Connecting Laptop to the Internet using USB-UTMS/HSDPA-Modem

Mankind75 · 10-24-2013, 08:58 AM

Hello everyone,

I am currently running "Slackware 14" and everything is going well. I am currently connecting to the Internet using a LAN connection to my router (ADSL Line).

Unfortunately the line is not very reliable (which is not Slackware's fault, it's the Telecom provider's) and I would like to have a backup using UMTS/HSDPA.

"lsusb" displays my surfstick as follows:

Quote:

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 19d2:2000 ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM MF627/MF628/MF628+/MF636+ HSDPA/HSUPA

I already had a look at the "Slackbook" notably

http://www.slackbook.org/html/book.h...FIGURATION-PPP

and tried out "pppsetup" but I am not sure if I need to do furter configuration (usb_modeswitch).

Has anyone tried connecting to the Internet with an USB-Surfstick-Modem?

Have a good day,
Mkd75

allend · 10-24-2013, 09:41 AM

I am not sure about Slackware 14.0, but Slackware-current shows a file (19d2:2000) in /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/ for your device.
Have you tried using nm-applet to configure your connection and connect with your device?

Mankind75 · 10-24-2013, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allend

I am not sure about Slackware 14.0, but Slackware-current shows a file (19d2:2000) in /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/ for your device.

Also shows up in Slackware 14.0

Quote:

Have you tried using nm-applet to configure your connection and connect with your device?

This gives me the following:

Quote:

bash-4.2$ nm-applet

** (nm-applet:2515): CRITICAL **: dbus_set_g_error: assertion `gerror == NULL || *gerror == NULL' failed
Segmentation fault

allend · 10-24-2013, 09:54 AM

Do you have dbus running? Is /etc/rc.d/rc.messagebus executable?

Mankind75 · 10-24-2013, 10:05 AM

Hope I am doing this correctly:

Quote:

bash-4.2$ test -x rc.messagebus
bash-4.2$ echo $?
0

Quote:

bash-4.2$ ps aux | grep dbus
81 1840 0.0 0.0 19940 1472 ? Ss 14:17 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
slack 2205 0.0 0.0 36596 1464 tty1 S 14:18 0:00 ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/startxfce4
slack 2217 0.0 0.0 34944 712 tty1 S 14:18 0:00 dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/startxfce4
slack 2218 0.1 0.0 20640 1528 ? Ss 14:18 0:03 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
slack 2574 0.0 0.0 7080 976 pts/0 S+ 15:04 0:00 grep dbus

Does this help?

allend · 10-24-2013, 10:30 AM

I would have done 'ls -l /etc/rc.d/rc.messagebus' but all roads lead to Rome.

Good, dbus is running. Is NetworkManager running? Is rc.networkmanager executable?

Mankind75 · 10-24-2013, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allend

Is rc.networkmanager executable?

Suppose that would be "no":

Quote:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1669 Aug 13 2012 /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager

NetworkManager also doesn't seem to be running:

Quote:

bash-4.2$ ps aux | grep Network
slack 2733 0.0 0.0 7076 976 pts/0 S+ 17:25 0:00 grep Network

allend · 10-24-2013, 05:26 PM

From the mail to root headed Welcome to Linux (Slackware 14.0):

Quote:

If you will be using wireless (or even a wired interface), you might
want to let NetworkManager handle your network connections. This is
a choice during the initial installation, but may also be selected
later by rerunning netconfig, or by setting the startup script
to executable (chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager). When Network
Manager is used to handle connections, a nice interface is provided
to scan for wireless access points and make changes to the network
configuration. This interface runs automatically with KDE or Xfce.
In fluxbox, the nm-applet program will need to be launched. Other
window managers lack a system tray to display nm-applet, so for those
you might want to look at wicd in /extra, which also provides a nice
GUI tool for connecting to wireless (or wired) networks. For window
managers that do not provide a tray for running programs, start
"wicd-client" to make changes. With NetworkManager or wicd, it's
a good idea to remove any existing network configuration in
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf first. This can be done by running netconfig
and setting the machine to use loopback. Then, if you're using
NetworkManager run it a second time and select NetworkManager.

Mankind75 · 10-25-2013, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allend

From the mail to root headed Welcome to Linux (Slackware 14.0):

Ah okay, I remember receiving this mail after installation but I was too keen in getting into XFCE. I still have this mail and will read it throughly.