Re: Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

2009-08-22 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Rob, On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 12:56 +1000, opm595 wrote: > On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 08:15 +1000, Dave Hall wrote: > >Did you install usb modeswitch? It doesn't sound like it. > >See my earlier email about that, then try the instructions below > again > > Ok . . . We did it! I'm mobile with Vodafo

Re: Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

2009-08-21 Thread opm595
On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 08:15 +1000, Dave Hall wrote: >Did you install usb modeswitch? It doesn't sound like it. >See my earlier email about that, then try the instructions below again Ok . . . We did it! I'm mobile with Vodafone on 8.10 - Champion stuff! :-) Anyway, no luck with 9.04, but when

Re: Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

2009-08-20 Thread Dave Hall
On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 05:46 +1000, opm595 wrote: > Many thanks, Dave. Unfortunately, mate, no cigar. > I carried out everything as per your instructions and nothing further > has evolved from attempting to get connected on 9.04. > However, for what it was worth, I had a spare lappy that I usually >

Re: Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

2009-08-20 Thread opm595
Many thanks, Dave. Unfortunately, mate, no cigar. I carried out everything as per your instructions and nothing further has evolved from attempting to get connected on 9.04. However, for what it was worth, I had a spare lappy that I usually trial stuff on (been trying out Kubuntu 9.04 - how cool i

Re: Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

2009-08-19 Thread Dave Hall
On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 10:07 +1000, opm595 wrote: > > What does "ls -l /dev/ttyUSB?" give you? > Yep, as follows: > o...@rob2:~$ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB? > crw-rw 1 root dialout 188, 0 2009-08-20 09:43 /dev/ttyUSB0 > crw-rw 1 root dialout 188, 1 2009-08-20 09:43 /dev/ttyUSB1 > o...@rob2:~$ > > T

Re: Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

2009-08-19 Thread opm595
> What does "ls -l /dev/ttyUSB?" give you? Yep, as follows: o...@rob2:~$ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB? crw-rw 1 root dialout 188, 0 2009-08-20 09:43 /dev/ttyUSB0 crw-rw 1 root dialout 188, 1 2009-08-20 09:43 /dev/ttyUSB1 o...@rob2:~$ The other thing I've just noticed after testing the device on a w

Re: Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

2009-08-19 Thread Dave Hall
On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 04:28 +1000, opm595 wrote: > Thanks Dave, > Unfortunately, it's still no go after doing everything exactly as your > instructions. > It now seems more so an issue with device detection now then anything. > However when I do a "lsusb" I receive the following: > o...@rob2:~$ lsu

Re: Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

2009-08-19 Thread opm595
Thanks Dave, Unfortunately, it's still no go after doing everything exactly as your instructions. It now seems more so an issue with device detection now then anything. However when I do a "lsusb" I receive the following: o...@rob2:~$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root

Re: Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

2009-08-19 Thread opm595
Thanks heaps, Barry. I'll keep playing around with it, from the additional info' you've provided, and post the outcome(s) shortly. Not sure if NM is going to do anything though because the device (usb modem) wouldn't detect at all when I first tried connection, but we'll see how I go. Once again,

Re: Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

2009-08-19 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Rob, On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 15:25 +1000, opm595 wrote: > Hi Guys, > The Mobile Broadband for 9.04 using Vodafone saga continues . . . and > I'm not too sure if I'm beating a dead horse or not here. > So, anyway, I ended up buying the modem, and after reading a fair bit > on various forums and Go

Re: Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

2009-08-18 Thread Barry Williams
Try using the infomation from http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=190209 also did you try to use network manager once you got ubuntu to recongnise the device a lot of tutorials use wvdial either because they predate the new network manager with 3g support or don't know it exists so that

Fwd: Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

2009-08-18 Thread Barry Williams
Yes I think hsdpa refers to a section in a wvdial file. A section is inclosed in square brackets [] if you use the section [dialer defaults] you don't need to call the section so you would just type wvdial and the command prompt not wvdial hsdpa. However I don't think thats your problem as it looke

Re: Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

2009-08-18 Thread opm595
Hi Guys, The Mobile Broadband for 9.04 using Vodafone saga continues . . . and I'm not too sure if I'm beating a dead horse or not here. So, anyway, I ended up buying the modem, and after reading a fair bit on various forums and Google searching etc I'm up to the stage of trying to connect. The mo