: seems to have no effect on Huawei E169

2011-08-09 Thread Didier Raboud
Le mardi, 9 août 2011 19.12:01, Josua Dietze a écrit : > This has stayed in the kernel for compatibility reasons. > > (…) > > Anyway, I think the bug can be closed. Hi Josua, and thanks for your detailed analysis, I'd be happy to close this bug, _but_ I don't want to lose information: in shor

Bug#634916: usb-modeswitch: seems to have no effect on Huawei E169

2011-08-09 Thread Josua Dietze
Am 09.08.2011 15:47, schrieb Didier Raboud: I would like to have Josua's (upstream author) input on this bug. I think "doing nothing but closing as such" would be OKay, but his take on that would be valuable. Everything seems fine ... Just one thing kept bothering me: kernel: [48972.216084] us

Bug#634916: usb-modeswitch: seems to have no effect on Huawei E169

2011-08-09 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 15:47:04 +0200 Didier Raboud wrote: > Hi Francesco, Hi! > > Le samedi, 23 juillet 2011 17.40:54, Francesco Poli a écrit : [...] > > So, now, I would like to ask: > > > > * do I really need usb-modeswitch? > > It seems like you actually don't. Lucky you! Good to know! >

Bug#634916: usb-modeswitch: seems to have no effect on Huawei E169

2011-08-09 Thread Didier Raboud
Hi Francesco, Le samedi, 23 juillet 2011 17.40:54, Francesco Poli a écrit : > On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:37:49 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote: > > Would it be a useful test, if I tried to purge usb-modeswitch and then > > plug the modem again to see if /dev/ttyUSB0 shows up (and what other > > interfaces

Bug#634916: usb-modeswitch: seems to have no effect on Huawei E169

2011-07-23 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:37:49 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > Would it be a useful test, if I tried to purge usb-modeswitch and then > plug the modem again to see if /dev/ttyUSB0 shows up (and what other > interfaces are exposed)? I decided to perform the test. After purging usb-modeswitch an

Bug#634916: usb-modeswitch: seems to have no effect on Huawei E169

2011-07-21 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:28:23 +0100 Josua Dietze wrote: > Am 21.07.2011 21:40, schrieb Francesco Poli: > > > In the two cases the outputs of the lsusb command are almost identical: > > the only difference is that the second time the device was identified > > as "Bus 007 Device 005", instead of "Bu

Bug#634916: usb-modeswitch: seems to have no effect on Huawei E169

2011-07-21 Thread Josua Dietze
Am 21.07.2011 21:40, schrieb Francesco Poli: In the two cases the outputs of the lsusb command are almost identical: the only difference is that the second time the device was identified as "Bus 007 Device 005", instead of "Bus 007 Device 003" I begin to suspect that you have a non-mode-switch

Bug#634916: usb-modeswitch: seems to have no effect on Huawei E169

2011-07-21 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:11:24 +0100 Josua Dietze wrote: > Am 20.07.2011 22:23, schrieb Francesco Poli (wintermute): > > I installed usb-modeswitch in order to prevent my USB HSDPA modem to be > > seen as a storage device. > > That may be a misunderstanding. After a mode switch, there may still be

Bug#634916: usb-modeswitch: seems to have no effect on Huawei E169

2011-07-20 Thread Josua Dietze
Am 20.07.2011 22:23, schrieb Francesco Poli (wintermute): I installed usb-modeswitch in order to prevent my USB HSDPA modem to be seen as a storage device. That may be a misunderstanding. After a mode switch, there may still be storage interfaces exposed in a modem device. The difference is th

Bug#634916: usb-modeswitch: seems to have no effect on Huawei E169

2011-07-20 Thread Francesco Poli (wintermute)
Package: usb-modeswitch Version: 1.1.8-1 Severity: normal Hello! I installed usb-modeswitch in order to prevent my USB HSDPA modem to be seen as a storage device. My modem is a Huawei E169, which has apparently the same vendor and product IDs as the Huawei E620: $ lsusb | grep Huawei Bus 006