LeRoy on 12 Oct 2011 06:31:39 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Sprint mobile wireless device + linux


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On 10/11/2011 03:54 PM, Adam Zion wrote:
> Fellow PLUGgers-
> 
> OK, found something interesting: while Ubuntu (11.04) crashes pretty
> hard when I remove the Sprint wireless mobile device (Sierra U250),
> even after unplugging it, Red Hat Fedora handles it w/o a problem.
> 
> My suspicion is that this is b/c Fedora stops the USB driver more
> effectively than does Ubuntu. Since I'd rather not have to rebuild the
> computer using Fedora- I can do it, but it'd be a pain- I'd prefer to
> find a way to stop the modem correctly in Ubuntu.
> 
> I can run lsusb, and it gives me a list of the connected devices,
> including several separate drivers associated w/the Sierra U250. Is
> there any clean way to stop these drivers- something akin to umounting
> it (yes, I've looked, and there's no mounted device to umount here).
> 

insmod insert module
rmmod  remove module
modprobe insert or remove module

one of these utilities could help to remove the module that is being used.


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