Sorry, you have to use the terminal. It is the easiest to provide help over the internet, don’t be scared of it. We will get you through this. ![]()
So what we are going to do is:
- Identify the usb qube
- Identify the modem
- Find out how to use it
- use it
1. Identify the USB qube
First, you have to find the qube that has your USB devices.
There are 3 possible qubes that could have them.
- (dom0) No sys-usb
- (sys-net) sys-net as sys-usb
- (sys-usb) sys-usb
You can choose this in the setup. If you know your USB qube, skip to 2.
Try this: Click on the qube icon in the upper right corner to list your running qubes. If there is a sys-usb qube running, you have sys-usb. Skip to 2.
If not, click on sys-net → Run Terminal.
Run:
lsusb
in sys-net.
Here is an example output:
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 0000:0000 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 1111:aaaa Some corpo, Inc. USB3.1 Hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 2222:bbbb Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 006: ID 3333:cccc some corpo, Inc. USB Billboard Device
...
If it looks like that, sys-net is your USB qube. Skip to 2.
Here is an example for when lsusb returns nothing:
[krakin@sys-net ~]$ lsusb
[krakin@sys-net ~]$
If it looks like this, dom0 is your USB qube.
Confirm this by clicking on the qubes menu in the upper left corner → Run Terminal.
Run:
lsusb
in dom0.
It should display something like the example. If not, something is wrong.
2. Identify the modem
In your USB qube open a Terminal.
You can do this over the start menu:
- dom0: Run Terminal
- sys-net: sys-net → Open Terminal
- sys-usb: sys-usb → Open Terminal
Run:
lsusb | grep Huawei
and post the output so we can determine the next steps.