I have been trying to get mobile broadband working on my laptop. I tried openSUSE11.2, and now 11.3. I have a certain amount of success. But no final joy. I suspect it is my lack of knowledge that is the problem here. I am trying to use a Swedish service called "Comviq Surf" that provides a USB modem. It is a per-day/week/month service, similar to what you get in hotels for wireless. The modem is (from lsusb): idVendor 0x12d1 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. idProduct 0x1001 E620 USB Modem bcdDevice 0.00 iManufacturer 2 HUAWEI Technology iProduct 1 HUAWEI Mobile There are some issues with this device presenting itself as a disk. Happily, openSUSE contains the support to deal with this (unmount the disk and then access the GSM modem part). After the devices is attached, I see this in /var/log/messages: NetworkManager: <info> (ttyUSB0): new GSM device (driver: 'option1') NetworkManager: <info> (ttyUSB0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 NetworkManager: <info> (ttyUSB0): now managed NetworkManager: <info> (ttyUSB0): device state change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2) NetworkManager: <info> (ttyUSB0): deactivating device (reason: 2). NetworkManager: <info> (ttyUSB0): device state change: 2 -> 3 (reason 0) NetworkManager: <WARN> user_connection_get_settings_cb(): user_connection_get_settings_cb: Invalid connection: 'NMSettingGsm' / 'number' invalid: 2 NetworkManager: <WARN> wait_for_connection_expired(): Connection (2) /org/freedesktop/NetworkManagerSettings/1 failed to activate (timeout): (0) Connection was not provided by any settings service NetworkManager: <WARN> wait_for_connection_expired(): Connection (2) /org/freedesktop/NetworkManagerSettings/1 failed to activate (timeout): (0) Connection was not provided by any settings service Which looks like a mix of good and bad news. Given that I do not know what 'reason 2' or 'reason 0' are, well, who is to say which type of news this is. I do have this device: crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 2010-07-04 21:41 /dev/ttyUSB0 Anyway, at this point, the KDE Network Manager has detected it, and allows me to configure it. Of course, this is where the fun starts. I found a site that provides some information about this device under Linux (it is all in Swedish): http://linuxwiki.se/index.php/Mobilt_bredband So, I tried their suggested configuration, which is mainly that the APN is either data.comviq.se or mobileinternet.tele2.se, and that the number is #99*. So, I entered this information in the Network Manager. I also entered the PIN and PUK code. The manager accepts and remembers the settings. And that is where I find myself. I do not see a connection happening. There is an occasional blue light (heartbeat-looking) on the USB modem. But nothing more. I tried disabling my wireless connection so that, in the absence of any connection, this one might be initiated. Nope. Having gotten this far, I cannot believe that the final steps are broken. (I see half-full glasses everywhere.) I just do not know what the next step is supposed to be. I expected the modem to make a connection that allows my browser visit a page to enter the pay card number and thus start the clock ticking on a 24-hour session. Like in a hotel wireless setup. I have the code. Just no place to use it! My suspicion is that the next step involves ppp. Since I entered the number to call, I would think Network Manager is planning on making the call and initiating the connection. Perhaps not. Maybe it is just nosy/misleading and expects me to do more configuration elsewhere? Any suggestions? -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org