Operating system name and version: Centos 5.6
Version of smsd: 3.1.14
Smsd installed from: downloaded from here and make/make install
Name and model of a modem / phone: Falcom Samba 3g (Samba3g-e) usb modem
Interface: usb

I am having trouble with the Falcom Samba 3g USB, when I plug it in, I never get any ttyUSB devices, only this:

> crw------- 1 root root 442, 4099 Jun 23 16:06 usbdev3.4_ep00
> crw------- 1 root root 442, 4099 Jun 23 16:06 usbdev3.4_ep02
> crw------- 1 root root 442, 4099 Jun 23 16:06 usbdev3.4_ep03
> crw------- 1 root root 442, 4099 Jun 23 16:06 usbdev3.4_ep04
> crw------- 1 root root 442, 4099 Jun 23 16:06 usbdev3.4_ep81
> crw------- 1 root root 442, 4099 Jun 23 16:06 usbdev3.4_ep82
> crw------- 1 root root 442, 4099 Jun 23 16:06 usbdev3.4_ep83
> crw------- 1 root root 442, 4099 Jun 23 16:06 usbdev3.4_ep84


I am not very good in linux, but am i missing some drivers or other config?

please reply...

I do not have complete answer right now. You could point your question to www.centos.org Forum.

Some similar issue, but with Huawei device, was resolved by this topic: https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=26747&forum=40. Perhaps your issue can be fixed with usb_modeswitch too.

I found the problem.

Centos 5.6 is using kernel 2.6.18 and an old version of udev.

Falcom states that the kernel must be 2.6.20 or newer and you must use "driver" from them for the udev mapping to make sense.


it works fine on Fedora core 15 on kernel 2.6.3x and the driver from Falcom and will probably work on centos 6 when it is released.

thank you for the reply though.

p.s. it might work out of the box without the udev mapping "driver", I forgot to try it out before installing it.