Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-25 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:54 AM, John wrote: > Hi Mike, have finally got the Dongle working, but its not stable, it > crashes now and again. It seems it doesnt like automatically > reconnecting, if the connection has been lost. > > On one crash, something changed, and I'm not sure what it was. I j

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-23 Thread John
Hi Mike, have finally got the Dongle working, but its not stable, it crashes now and again. It seems it doesnt like automatically reconnecting, if the connection has been lost. On one crash, something changed, and I'm not sure what it was. I just wondered, can you tell me how I can find out wha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-23 Thread John
Michael G Fletcher wrote: On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:24 AM, John wrote: Hi everybody, sorry I havent been around much, I havent been very well, and had to leave this. I have managed to work out this page http://www.pharscape.org/networkmanager-0.7.0-and-3g-wwan-modems.html til

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-23 Thread John
Michael G Fletcher wrote: On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:24 AM, John wrote: Hi everybody, sorry I havent been around much, I havent been very well, and had to leave this. I have managed to work out this page http://www.pharscape.org/networkmanager-0.7.0-and-3g-wwan-modems.html til

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-23 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:24 AM, John wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > sorry I havent been around much, I havent been very well, and had to > leave this. > > I have managed to work out this page > > http://www.pharscape.org/networkmanager-0.7.0-and-3g-wwan-modems.html > > till I get to where it says

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-23 Thread John
Hi everybody, sorry I havent been around much, I havent been very well, and had to leave this. I have managed to work out this page http://www.pharscape.org/networkmanager-0.7.0-and-3g-wwan-modems.html till I get to where it says 'Disabling ZeroCD. I have uploaded the ozerocdoff file, but it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-21 Thread John
Hi Matt, sorry I havent been around, been unwell. Only just well enough to come back online and concentrate. I typed in that command, and it says bash command not found. I'm still trying to get it to work, I just dont want to give up. I know the dongle works as I have it working on my Windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-16 Thread James Thomas
I have managed to get the ICON 255 to work. But it did periodically lock the OS. I cannot say whether this would be the same for you... But the drivers and howto can be found here: http://pharscape.org/icon225.html Hope it works for you! :) irc: selinuxium James Thomas 2009/2/16 John > And

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-16 Thread Matthew Daubney
John, Looking at the wiki it should just work (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkManager/Hardware/3G). You don't need Oranges software, when you plug the dongle in click on the little icon that that normally has your wifi signal strength and things and it should have a "Mobile Provider" or something

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-16 Thread John
Scott Pashley wrote: > I have used one of these dongles (different network, same hardware) > and Network Manager just configured it for me. It was a Vodafone one > that I set up, perhaps if the Orange ones continually refuse to work > you could try a Voda one to see if it is your configuration o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-16 Thread John
Andrew Williams wrote: > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:46:43AM +, John wrote: > >> I wanted to try get Orange Wireless on here, as I have Orange with my >> mobile. I went into the shop, and they allowed me to try installing the >> dongle with one of their SIM cards, and the dongle. >> >> Well

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu, 8.10

2009-02-16 Thread John
Ken Robson wrote: >> Hi all, I have Hutchison, trading as "3", my O/S is 8,04, as dongle software >> is written for >windows, any step-by-step help to try and get it to run on >> Ubuntu 8.04 would be >appreciated... >> Thanks all, Michael >> > > Michael, the easiest way to install it und

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-16 Thread John
Michael G Fletcher wrote: >> --- On Sun, 15/2/09, John wrote: >> >> From: John >> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10 >> To: "British Ubuntu Talk" >> Date: Sunday, 15 February, 2009, 12:46 AM >> >> I w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu, 8.10

2009-02-15 Thread Ken Robson
>Hi all, I have Hutchison, trading as "3", my O/S is 8,04, as dongle software >is written for >windows, any step-by-step help to try and get it to run on >Ubuntu 8.04 would be >appreciated... >Thanks all, Michael Michael, the easiest way to install it under 8.04 is to install the latest Net

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10 (or 8.04?)

2009-02-15 Thread mike daniels
ubject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10 To: "British Ubuntu Talk" Date: Sunday, 15 February, 2009, 2:58 PM On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:46:43AM +, John wrote: > I wanted to try get Orange Wireless on here, as I have Orange with my > mobile. I we

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-15 Thread Andrew Williams
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:46:43AM +, John wrote: > I wanted to try get Orange Wireless on here, as I have Orange with my > mobile. I went into the shop, and they allowed me to try installing the > dongle with one of their SIM cards, and the dongle. > > Well, I was in there for about an hour

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-15 Thread Scott Pashley
I have used one of these dongles (different network, same hardware) and Network Manager just configured it for me. It was a Vodafone one that I set up, perhaps if the Orange ones continually refuse to work you could try a Voda one to see if it is your configuration or something that Orange has done

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-15 Thread Michael G Fletcher
> --- On Sun, 15/2/09, John wrote: > > From: John > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10 > To: "British Ubuntu Talk" > Date: Sunday, 15 February, 2009, 12:46 AM > > I wanted to try get Orange Wireless on here, as I have Orange

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-14 Thread John
this. --- On Sun, 15/2/09, John wrote: From: John Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10 To: "British Ubuntu Talk" Date: Sunday, 15 February, 2009, 12:46 AM I wanted to try get Orange Wireless on here, a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-14 Thread Rik Boland
Justice but we also need Grace and Mercy from God to do this. --- On Sun, 15/2/09, John wrote: From: John Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10 To: "British Ubuntu Talk" Date: Sunday, 15 February, 2009, 12:46 AM I wanted to try get Orange Wireless on

[ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-14 Thread John
I wanted to try get Orange Wireless on here, as I have Orange with my mobile. I went into the shop, and they allowed me to try installing the dongle with one of their SIM cards, and the dongle. Well, I was in there for about an hour, and it just wasnt having it. It would install the drivers, it