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Package: usb-modeswitch (2.6.1-3ubuntu2)

mode switching tool for controlling "flip flop" USB devices

Several new USB devices have their proprietary Windows drivers onboard, especially WAN dongles. When plugged in for the first time, they act like a flash storage and start installing the driver from there. If the driver is already installed, the storage device vanishes and a new device, such as an USB modem, shows up. This is called the "ZeroCD" feature.

On Debian, this is not needed, since the driver is included as a Linux kernel module, such as "usbserial". However, the device still shows up as "usb-storage" by default. usb-modeswitch solves that issue by sending the command which actually performs the switching of the device from "usb-storage" to "usbserial".

This package contains the binaries and the brother scripts.

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.34)
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.9)
    userspace USB programming library
  • dep: tcl
    Tool Command Language (default version) - shell
  • dep: usb-modeswitch-data
    mode switching data for usb-modeswitch
  • sug: comgt
    Option GlobeTrotter and Vodafone datacard control tool
  • sug: wvdial
    intelligent Point-to-Point Protocol dialer

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 44.9 kB139 kB [list of files]
arm64 44.0 kB131 kB [list of files]
armhf 45.9 kB126 kB [list of files]
ppc64el 47.0 kB147 kB [list of files]