[ubuntu-in] Reminder - Next LoCo meeting on Friday 4th March at 9.00 pm IST
Hello all, Just a reminder that we are going to have our next monthly Indian LoCo meeting on Friday, 4th March at 9.00 pm IST. Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend. Meeting will be held online on #ubuntu-in channel at irc.freenode.net Feel free to add your topics to the agenda. Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndianTeam/Meetings/20110304/Agenda Past meeting minutes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndianTeam/Meetings/20110204 -- Regards, Nitesh Mistry | www.mistrynitesh.com PGP key id: A6FEF696 | 'geekosopher' on freenode irc pgpEAYzaqQEvV.pgp Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Global Jam on 1-3 April
Hello all, As many of you might have already heard/read about [0], Ubuntu Global Jam (UGJ) [1] will be held from 1st to 3rd of April this year for Natty release cycle. UGJ is a global event (as the name suggests) where all the local communities (LoCos) around the world participate to make Ubuntu better. There are many ways to get involved as mentioned on the wiki page [1]. Though it is preferable to have this event organised in person, it is also possible to conduct this event on irc. Considering that organising such event in person on a pan-India level might be too cumbersome, I suggest we have a irc event this time. If there are enough people (read 3 or more) willing to gather in a particular city, they can also conduct an in-person event in parallel. For the irc event I suggest we gather at #ubuntu-in channel where more experienced among us can make themselves available in guiding others to triage bugs, documentation, translations, testing, etc. The intention of this mail is to invite suggestions in planning UGJ India event. In short, lets rock together and make this Indian community shine globally. :) [0] http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/02/15/ubuntu-global-jam-call-for-events/ [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam -- Regards, Nitesh Mistry | www.mistrynitesh.com PGP key id: A6FEF696 | 'geekosopher' on freenode irc pgpd4EybtSfaU.pgp Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] USB Mobile Broadband Service
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Hi Ram > > Its not lsusb -v - s "bus number" > > > Bus 005 Device 003: ID 12d1:140b Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. EC1260 > Wireless Data Modem HSD USB Card > Device Descriptor: snipped > idVendor 0x12d1 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. > idProduct 0x140b EC1260 Wireless Data Modem HSD USB Card > iManufacturer 1 HUA�WEI TECHNOLOGIES > iProduct 2 HUAWEI Mobile > iSerial 4 ��� snipped ** seems ok the relevant data is - HUAWEI Mobile idVendor 0x12d1 idProduct 0x140b ** what does your dmesg -c say ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] USB Mobile Broadband Service
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Nitesh Mistry wrote: > Simply awesome. Think of wikifying it? thank you unfortunately my moments of helpful endeavor end at writing the email and in spite of encouragement i usually find something else to do and never get around to documenting it properly. However apologies for some horrible grammar and spelling. and i will try and wikify it or something :-) ram > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 08:23:47PM +0530, Ramnarayan.K wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Kaushal Shriyan >> wrote: >> > >> > Hi >> > >> > How do we address the issues of making it work the latest chipset provided >> > by the Service Provider to make it work on Ubuntu Desktops. I mean >> > whenever there is a new USB Mobile Broadband Service chipset available in >> > Market how do we make them work in Ubuntu. Do i need to update my Desktop >> > to the latest release every time ? >> > >> > For example : I use Tata Photon + with EC1260 chipset which works in >> > Ubuntu 10.10 but when i try to use the latest Tata Photon + with EC152 >> > chipset it does not work out of the box. >> > >> > Please suggest/guide further. >> >> usually the problem with USB devices is that they don't get recognized >> by Ubuntu (linux) and one needs to tll Ubuntu to recognize the device >> and correlate it to a particular port and once that happens the next >> step is for Ubuntu to load the driver (the drivers are usually built >> onto the device) and then it gets to work. >> >> The process i normally follow for a new device is >> 1. plug in the device and in a command line run dmesg >> -$ dmesg - c >> >> if the device is recognized it will usually have an output (last few >> lines) some like gsm device recognised and attached to ttyusb0 or >> ttyusb1 etc >> >> if this happens your