On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 11:52 -0800, Chris Maresca wrote: > I tried hacking network manager's config to recognize barry and pppob, > but it never really worked. In the end, I just created an icon linked > to the a script that killed NM and started barry. Clicking it again > would shutdown barry and startup NM. > > I think the GSM/CDMA features of NM are really designed for 3G pc cards, > not usb tethered phones-as-modems.... I guess the real answer would be > a kernel driver that made the phone-as-modem look like a network > device.... Wasn't someone working on this?
phone-as-modem look like a modem, suitable for pppd .... Done. At least me and 2 other people have been using it for a few weeks. It also exposes the desktop, ftp file system, and the javaloader, interfaces as devices. > > Chris. > > Darren Albers wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Chris Frey <cdf...@foursquare.net> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 02:13:33PM -0500, Darren Albers wrote: > >> > >>> I am considering replacing my Blackberry plus Aircard with just a > >>> tethering plan. I see that Barry allows the use of a Blackberry > >>> tethered using a chat script but does it permit the device to be > >>> detected by Network Manager as a GSM/CDMA modem? > >>> > >> Hi Darren, and welcome to Barry! > >> > >> There is nothing special in Barry to make the modem easy to use via any > >> GUI. > >> All it installs is the library, pppob (the command line tunnel to the > >> modem), and some ppp options files and chatscripts under /etc/ppp and > >> /etc/chatscripts, if you are using binary packages. > >> > >> > >> > >>> If it just presents itself as a serial port it may just need a .fdi so > >>> that it can be recognized. If that is all it takes I may be able to > >>> help with that. > >>> > >> That would be great. Please send any patches to the list, and keep us > >> posted. > >> > >> > >> > >>> I also see some back and forth on the Blackberry Bold, if I use the > >>> version via CVS does the bold work properly? > >>> > >> As you are probably seeing on the list, some features, like password > >> support > >> are a work in progress. Best way to find out for yourself is to try. > >> > >> The latest CVS is fairly stable for a devel tree, and does have fixes that > >> are > >> not in 0.14. > >> > >> - Chris > >> > > > > I don't think this is going to work with NetworkManager as it is now. > > Is there any way to call pppob directly and have it create a standard > > serial type interface? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > > SourcForge Community > > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > > _______________________________________________ > > Barry-devel mailing list > > Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > Barry-devel mailing list > Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Barry-devel mailing list Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel
