-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/05/2010 11:00 AM, C wrote:
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 16:33, Bogdan Cristea
wrote: There has been already a topic about this issue some time ago in the same list.
Yes, I saw it in my searching... but that covers a different manufacturer type than the one I have, plus the USB stick is IDed and appears to be "working" - I can get it to switch into modem mode and at least initiate the connection to my provider.. it never completes.
In openSUSE 11.2 I am using wvdial to connect to my Internet provider. You need to configure your modem using wvdia.conf file and also to add the
Using wvdial is... OK if it was just me using this computer... but I have to get it working for non-techie users who will not be able to deal with running CLI stuff. I'm kinda hoping that since the network manager finds the USB Stick, and at least attempts to dial out with it, that I'll get it working... maybe.
C.
I have a Novatel U760 working with 10.3 and 11.2 but very differently... I use Kinternet and smpppd. I am going to try Kppp on 11.2 since that seems a bit more versatile. The modem is configured to dial #777, which seems to be the only number to use, AFAICT. In the States, at least. dhcp is used so there is no need to set up IP and DNS. That is probably universal. Try using dhcp. You can also save time connecting by setting StupidMode to "yes" in the configuration file or the dialer will wait a while for a prompt that will never come. I used YAST to configure the device and the file appears in the /etc/sysconfig/network directory. It seems YAST cannot set StupidMode so the configuration has to be edited manually. There are udev rules that cover these broadband modems but the associated kernel module(s) and binaries don't work as expected. Not here, at least. In 11.2, the hso module loads per udev rules but it does not recognize the device. It seems that the device ID is hard coded into the module, as well as in the option module. The device is recognized by the option module but only in 11.2. No idea why the device ID's /have/ to be hard coded. They can be given as an option to usbserial. I patched the option module in 10.3 and added the device ID but it is still not recognized. Also ozerocdoff, which is in 11.2, is supposed to disable the ZeroCD device but cannot find it so I use eject instead. I'm not really sure that the associated hal rules work well, if at all. I'm still working on this thing. I've only had this device since Sunday and I'm finding out more as I go along. Some things I've found is that much of the how-to info available doesn't quite work so I've been guessing most of the time. == jd There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. -- Mark Twain - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFL4b/shpL3F+HeDrIRArXkAJ0bofw32wA1WxvvLyKK+idioX/85gCgoIi7 fbxSKpDNYmqQpy6yMJMTyos= =60ii -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org