Need to setup cell phone as data modem

[Edward Dekkers]

Billy Davis wrote:

> Has anybody successfully gotten a Motorola v60c cell phone, attached to 
> a Redhat 9 laptop via usb cable, to
> properly dial and connect to a remote Redhat server and
> allow the laptop to logon?  I have read other peoples
> attempts to do this, and on person claims that it is
> supported by 'out of the box' Redhad.  However, when
> I plug the phone into a usb port on the laptop, I get the
> following messages in /var/log/messages:
>  
> hub.c: new USB device 00:0c.0-1, assigned address 2
> usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x22b8/0x5) is not claimed by any active 
> driver
> /etc/hotplug/usb.agent ... no modules for USB product 22b8/5/1
>  

Here's your answer - there's no driver (module) found for the device. 
Without that, the below won't work either (obviously).

> When I use 'cu -l' with various device names (ttyUSB0,
>  ttyACM0, ttyS0, etc), I cannot get a connection.  Can
> anyone help???

Find a Linux driver to suit what you're trying to do.

Regards,
Ed.