Hi, for reason independent on me I did a clean install of factory... net install last iso of 25th of November... and then I have updated all nicely to factory... All to have the surprise of having my usb mobile broadband (snail version) not working,,, from the exterior the blue led of the dongle is blinking... meaning ready for business... but from inside the box the thing does not even exist.. here it is some info dmesg part [ 526.208107] usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 10 using ehci_hcd [ 526.325249] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1446 [ 526.325255] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [ 526.325258] usb 2-4: Product: HUAWEI Mobile [ 526.325261] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: HUAWEI Technology [ 526.327084] scsi20 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0 [ 526.327252] scsi21 : usb-storage 2-4:1.1 [ 527.000571] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, device number 10 [ 535.998075] usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 11 using ehci_hcd [ 536.115225] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1446 [ 536.115237] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [ 536.115244] usb 2-4: Product: HUAWEI Mobile [ 536.115250] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: HUAWEI Technology [ 536.118558] scsi22 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0 [ 536.119476] scsi23 : usb-storage 2-4:1.1 [ 536.776596] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, device number 11 [ 541.023062] usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 12 using ehci_hcd [ 541.140092] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1436 [ 541.140098] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=4, Product=3, SerialNumber=0 [ 541.140102] usb 2-4: Product: HUAWEI Mobile [ 541.140105] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: HUAWEI Technology [ 541.143027] option 2-4:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 541.143245] usb 2-4: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0 [ 541.145156] cdc_ether 2-4:1.1 wwan0: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-0000:00:06.1-4, Mobile Broadband Network Device, 02:50:f3:00:00:00 [ 541.145306] option 2-4:1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 541.145378] usb 2-4: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1 [ 541.145724] option 2-4:1.4: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 541.145874] usb 2-4: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2 [ 541.146667] scsi28 : usb-storage 2-4:1.5 [ 541.147142] scsi29 : usb-storage 2-4:1.6 [ 542.152286] scsi 28:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 542.152601] scsi 29:0:0:0: Direct-Access HUAWEI SD Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 542.153469] sd 29:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 [ 542.156198] sd 29:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk [ 542.157049] sr1: scsi-1 drive [ 542.157154] sr 28:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 [ 542.157242] sr 28:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 5 network manager part... nmcli nm RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running connected enabled enabled enabled disabled using the mm-test.py wget http://cgit.freedesktop.org/ModemManager/ModemManager/plain/test/mm- test.py ./mm-test.py No modems found zypper se -is modem Retrieving repository 'localRPMs' metadata ............................................................................................................. [done] Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository --+--------------------+---------+--------------------------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------- i | ModemManager | package | 0.6.0.0-1.3 | x86_64 | openSUSE-12.3-Oss i | libQtModemManager0 | package | 0.5.0git.1329528114-88.1 | x86_64 | home:rwooninck:UNSTABLE_KDE4 (KDE_Qt48_openSUSE_Factory) [root@abbaton:/home/alin]: zypper se -is ppp Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository --+--------+---------+-------------+--------+------------------ i | ppp | package | 2.4.5-14.4 | x86_64 | openSUSE-12.3-Oss i | smpppd | package | 1.60.56-4.5 | x86_64 | openSUSE-12.3-Oss Any help is much appreciated. Alin I have also observed that modem-manager still installs his udev rules in /lib/udev/rules.d rather than /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/ -- Without Questions there are no Answers! ______________________________________________________________________ Alin Marin ELENA Advanced Molecular Simulation Research Laboratory School of Physics, University College Dublin ---- Ardionsamblú Móilíneach Saotharlann Taighde Scoil na Fisice, An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://alin.elenaworld.net ______________________________________________________________________