I recently bought a used Lenovo X201 wich includes a Gobi 2000 3G modem, but I can't get it working for the simple reason: the USB device does not appear to show up in the kernel.uname -r output:3.16.3-1-ARCHlsusb output:Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching HubBus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubBus 001 Device 004: ID 17ef:4816 Lenovo Integrated WebcamBus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:217f Broadcom Corp. BCM2045B (BDC-2.1)Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching HubBus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hublspci output:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06)00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06)00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (rev 35)ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)P.S.: yes I have found the Thinkpad wiki page about this modem but it asumes you see an USB device.
Gobi 2000 not detected on Lenovo X201
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