device should work >> >> if it does not then one has to find out the device product id and vendor id >> >> >> for this >> run (in a terminal) >> lsusb >> >> see if you can identify the device - >> some like >> Bus 004 Device 004: ID 19d2:fffe ONDA Communication S.p.A. >> >> ** >> if you can identify the device then just get that data but running >> lsusb -v - s "bus number" >> >> leave out the " " when typing the bus number (some thing like 001 or 004 etc) >> >> ** >> if not then run lsusb -v which will give the details of all usb devices >> >> then browse through the entire list and find what is relevant to your data >> card. >> >> mine looks something like this >> Bus 004 Device 004: ID 19d2:fffe ONDA Communication S.p.A. >> Device Descriptor: >> > snipped >> idVendor 0x19d2 ONDA Communication S.p.A. >> idProduct 0xfffe >> bcdDevice 0.00 >> iManufacturer 1 ZTE, Incorporated >> iProduct 2 ZTE CDMA Tech >> iSerial 0 >> >> here the vendor and product id is given note this detail down >> >> ** >> If the device is not recognized at all then some of the technical >> heavies will need to weigh in. >> >> ** >> However if you can get the vendor and product id the next stage is to >> install wvdial >> >> sudo apt-get install wvdial >> >> If no internet works on your machine - then you can ask some one to >> download then and provide you the necessary file (like via apton or >> something) >> >> ** >> The next few steps are to try and load the driver (make sure the >> device is plugged in) >> >> run >> $ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0xfffd >> >> replace the vendor and product id with your specific ones >> >> you could also mknod's (it might already be there but making it again >> won't do anything atleast the first time) >> >> -$ mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0 >> -$ mknod /dev/ttyUSB1 c 188 1 >> >> ** >> after all this run dmesg -c and see if your device is attached (as in >> the attached to ttysub0 etc) >> >> if this is the case all you need now to make it connect to the internet >> >> for this we will use wvdial (you can later on figure out gnome-ppp >> etc) but wvdial is simple and effective and a sureshot way to know >> your device works (till and Ubuntu (linux) version gets it to work >> directly >> >> run sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf >> >> this will open a file called wvdial.conf for editing. It may already >> have some contents - copy that over with the following lines >> >> ** >> [Modem0] >> Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 >> Baud = 230400 >> SetVolume = 0 >> Dial Command = ATDT >> Init1 = ATZ >> FlowControl = Hardware (CRTSCTS) >> Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 >> Modem Type = Analog Modem >> New PPPD = yes >> Idle Seconds = 90 >> Auto Reconnect = off >> >> [Dialer "any name"] >> Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 >> Phone = #777 >> Stupid Mode = 1 >> Username = "username" >> Password = "password" >> >> ** >> replace the words / numbers in " " with your specific details >> >> ** >> once this is done >> >> open a terminal and type >> >> sudo wvdial "any name" >> >> this should show up some details about connecting and the an ip >> address and some dns addr
Re: [ubuntu-in] USB Mobile Broadband Service
Simply awesome. Think of wikifying it? On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 08:23:47PM +0530, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Kaushal Shriyan > wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > How do we address the issues of making it work the latest chipset provided > > by the Service Provider to make it work on Ubuntu Desktops. I mean whenever > > there is a new USB Mobile Broadband Service chipset available in Market how > > do we make them work in Ubuntu. Do i need to update my Desktop to the > > latest release every time ? > > > > For example : I use Tata Photon + with EC1260 chipset which works in Ubuntu > > 10.10 but when i try to use the latest Tata Photon + with EC152 chipset it > > does not work out of the box. > > > > Please suggest/guide further. > > usually the problem with USB devices is that they don't get recognized > by Ubuntu (linux) and one needs to tll Ubuntu to recognize the device > and correlate it to a particular port and once that happens the next > step is for Ubuntu to load the driver (the drivers are usually built > onto the device) and then it gets to work. > > The process i normally follow for a new device is > 1. plug in the device and in a command line run dmesg > -$ dmesg - c > > if the device is recognized it will usually have an output (last few > lines) some like gsm device recognised and attached to ttyusb0 or > ttyusb1 etc > > if this happens your device should work > > if it does