Re: [gentoo-user] USB Problems

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 11:29 PM, siefke_listen@×××.de
<siefke_listen@×××.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i has problems with an UMTS Stick and Printer on USB. Nothing want work.
> The printer take the job and nothing more. It works ever good and in
> kernel i has nothing changed. But my printer not speak with me. :)
>
> gentoomobile log # tail -f /var/log/messages
> Aug 26 22:22:47 gentoomobile syslog-ng[2931]: syslog-ng starting up; version='3.4.8'
> Aug 26 22:22:57 gentoomobile kernel: usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd
> Aug 26 22:22:57 gentoomobile kernel: usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04f9, idProduct=01eb
> Aug 26 22:22:57 gentoomobile kernel: usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=3
> Aug 26 22:22:57 gentoomobile kernel: usb 3-1: SerialNumber: 000M9N691511
> Aug 26 22:22:57 gentoomobile kernel: usblp 3-1:1.0: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04F9 pid 0x01EB
> Aug 26 22:22:57 gentoomobile mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 3: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1"
> Aug 26 22:22:57 gentoomobile mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 3 was not an MTP device
>
> gentoomobile log # tail -f /var/log/cups/error.log
> W [26/Aug/2014:22:20:18 +0200] CreateProfile failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown:The name org.freedesktop.ColorManager was not provided by any .service files
> W [26/Aug/2014:22:20:18 +0200] CreateDevice failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown:The name org.freedesktop.ColorManager was not provided by any .service files
>
> Same with UMTS Stick. I take in USB say networkmanager should call but
> nothing happen. A short try only for a moment very short moment thats
> all.
>
> Is there something changed in USB ?? I has on all notebooks same config
> but the same happen. On all maschine is this happen.
>
> Regards
> Silvio
>

I've never had to set up a USB modem myself, but I've found an article
on gentoo wiki, this seems to cover the topic in question.
Did you set up your device by following the instructions given in that
article, or did you do it some other way?
http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/USB_mobile_broadband_modem