Huawei K4505 not being detected...

Can you give the output of:

lsusb; lsb_release -a

Thanks

john@john-Satellite-Pro-L650:~$ lsusb;lsb_release -a
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 10f1:1a2a Importek
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05ac:1301 Apple, Inc. iPod Shuffle 2.Gen
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0930:0214 Toshiba Corp.
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 12d1:1464 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric

https://bugs.launchpad.net/modemmanager/+bug/772577
Could you check you have same issue. If the case, please subscribe the bug.

Thanks for the reply.
I had a good look at that bug and my issue may be similar, however, I could not see anything that would help solve my problem?

At boot, do you have the choice between many kernels ? You can display boot menu if you press <shift> key at start of boot.
If yes, try previous kernel (third entry).

I couldn't see any...
Just the main one and a recovery...

Hi there,

I am still experiencing this issue.

Can anybody help please?

Many thanks in advance,

John

ps. I tried using a previous linux kernal by pressing shift on boot and then plugged in my USB dongle and I noticed that the graphic moved to indicate that my computer was making the connection; which I don't think happened when using the newest kernal..?

I hope this helps!

jw.

I can't help. Please follow progress in the bug thread.

ok.
Thanks for taking a look.

try this command:

sudo modprobe -r bluetooth; sleep 2; sudo modprobe bluetooth

output:

and then reset the usb

Thanks for the reply!
Much appreciated but before I proceed could you please explain what that command will actually do and why do you think it might help this situation?

By the way... One thing I did notice the other day was that my Bluetooth was activated on boot-up which is something I did not set up?! (and I think that is a bad security issue for Ubuntu). I found a command that seems to have fixed it so that Bluetooth is 'Off' unless "I" tell it to turn on!

On some computers (EEEPC), it is possible to unset Bluetooth via keyboard function key. Check for your PC.

Hi again,

Thanks for your response and sorry for my delay in replying.
I have a Toshiba and there is no keyboard function to turn the Bluetooth off but I think in general ALL functions should be OFF unless the USER decides to turn them off. That should be the default 100% of the time.

The Bluetooth issue is getting away from my initial problem which is that my computer is not detecting my Internet USB dongle unless I unplug it and plug it back in. Prior to upgrading my Ubuntu when I turn my computer on I could see the graphic in the tool bar that the Internet was being detected and then I would connected...

I ran the command from the previous thread and this is what I got...

john@john-Satellite-Pro-L650:~$ sudo modprobe -r bluetooth; sleep 2; sudo modprobe bluetooth
[sudo] password for john:
FATAL: Module bluetooth is in use.

Thanks for reading all this!

:O)

John

Hello again!

I think I may have found a solution to this problem...?

sudo aptitude install usb-modeswitch
sudo usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1521 -M \ 55534243123456780000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000

You will have to run lsusb in a terminal and check the values (I had to change 0x1521 to 0x1464).

Here is the link I used...

http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2010/07/30/huawei-k4505-with-ubuntu-10-04/

Bye for now!

John