not then one has to find out the device product id and vendor id > > > for this > run (in a terminal) > lsusb > > see if you can identify the device - > some like > Bus 004 Device 004: ID 19d2:fffe ONDA Communication S.p.A. > > ** > if you can identify the device then just get that data but running > lsusb -v - s "bus number" > > leave out the " " when typing the bus number (some thing like 001 or 004 etc) > > ** > if not then run lsusb -v which will give the details of all usb devices > > then browse through the entire list and find what is relevant to your data > card. > > mine looks something like this > Bus 004 Device 004: ID 19d2:fffe ONDA Communication S.p.A. > Device Descriptor: > > snipped > idVendor 0x19d2 ONDA Communication S.p.A. > idProduct 0xfffe > bcdDevice 0.00 > iManufacturer 1 ZTE, Incorporated > iProduct 2 ZTE CDMA Tech > iSerial 0 > > here the vendor and product id is given note this detail down > > ** > If the device is not recognized at all then some of the technical > heavies will need to weigh in. > > ** > However if you can get the vendor and product id the next stage is to > install wvdial > > sudo apt-get install wvdial > > If no internet works on your machine - then you can ask some one to > download then and provide you the necessary file (like via apton or > something) > > ** > The next few steps are to try and load the driver (make sure the > device is plugged in) > > run > $ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0xfffd > > replace the vendor and product id with your specific ones > > you could also mknod's (it might already be there but making it again > won't do anything atleast the first time) > > -$ mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0 > -$ mknod /dev/ttyUSB1 c 188 1 > > ** > after all this run dmesg -c and see if your device is attached (as in > the attached to ttysub0 etc) > > if this is the case all you need now to make it connect to the internet > > for this we will use wvdial (you can later on figure out gnome-ppp > etc) but wvdial is simple and effective and a sureshot way to know > your device works (till and Ubuntu (linux) version gets it to work > directly > > run sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf > > this will open a file called wvdial.conf for editing. It may already > have some contents - copy that over with the following lines > > ** > [Modem0] > Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 > Baud = 230400 > SetVolume = 0 > Dial Command = ATDT > Init1 = ATZ > FlowControl = Hardware (CRTSCTS) > Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 > Modem Type = Analog Modem > New PPPD = yes > Idle Seconds = 90 > Auto Reconnect = off > > [Dialer "any name"] > Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 > Phone = #777 > Stupid Mode = 1 > Username = "username" > Password = "password" > > ** > replace the words / numbers in " " with your specific details > > ** > once this is done > > open a terminal and type > > sudo wvdial "any name" > > this should show up some details about connecting and the an ip > address and some dns address will show up which means the internet is > connected > > to disconnect press control c in the terminal. > > If this works - then next time all you need to do is make a launcher > and that should be a one click button to start your internet > > however - if there is a problem of your Ubuntu not recognizing the > device every time then the only step you need to repeat - (only once > everytime you start up) > > is the modprobe line > > ** > I know this looks like a lot
Re: [ubuntu-in] USB Mobile Broadband Service
Great explaination Ram. Keep up the good work and a big thanks. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] USB Mobile Broadband Service
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > For example : I use Tata Photon + with EC1260 chipset which works in Ubuntu > 10.10 but when i try to use the latest Tata Photon + with EC152 chipset it > does not work out of the box. > > Please suggest/guide further. before my solution also try google ;-) ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] USB Mobile Broadband Service
