One of the problems with quite a few USB modems is that 90% of the work is done by the computer (in the CPU/GPU) rather than by the USB key itself, which is relegated to more or less a analog-to-digital converter. This makes the hardware cheap to produce, but means that the windows drivers for these USB keys are large and complex pieces of software which are almost impossible to port to linux. cheers stuart On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Glenn Stuart Morrissey <gmorrissey(a)kol.co.nz> wrote:
Hi there all
Is anyone here able to help me configure a Lucent external usb modem?
I know that Heron detects that there is a device, because when I run lsusb:
lsusb Bus 001 Device 011: ID 047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc (Lucent)
and I have tried to run modprobe:
sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x47e product=0x2892
but nothing appears to be happening??? I dont have a device manager installed, like I do on my Ubuntu 7.04 release, although I have downloaded the gnome device manager (gnome-device-manager-0.1) I wouldnt have a clue on how to install the package, remembering that I dont have internet access on this machine makes it a real pain, because there are drivers that I need for the display that I dont have.
My querry on this matter is on the Ubuntu Forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5987714#post5987714
Please bear in mind that I am a complete novice with Linux and Ubuntu, but really REALLY want to get a working knowledge of it.
Thank you
Glenn Morrissey
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