I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and installed xubuntu-desktop
environment. I removed unity by sudo apt-get purge unity ubuntu-desktop
. All workings fine on Xubuntu.
Today when I visited this where there is (old unity/gnome) package-removal command listed in Cleanup section (which you can see this from web page).
And I run following command to remove/cleanup them:
sudo apt-get remove nautilus gnome-power-manager gnome-screensaver gnome-termina* gnome-pane* gnome-applet* gnome-bluetooth gnome-desktop* gnome-sessio* gnome-user* gnome-shell-common compiz compiz* unity unity* hud zeitgeist zeitgeist* python-zeitgeist libzeitgeist* activity-log-manager-common gnome-control-center gnome-screenshot overlay-scrollba*
Now on Xubuntu my modem is no longer to be detected! probably because of above removal!?
Earlier (when wireless networking through modem is working fine) nmcli
device list is below (here you can see that HUWEI modem is detected at ttyUSB2):
$ nmcli dev list
GENERAL.DEVICE: ttyUSB2
GENERAL.TYPE: gsm
GENERAL.VENDOR: HUAWEI Technology
GENERAL.PRODUCT: HUAWEI Mobile
GENERAL.DRIVER: option1, cdc_ether
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION:
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION:
GENERAL.HWADDR: (unknown)
GENERAL.STATE: 100 (connected)
GENERAL.REASON: 0 (No reason given)
GENERAL.UDI: /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0
GENERAL.IP-IFACE: ppp0
GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes
GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no
GENERAL.CONNECTION: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/0
CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: no
CAPABILITIES.SPEED: unknown
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/{1}
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTIONS[1]: f7a5bf92-6bca-4f0e-a55d-cdd6ba8e5ffa | BSNL/CellOne New GPRS/3G
IP4.ADDRESS[1]: ip = 117.233.116.207/32, gw = 10.64.64.64
IP4.DNS[1]: 218.248.255.161
IP4.DNS[2]: 218.248.255.162
GENERAL.DEVICE: eth0
GENERAL.TYPE: 802-3-ethernet
GENERAL.VENDOR: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
GENERAL.PRODUCT: RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
GENERAL.DRIVER: r8169
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 2.3LK-NAPI
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION:
GENERAL.HWADDR: 00:1C:C0:B9:3C:96
GENERAL.STATE: 20 (unavailable)
GENERAL.REASON: 2 (Device is now managed)
GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0/net/eth0
GENERAL.IP-IFACE:
GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes
GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no
GENERAL.CONNECTION: not connected
CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: yes
CAPABILITIES.SPEED: unknown
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS:
WIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER: off
And I can connect from nm-applet
.
But now you can see there is no detection of modem by Network Manager though modem is plugged in:
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 12d1:1436 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E173 3G Modem (modem-mode)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
$ nmcli dev list
GENERAL.DEVICE: eth0
GENERAL.TYPE: 802-3-ethernet
GENERAL.VENDOR: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
GENERAL.PRODUCT: RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
GENERAL.DRIVER: r8169
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 2.3LK-NAPI
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION:
GENERAL.HWADDR: 00:1C:C0:B9:3C:96
GENERAL.STATE: 20 (unavailable)
GENERAL.REASON: 2 (Device is now managed)
GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0/net/eth0
GENERAL.IP-IFACE:
GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes
GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no
GENERAL.CONNECTION: not connected
CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: yes
CAPABILITIES.SPEED: unknown
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS:
WIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER: off
As shown above there is Bus 001 Device 004: ID 12d1:1436 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E173 3G Modem (modem-mode)
plugged in but no modem device available/detected by network-manager in nmcli dev list
.
Thus I am now unable to connect Internet through wireless modem because modem is not deleted in nm-applet (Neither such option like "New Mobile broadband" available).
How do I solve this problem?