HP hs2340 HSPA+ Mobile Broadband Modem does not work

This modem is special as it's Gobi-based and requires firmware to be installed. If NM tried to initialize the device before firmware has been loaded, this tends to break firmware loading until the system is restarted.

There's a fix in Oneiric now for this, so marking as Fix Released.

dah, maybe I'm actually getting mixed up here by trying to go too fast.

Could you please report here with the USB ID for the device? You should be able to get this with the 'lsusb' command.

Thanks!

Here's the output (rather short)

~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 1bcf:2805 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03f0:3a1d Hewlett-Packard
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:003c DigitalPersona, Inc
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Btw, in Windows the Mobile Broadband Modem is identified to be occupying the serial port COM5.

Ok so this appears to be the same thing as a bug in Debian; could you please try the steps outlined there and see if that works?

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629950

Just omit the part about using a different kernel; adding the udev rule might be sufficient.

I added the udev rule, so the bottom of /lib/udev/rules.d/77-mm-ericsson-mbm.rules is now

# HP hs2340 HSPA+ MobileBroadband
# 03f0:3a1d Hewlett-Packard
ATTRS{idVendor}=="03f0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="3a1d", ENV{ID_MM_ERICSSON_MBM}="1"

LABEL="mm_mbm_end"

However, no success yet.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modemmanager/+bug/792301 says module usb_ncm is needed. Where is it supposed to be?

It would be shipped with the kernel, however I don't think it's available in Lucid.

Hmm. Should this be working in Oneiric live CD?

I tried to test with the 2.6.38 kernel by upgrading with

sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-backport-natty linux-headers-generic-lts-backport-natty

unfortunately I get a garbled mess of colors instead of a login screen.

AFAIK you'll need at least 2.6.39, according to the debian bug linked.

It probably should work in Oneiric, provided you still add the udev rules. This will also probably mean a run of udevadm trigger / settle to make sure the rules are read.

it doesn't work with version 11.04 with kernel 2.6.38 with altered udev.

Using Ubuntu 12.04 now.

The missing functionality seems to be power management. I can use the modem just fine by doing the following:

- power it on in windows (HP connection manager)
- change preferences so that the modem is not powered down on exit.

Then I can do a normal reboot and the modem is powered on, everything else working fine.

I am using an ProBook 6460b with Ubuntu 11.04 and HP hs2340 HSPA+ Mobile Broadband Modem. I am also affected by this bug. The workarround described before [1] works for me as well.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modemmanager/+bug/838757/comments/12

Using Ubuntu 12.04 the modem was recognized here but no connection was possible. I had no windows installed for performing the workaround but here it helped simply to activate the modem via bios.

Also affects 16.04.

For me it is working below 16.04 if I tweak my system.

1. The udev rules tweak isn't needed any more - it is in the package version of the file now correct.

2. Check 'lsmod |grep cdc' - below xenial the modules aren't loaded any more
   Add to /etc/modules a line with the content:
cdc-wdm

After that the gsm modem is working again.