Bug 12492

Summary:	HP hs2434 mobile broadband module listed as wired Ethernet -not mobile broadband modem
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Brian McNeil <bcm.alaska>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	thierry.vignaud
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	NEEDINFO
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=6796
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	drakxtools	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	lspcidrake Network lspcidrake

Description Brian McNeil 2014-01-31 16:02:30 CET

Description of problem:
Configuration tools (MCC, Network center) list the detected HP hs2434 (sierra wireless based) mobile broadband modem built into my HP dm1 4310nr laptop as a wired Ethernet connection and don't provide the configuration tools necessary for a cellular 3G modem. The Network Center mobile broadband config tools won't associate the configuration with the hardware. The LED indicator for WWAN is Orange for the first part of bootup, the turns off. At shut down it turns orange again in the last part of shutdown. The WAN light, for reference turns orange when the WAN is turned on, then blue when connected.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Current kernel is 3.10.24-desktop-2.mga3

How reproducible:
Every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use any Mageia configuration tool and they display WWAN0 as wired Ethernet.
2. Use any Mageia broadband configuration tools and they don't find appropriate hardware.
3.


Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Brian McNeil 2014-01-31 16:11:44 CET

Created attachment 4909 [details]
lspcidrake Network

Comment 2 Brian McNeil 2014-01-31 16:12:32 CET

Created attachment 4910 [details]
lspcidrake

Comment 3 Brian McNeil 2014-02-09 16:51:01 CET

The version of ModemManager in Mageia 3 appears to be quite dated (0.6 )the current stable release of ModemManager is 1.2 , and it appears that the updates address problems with Sierra Wireless Modems, as well as other bug fixes.

 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/ModemManager/ModemManager/

Comment 4 Brian McNeil 2014-02-13 02:57:02 CET

I did a fresh KDE install of mga4 and nothing has changed. The mobile broadband modem is still listed as a wired Ethernet device, and it is not possible to configure it as a modem using either Mageia tools or the NetworkManager/ModemManager tools.

Comment 5 Brian McNeil 2014-02-13 12:53:53 CET

No change with update to networkmanager-0.9.8.8-3.1.mga4

Comment 6 Thierry Vignaud 2015-03-11 16:07:06 CET

OK, this is an easy fix.
is not listed in the right category.
See http://gitweb.mageia.org/software/drakx/commit/kernel/list_modules.pm?id=0a282862fa0

Can you add "cdc_mbim" to the cellular category?
See http://gitweb.mageia.org/software/drakx/tree/kernel/list_modules.pm#n81
As root, just alter the /usr/lib/libDrakX/list_modules.pm file:

Replaces:

cellular => [
      qw(hso nozomi option sierra),

by:

cellular => [
      qw(cdc_mbim hso nozomi option sierra),

and remove the other reference to "cdc_mbim" in "usb"

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud
Version: 3 => Cauldron
Source RPM: networkmanager-0.9.8.0-1.mga3 , drakx-net-1.25-1.mga3 => drakxtools

Comment 7 Mageia Robot 2015-03-11 17:51:21 CET

commit 18d2440c70b959da39cb67e5be482d453d3c2f72
Author: Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud@...>
Date:   Wed Mar 11 17:48:57 2015 +0100

    fix mis-detecting some mobile broadband modems (mga#12492)
---
 Commit Link:
   http://gitweb.mageia.org/software/drakx/commit/?id=18d2440c70b959da39cb67e5be482d453d3c2f72

Comment 8 Thierry Vignaud 2015-05-19 10:11:27 CEST

Presumed fixed

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED