Bug 15900

Forgot to add this link : http://www.tatadocomo.com/photon-plus.aspx

Hey Guys,

Just found this https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?t=4193

Seems like someone else had the same problem and hit a dead end but on another model of a usb modem from the same service provider.

(In reply to Jude Ashvin  Lobo Shenoy from comment #0)

<snip>

> The problem is as soon as i connect it to my sys, i find it in kde network
> center then i try to go through adding a new broadband connection using the
> available gui and i fill in details but when it comes to asking me to enter
> a 4 digit pin i enter 0000 as its the right one for the dongle. Then i get a
> pop up asking me to insert a sim when the dongle has no sim at all.

<snip>

> As per lsusb
> my product id was 0x140b and vendor was0x12d1

> Bio-data of my dongle is as :
> 
> Telecom provider : Tata Teleservices India or Tata Indicom.
> Dongle Name : Tata Photon+
> Dongle Make : Huawei Mobile Broadband.
> Dongle Model : EC156 HSIA usb stick.


Thanks for the bug report

What do you mean by kde network center? Did you click the network icon on the KDE panel and add it with draknetcenter
http://doc.mageia.org/mcc/4/en/content/draknetcenter.html ?

If so, please try whether adding it in MCC => Network & Internet => Set up a new network interface (LAN, ISDN, ADSL, ...), so with drakconnect, 
http://doc.mageia.org/mcc/4/en/content/drakconnect.html works better.

If that doesn't help, then please attach dmesg.txt that results from running 
dmesg > /tmp/dmesg.txt

and lspcidrake-v.txt resulting from: 
lspcidrake -v > lspcidrake-v.txt

and journalctl-b.txt that results from running (as root)
journalctl -b > journalctl-b.txt

to this bug report

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: sysadmin-bugs => mageia, marja11, thierry.vignaud, tmb
Component: Release (media or process) => RPM Packages
Source RPM: (none) => drakx-net (?)

Hi Marja,

Kde network center and draknetworkcenter are the same sorry for my mistake. I tried all those steps as suggested by you with those 2 links and still i was asked for pin and later after that was asked to insert a sim.

Will give you an update in a week as am a bit busy getting out of town. Will be in touch regarding the diagnostics...:)

is usb_modeswitch installed ?

if not, unplug the dongle, install usb_modeswitch-2.2.1-1.mga5 and usb_modeswitch-data-20150115-1.mga5.

then plug in the dongle and try to configure it again

Hi Thomas,

I did install usb modeswitch and usb modeswitch data along with wvdial and tried it as per the 2 links above in my bug report. It did show that it was connected but browsing was not at all possible. Tried wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf where i did add the number and password along with the id (id- internet, Password- internet, number #777)

ok, so maybe a routing or firewalling issue...

when it's connected, what does theese commands show:

route -n

cat /etc/resolv.conf

cat /etc/shorewall/interfaces 

iptables -L


you could also try to disable the firewall

Hi Thomas,

Please give me a week's time to revert back to you as am heading out of town early tomorrow morning. I am sure it's not a firewall issue as it's connected on Ubuntu. The main headache is the prompt for a pin when adding a 3g connection using draknetcenter and after adding the pin 0000 it throws up another pop-up suggesting i insert a sim into the dongle where there is no slot for a sim.

Hi Guys,

Right now am attaching a few pics of what i see over here and will be updating a few diagnostics later.

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draknetworkcenter detects modem as ppp0 - Huawei

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When i click the configure button, am asked for the PIN

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Then i get this insert sim message.

Created attachment 6495 [details]
Now i try to set up a edge connection through network center in MCC.

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USB cdma modem detected.

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Am asked for the pin.

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Again this annoying insert sim messge popup.

Created attachment 6499 [details]
Output of lsusb shows huawei modem detected. Vendor 0x12d1 Product 0x140b.

Hi guys,

Sorry for the quality of the pics cos i had to do all this in a jiffy. Did not use snapshot. More details to follow. Hope you get the picture now.

The message also states "leave *empty* if no pin needed"

So dont enter any pin code

Hi Thomas,

Same result without the pin. I get the insert sim popup :(

Attaching results of diagnostics in text and pics.

Created attachment 6502 [details]
Dmesg output

Created attachment 6503 [details]
iptables output

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journalctl output

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lspcidrake output

Created attachment 6506 [details]
route -n

Created attachment 6507 [details]
cat /etc/resolv

Created attachment 6508 [details]
shorewall interfaces

@ Jude

Is this bug still valid?

If so, in which Mageia version(s)?

Guessing this is or was a kernel/firmware issue. Already assigning to kernel and drivers maintainers, to decrease the chance that no one sees Jude's reply, if this bug is still valid.

Assignee: bugsquad => kernel
Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

(In reply to Marja Van Waes from comment #29)
> @ Jude
> 
> Is this bug still valid?
> 
> If so, in which Mageia version(s)?
> 
Over 5 years later, no reply.

Closing as OLD

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