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > Hi > > How do we address the issues of making it work the latest chipset provided by > the Service Provider to make it work on Ubuntu Desktops. I mean whenever > there is a new USB Mobile Broadband Service chipset available in Market how > do we make them work in Ubuntu. Do i need to update my Desktop to the latest > release every time ? > > For example : I use Tata Photon + with EC1260 chipset which works in Ubuntu > 10.10 but when i try to use the latest Tata Photon + with EC152 chipset it > does not work out of the box. > > Please suggest/guide further. usually the problem with USB devices is that they don't get recognized by Ubuntu (linux) and one needs to tll Ubuntu to recognize the device and correlate it to a particular port and once that happens the next step is for Ubuntu to load the driver (the drivers are usually built onto the device) and then it gets to work. The process i normally follow for a new device is 1. plug in the device and in a command line run dmesg -$ dmesg - c if the device is recognized it will usually have an output (last few lines) some like gsm device recognised and attached to ttyusb0 or ttyusb1 etc if this happens your device should work if it does not then one has to find out the device product id and vendor id for this run (in a terminal) lsusb see if you can identify the device - some like Bus 004 Device 004: ID 19d2:fffe ONDA Communication S.p.A. ** if you can identify the device then just get that data but running lsusb -v - s "bus number" leave out the " " when typing the bus number (some thing like 001 or 004 etc) ** if not then run lsusb -v which will give the details of all usb devices then browse through the entire list and find what is relevant to your data card. mine looks something like this Bus 004 Device 004: ID 19d2:fffe ONDA Communication S.p.A. Device Descriptor: > snipped idVendor 0x19d2 ONDA Communication S.p.A. idProduct 0xfffe bcdDevice 0.00 iManufacturer 1 ZTE, Incorporated iProduct 2 ZTE CDMA Tech iSerial 0 here the vendor and product id is given note this detail down ** If the device is not recognized at all then some of the technical heavies will need to weigh in. ** However if you can get the vendor and product id the next stage is to install wvdial sudo apt-get install wvdial If no internet works on your machine - then you can ask some one to download then and provide you the necessary file (like via apton or something) ** The next few steps are to try and load the driver (make sure the device is plugged in) run $ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0xfffd replace the vendor and product id with your specific ones you could also mknod's (it might already be there but making it again won't do anything atleast the first time) -$ mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0 -$ mknod /dev/ttyUSB1 c 188 1 ** after all this run dmesg -c and see if your device is attached (as in the attached to ttysub0 etc) if this is the case all you need now to make it connect to the internet for this we will use wvdial (you can later on figure out gnome-ppp etc) but wvdial is simple and effective and a sureshot way to know your device works (till and Ubuntu (linux) version gets it to work directly run sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf this will open a file called wvdial.conf for editing. It may already have some contents - copy that over with the following lines ** [Modem0] Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 Baud = 230400 SetVolume = 0 Dial Command = ATDT Init1 = ATZ FlowControl = Hardware (CRTSCTS) Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Modem Type = Analog Modem New PPPD = yes Idle Seconds = 90 Auto Reconnect = off [Dialer "any name"] Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 Phone = #777 Stupid Mode = 1 Username = "username" Password = "password" ** replace the words / numbers in " " with your specific details ** once this is done open a terminal and type sudo wvdial "any name" this should show up some details about connecting and the an ip address and some dns address will show up which means the internet is connected to disconnect press control c in the terminal. If this works - then next time all you need to do is make a launcher and that should be a one click button to start your internet however - if there is a problem of your Ubuntu not recognizing the device every time then the only step you need to repeat - (only once everytime you start up) is the modprobe line ** I know this looks like a lot of work and a lot of command line, however this is a pretty much sure shot way and once it works it quite nice. happy browsing ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] USB Mobile Broadband Service
Hi How do we address the issues of making it work the latest chipset provided by the Service Provider to make it work on Ubuntu Desktops. I mean whenever there is a new USB Mobile Broadband Service chipset available in Market how do we make them work in Ubuntu. Do i need to update my Desktop to the latest release every time ? For example : I use Tata Photon + with EC1260 chipset which works in Ubuntu 10.10 but when i try to use the latest Tata Photon + with EC152 chipset it does not work out of the box. Please suggest/guide further. Thanks Kaushal -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
