It has been a long journey but I got there. (warning: long geek post)
This is with Ubuntu 9.05 (Jaunty).
- First you will need to activate the USB Dongle through a XP workstation.
- You will also need to add gnome-ppp through Synaptic Package Manager.
- Then you need to install USB_ModeSwitch
- (http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/).
- Following this, you need to edit the USB_ModeSwitch.conf
- (sudo gedit /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf)
- add the following section and save:
# Novatel U760 USB modem
#
# Contributor: Richard Laager
DefaultVendor= 0x1410
DefaultProduct= 0x5031
TargetVendor= 0x1410
TargetProduct= 0x6002
# only for reference
MessageEndpoint=0x08
MessageContent="5553424312345678000000000000061b000000020000000000000000000000"
########################################################
- Insert the modem in a USB port.
- type lsusb and look for the vendor product settings for Novatel.
- You should see "ID 1410:5031"
- type usb_modeswitch
- type lsusb and now you should see "ID 1410:6002"
- type sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x1410 product=0x6002
- launch gnome-ppp with sudo
- (sudo gnome-ppp) not good practice but it works for the moment.
- click setup and then click on detect modem
- set speed at 460800
- Under the Options tab, click the box on "Ignore Terminal Strings (stupid mode)
- Click Close
- Username and password are both: "Internet"
- Dial number is #777
- and you are on your way.
- If you remove and re-insert the modem you have to restart with usb_modswitch.
- The configuration (?) is not holding from one bootup to the next. so you need to---
- start with usb_modeswitch each bootup including sudo modeprobe.
(Editor's Note: Edited on 7/31/09. The USB_ModeSwitch.conf section was being cut off, so I have reduced the font size.)
(Editor's Note: Edited on 10/15/09. RabidWeezle wrote a python/gtk front end for the USB_modeswitch method. He has setup a google code site for the VMDialer app: http://code.google.com/p/vmdialer/)
