I own a Sierra Compass 885 USB Modem, which works with the "sierra" driver. With NetworkManager 0.7.0 the device is detected and can be used to connect via UMTS/GSM. In NetworkManager 0.7.1 the device is no longer detected, NetworkManager --no-daemon finds the two Serial devices, but tells me that they are ignored due to the lack of Broadband capabilities. There are some known bugs for other distributions, some of them seem related to the udev rule /lib/udev/rules.d/77-nm-probe-modem-capabilities.rules coming along with NetworkManager 0.7.1. But it seems they got it solved there. General Information: Portage 2.2_rc31 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.8_p20080602-r1, 2.6.29-tuxonice-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.29-tuxonice-r1-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_T7500_@_2.20GHz-with-gentoo-1.12.11.1 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:15:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1, 2.1.7 dev-lang/python: 2.5.4-r2, 2.6.2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r8 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.3-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.9 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.28-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/4.2/env 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/lib/modules/2.6.29-tuxonice-r1/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.ko license: GPL version: v.1.3.2 hal-info: Version 20090414 installed Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Get a Sierra Compass 885 Device, plug it in 2. Try to create a new Mobile Broadband connection in nm-applet 3. Fails to detect modem 4. Run NetworkManager --no-daemon 5. See that it finds the device but ignores it Actual Results: Device is found, but ignored due to lack of broadband capabilities Expected Results: Device is found and used, as with NetworkManager 0.7.0
Sorry, forgot to add: Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1199:6880 Sierra Wireless, Inc. this is the device, which is handled in /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/10-modem.fdi with <!-- Compass USB modem --> <match key="@info.parent:usb.product_id" int="0x6880"> <match key="@info.parent:usb.interface.number" int="4"> <match key="serial.port" int="4"> <append key="modem.command_sets" type="strlist">GSM-07.07</append> <append key="modem.command_sets" type="strlist">GSM-07.05</append> </match> </match> </match> </match> up to (including) networkmanager 0.7.0, and replaced by the udev rule in 0.7.1 as far as I understood.
In fact I found and solved the issue with help from gnome bugzilla, The file /lib/udev/rules.d/77-nm-probe-modem-capabilities.rules has to be in /etc/udev/rules.d/ Please fix this in the ebuild. Kind regards, Christian
One line fix for the ebuild: ECONF="--disable-more-warnings \ --localstatedir=/var \ --with-distro=gentoo \ --with-dbus-sys=/etc/dbus-1/system.d + --with-udev-dir=/etc/udev Kind regards, Christian
*networkmanager-0.7.1-r1 (25 Apr 2009) 25 Apr 2009; Robert Buchholz <rbu@gentoo.org> files/networkmanager-0.7.0-gentoo-dhclient.patch, +files/networkmanager-0.7.1-bad-link.patch, -networkmanager-0.7.1.ebuild, +networkmanager-0.7.1-r1.ebuild: Fix bug #267349 by Daniel Gryniewicz, NetworkManager-0.7 links against installed version of nm-util, specify udev directory for bug #267168.
(In reply to comment #3) > One line fix for the ebuild: > > ECONF="--disable-more-warnings \ > --localstatedir=/var \ > --with-distro=gentoo \ > --with-dbus-sys=/etc/dbus-1/system.d > + --with-udev-dir=/etc/udev > > > Kind regards, > > Christian > This is incorrect fix. That specifies default libudev directory and NM will install nm-modem-probe to this location. Of course udev expects all helper binaries in standard location (/lib/udev), so nm-modem-probe is NEVER run resulting in the same error: Apr 27 21:36:02 [NetworkManager] <info> (ttyUSB0): found serial port (udev: hal:GSM)_ Apr 27 21:36:02 [NetworkManager] <info> (ttyUSB0): ignoring due to lack of probed mobile broadband capabilties_ The proper fix should look more like: --- networkmanager-0.7.1-r1.ebuild~ 2009-04-26 14:37:09.000000000 +0100 +++ networkmanager-0.7.1-r1.ebuild 2009-04-27 21:34:04.681902191 +0100 @@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ --localstatedir=/var --with-distro=gentoo --with-dbus-sys=/etc/dbus-1/system.d - --with-udev-dir=/etc/udev $(use_enable doc gtk-doc) $(use_with doc docs) $(use_with resolvconf)" @@ -122,6 +121,8 @@ insinto /etc/NetworkManager newins "${FILESDIR}/nm-system-settings.conf" nm-system-settings.conf \ || die "newins failed" + insinto /etc/udev/rules.d + newins callouts/77-nm-probe-modem-capabilities.rules 77-nm-probe-modem-capabilities.rules } pkg_postinst() {
