problem with dell latitude

[Aleksander Morgado]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Bartłomiej Knabel
<bartlomiej.knabel at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> 2017-11-16 22:07 GMT+01:00 Aleksander Morgado <aleksander at aleksander.es>:
>>
>> >
>> > I've reinstalled linux on my machine and installed modemmanager using
>> > apt
>> > (current version 1.6.10).
>> > My modem is not detected.
>> >
>>
>> Looks like it isn't even exposed by the kernel, do you see it in the
>> "lsusb" output?
>
>
> here is the output:
>
> $ lsusb
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
> Bus 001 Device 007: ID 046d:c05a Logitech, Inc. M90/M100 Optical Mouse
> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:2513 Dell Computer Corp. internal USB Hub of
> E-Port Replicator
> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp.
> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c31c Logitech, Inc. Keyboard K120
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 413c:2513 Dell Computer Corp. internal USB Hub of
> E-Port Replicator
> Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0bda:5686 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
> Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0a5c:5832 Broadcom Corp.
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>

Your modem, from the original traces you sent a while back, had this
vid:pid pair: VID 0x413C PID 0x81A3, and that is not listed in the
lsusb output; i.e. the kernel knows nothing about the modem. Is this
maybe disabled by a wireless hardware switch?

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