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BandLuxe Dongle is not Working on Fedora Linux?

Isn't your 3G USB Dongle/Modem is not working on Fedora Linux? Don't worry there is a simple solution for this. But remember BandLuxe is supported by Fedora 13 onwards. Issue is sometimes it can't identify the proper mode for your dongle.

Your dongle has 2 interfaces.
  1. CD-ROM
  2. 3G Modem
On a windows operating system these modes are switched easily with the shipped driver.

Early days on Fedora 13 it perfectly identified my USB dongle as a 3G Modem. Right after I plugged in the device the NetworkManger Applet started showing the 3G network. For some reason this functionality isn't there now.

The usb_modswitch (for those who don't know about this. This is the tool that do the mode switch for your device. Apparently this works as the driver) is still there though, and all the configurations are seems to be ok. Somehow its not doing what its expected to do anymore.

So I had to find a solution for this. Finally I've found one. The trick is done using sdparm tool. You can easily install it with yum.

Follow the bellow steps to get it done.
  1. yum install sdparm
  2. sdparm -C eject
    1. ex: sdparm -C eject /dev/sg2
    2. sdparm - This will give some brief information about the device on the given path. This might help you to identify whether you are about to eject the correct device. :-)
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Hansaka said…
Seems Fedora 15 does the trick.....

Now I don't have to keep doing this on Fedora 15. It automatically switches the USB mode. :)
June 10, 2011 at 11:30 PM
Unknown said…
Did you tried it on Fedora 16?
Doesn't seem to work
January 22, 2012 at 8:28 AM
Hansaka said…
Yeah. Working perfectly on Fedora 16... :)
February 6, 2012 at 12:52 PM
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