With suggested fix it looks more like: Apr 27 21:40:18 [NetworkManager] <info> (ttyUSB0): found serial port (udev:GSM hal:GSM)_ Apr 27 21:40:18 [NetworkManager] <info> (ttyUSB0): new Modem device (driver: 'option')_ Apr 27 21:40:18 [NetworkManager] <info> (ttyUSB0): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_12d1_1001_____________________2_if0_serial_usb_0_
*** Bug 267610 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(In reply to comment #6) > With suggested fix it looks more like: > > Apr 27 21:40:18 [NetworkManager] <info> (ttyUSB0): found serial port (udev:GSM > hal:GSM)_ > Apr 27 21:40:18 [NetworkManager] <info> (ttyUSB0): new Modem device (driver: > 'option')_ > Apr 27 21:40:18 [NetworkManager] <info> (ttyUSB0): exported as > /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_12d1_1001_____________________2_if0_serial_usb_0_ > I can confirm it. Networkmanager now can properly recognize my 3G capable cellphone. Before: <info> (ttyACM0): found serial port (udev: hal:GSM) <info> (ttyACM0): ignoring due to lack of probed mobile broadband capabilties After: <info> (ttyACM0): found serial port (udev:GSM hal:GSM) <info> (ttyACM0): new Modem device (driver: 'cdc_acm') <info> (ttyACM0): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_421_2f_noserial_0_if8_serial_unknown_0 <info> (ttyACM0): found serial port (udev:GSM hal:GSM) <info> (ttyACM0): new Modem device (driver: 'cdc_acm') <info> (ttyACM0): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_421_2f_noserial_if8_serial_unknown_0
Networkmanager-0.7.1-r2 still does not fix this bug for me. UMTS Card: Ericsson F3507g Mobile Broadband Minicard Composite Device It was working perfectly fine with NM-0.7.1(-r0). If you need more information, just tell me what, I'll be happy to provide it.
(In reply to comment #9) > Networkmanager-0.7.1-r2 still does not fix this bug for me. According to the changelog it was not meant to fix it anyway. > If you need more information, just tell me what, I'll be happy to provide it. Yes, either try my fix in the bug 267610 or the Fix from Robert Piasek (both should make sure that nm-modem-probe is in /lib/udev/). Please then give feedback whether this solves the problem for you. In order to fix the ebuild, either the udev path option has to be removed and the rule moved to /etc/udev/rules.d/, or the udev path option has to be kept but nm-modem-probe has to be moved to /lib/udev/. Fuchs
Please revert the change adding --with-udev-dir=/etc/udev to the configure flags. It's obviously broken (as Robert Piasek pointed out), it doesn't fix Christian's issue, it caused problems with NM's support for my two mobile phones (Nokia 3210 and Nokia E51) and it goes against the udev documentation recommendations: 8< ----------- udev 125 ======== Bugfixes. Default udev rules, which are not supposed to be edited by the user, should be placed in /lib/udev/rules.d/ now, to make it clear that they are private to the udev package and will be replaced with an update. Udev will pick up rule files from: /lib/udev/rules.d/ - default installed rules /etc/udev/rules.d/ - user rules + on-the-fly generated rules /dev/.udev/rules.d/ - temporary non-persistent rules created after bootup It does not matter in which directory a rule file lives, all files are sorted in lexical order. 8< ------------ However, I'd like to share my thoughts on the root issue here, and that is udev. In portage the latest stable udev version is 124. However, this version doesn't support placing rules in /lib/udev/rules.d directory yet (the support comes in udev-125). So when networkmanager-0.7.1 comes and places rules in /lib/udev/rules.d udev cannot see them. In my system, when using udev-141 and networkmanager-0.7.1-r2 without the --with-udev-dir fix everything works fine. The longterm solution would be to focus on stabilising udev-141, see #254616.
+*networkmanager-0.7.1-r3 (12 May 2009) + + 12 May 2009; Robert Buchholz <rbu@gentoo.org> + -networkmanager-0.7.0.ebuild, -networkmanager-0.7.1-r1.ebuild, + -networkmanager-0.7.1-r2.ebuild, +networkmanager-0.7.1-r3.ebuild: + fix udev rules path properly now, bug #253788 +
