On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Nitesh Mistry <mail...@mistrynitesh.net> 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 >> <kaushalshri...@gmail.com> 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 > > -- > Regards, > Nitesh Mistry | www.mistrynitesh.com > PGP key id: A6FEF696 | 'geekosopher' on freenode irc > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
