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when inserting the USB GSM modem Huawei K3565, the network manager recognize it and i'm able to activate it from the network manage, but when runin the minicom it says:

minicom: cannot open /dev/modem: no such file or directory

but when executing the command:

# wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf

the result 

#found modem on /dev/ttyUSB0

what i'm missing or what is the problem

ziro_axis
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Your problem is:

  • minicom: cannot open /dev/modem

  • found modem on /dev/ttyUSB0

/dev/modem is not the same as /dev/ttyUSB0. Your modem is device /dev/ttyUSB0. Minicom is failing because it is trying to open /dev/modem/. Change the device in the minicom settings or run:

minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0

A more creative solution would be to add a udev rule that creates the /dev/modem symlink automatically. Create /etc/udev/rules.d/95-usb-modem.rules

SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="12d0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1001", SYMLINK+="modem"

Replace the 12d0 and 1001 with the vendor:product for your modem from lsusb

bain
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  • the 1st issue is the K3565 is connected to (2 tty_usbs) ttyUSB0 & ttyUSB1, i noticed when unplug the modem from the USB port both the ttyUSB0 & ttyUSB1 disappeared, so how to fine this modem is connected to which one exactly.. BTW k3565 has internal CD-Rom which include the installation files for windows drivers. 2nd, how to link this USB to the modem using generic Linux or (ubuntu/Debian) command, without editing any files – ziro_axis May 31 '14 at 20:02
  • BTW, there is no folder /dev/modem/ ????why – ziro_axis May 31 '14 at 20:16
  • Do you have a file `/dev/gsmmodem0` ? – bain May 31 '14 at 23:10
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If you get:

minicom: cannot open /dev/modem: No such file or directory

Link /dev/modem to your serial port device. For COM1, this is usually /dev/ttyS0:

ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem

That could solve it.

Billy Vejo
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