usb72 won't work in Ubuntu?!

deltagirl2 · EVDO Newbie Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 1

I followed the guidelines listed in other topics. I cannot get the KPPP dialer to recognize the modem.
sudo pppd call evdo gives:

FATAL: Module ppp_generic not found.
pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP. This could be because
the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP was not
included in the kernel configuration. If PPP was included as a
module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'. If that fails, check that
ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net.
See README.linux file in the ppp distribution for more details.

sudo dmesg|grep -i ttyUSB gives:
usb 2-1: airprime converter now attached to ttyUSB0
usb 2-1: airprime converter now attached to ttyUSB1
usb 2-1: airprime converter now attached to ttyUSB2
usb 2-1: airprime converter now attached to ttyUSB3
usb 2-1: airprime converter now attached to ttyUSB4
usb 2-1: airprime converter now attached to ttyUSB5
usb 2-1: airprime converter now attached to ttyUSB6
usb 2-1: airprime converter now attached to ttyUSB7
usb 2-1: airprime converter now attached to ttyUSB8
usb 2-1: airprime converter now attached to ttyUSB9
usb 2-1: airprime converter now attached to ttyUSB10
usb 2-1: airprime converter now attached to ttyUSB11
airprime ttyUSB0: airprime converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
airprime ttyUSB1: airprime converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
airprime ttyUSB2: airprime converter now disconnected from ttyUSB2
airprime ttyUSB3: airprime converter now disconnected from ttyUSB3
airprime ttyUSB4: airprime converter now disconnected from ttyUSB4
airprime ttyUSB5: airprime converter now disconnected from ttyUSB5
airprime ttyUSB6: airprime converter now disconnected from ttyUSB6
airprime ttyUSB7: airprime converter now disconnected from ttyUSB7
airprime ttyUSB8: airprime converter now disconnected from ttyUSB8
airprime ttyUSB9: airprime converter now disconnected from ttyUSB9
airprime ttyUSB10: airprime converter now disconnected from ttyUSB10
airprime ttyUSB11: airprime converter now disconnected from ttyUSB11
usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB3

Any pointers?

SignalSeeker · EVDO User Joined: 28 May 2008 Posts: 31

I think I see the problem, you bought the wrong one. Take it back and get a USB720 and it should work.

Just kidding, came across your post as I am looking to get one running on Ubuntu 8.04. It is the beginning of the research part.

Justin