TronProg: Programming and Computers

In a previous post I blogged about sucessfully installing this Huawei E1692 Internet device in Ubuntu Jaunty. Now that I switched to Kubuntu Karmic I found out that this device was not recognized any more.

Fortunately, this was a known issue, and I found this blog post which summarizes the solution to use this device also in Ubuntu Karmic.

I followed the instructions, however, the device still didn't show up (in particular, it wasn't mounted as an external device so that I could run the installation procedure). Probably it's a problem of Kubuntu and not Ubuntu (and I don't have Ubuntu version of Karmic, but only the Kubuntu one), so I cannot tell for sure.

However, you only need to perform some manual steps and it works in Kubuntu as well.

First, you need to follow the instructions found in this blog post anyway.

First of all, by running dmesg after inserting the device you should see something like the following lines which, at least, tells you that the device is recognized (though not mounted):

[ 664.188996] usb-storage: device found at 6 
[ 664.188998] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning 
[ 664.189997] scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices 
[ 664.190571] usb-storage: device found at 6 
[ 664.190573] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning 
[ 669.189727] usb-storage: device scan complete 
[ 669.191577] scsi 8:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 
[ 669.191585] usb-storage: device scan complete 
[ 669.194267] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access HUAWEI SD Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 
[ 669.212737] sr1: scsi-1 drive 
[ 669.213052] sr 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 
[ 669.213215] sr 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5 
[ 669.214044] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 
[ 669.235684] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

In particular, this tells that the "CD" part of the device is represented by sr1, so you run

sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr1 /mnt/

and then you can run the installation

sudo /mnt/install_linux

You should see a terminal window

and after that, you should see the applet


After the installation, the device is detected automatically by the system, the applet shows up, and you won't need to do the mount manually.

Hope this helps :-)

Pubblicato da betto a 2:13 PM 4 commenti

Etichette: karmic, kubuntu, linux, mobile, modem

I've just tried this Internet device, HUAWEI E1692 with Linux Ubuntu Jaunty, and basically everything worked out fine smoothly. The Internet connection can be established either with the NetworkManager Gnome applet, or using the application that comes with the device. Linux is officially supported with the provided drivers, and basically the installation works fine, thought the instructions provided are not completely correct...

As for the installation, you need to insert the usb device, and the first time, it is recognized as a USB memory storage; you can then access the data stored in the device, where you find a folder with the drivers and the installation script.



Since the installation requires root privileges it is required to run the install script in the Linux folder using the terminal:

cd /media/Alice\ MOBILE\ HW/Linux
sudo ./install

As suggested in this thread, it is better to specify the installation path, even though you're OK with the default one, by simply inserting the full path. The installation should then succeed


Now, you should be able to setup a connection with NetworkManager applet (actually I had another connection setup for the same operator, thus I could simply reused that one).

Now, an icon should be put in your desktop to use the application that ships with the device; however, I couldn't connect using that application link, probably because the application requires root privileges... but it works fine if I start it from a terminal

cd /usr/local/Alice_MOBILE_E1692/
sudo ./MobilePartner


and then you should be able to connect


The nice thing of this application is that you can keep track of your traffic


and you can send SMSs and access your addressbook

Pubblicato da betto a 6:48 PM 8 commenti

Etichette: jaunty, linux, mobile, modem, ubuntu

I've been using this beta version of Ubuntu Jaunty for a few days now, and today I wanted to establish a GPRS/GSM connection with my Nokia, using a USB cable. I had done this in my other Kubuntu distribution, and I only needed to set the parameters right in kppp.

This time I had a very pleasant surprise: as soon as I connected the USB cable, a pop window showed up:


after pressing Forward:


it already had all the parameters I needed, I just had to select the right voices in the Country and Provider, and I'm on-line!

Well done developers :-)

Pubblicato da betto a 3:08 PM 1 commenti

Etichette: mobile, modem, ubuntu

I recently bought a new laptop, a Dell Latitude D630, which is equipped with an internal modem, with a Conexant chipset. You can find the Linux drivers for this modem at linuxant.com, but you need to pay a registration fee for getting the full speed for these drivers (I did this in the past for my previous laptops). However, Dell provides its users with free Conexant drivers for its laptops! Unfortunately, for the moment, these drivers do not seem to be updated for the Kubuntu 7.10 I installed on my laptop.

Well, I have ADSL at my place, but sometimes, I work in places where ADSL is not available, and I can rely only on the old telephone line, that's why I'd need to use the modem.

This time, I decided not to pay for the drivers, and wait for Dell to update its drivers... but I still needed to access the Internet through the telephone. I then remembered I still had an old external serial 56k modem... well... I connected, and configured it with kppp and in a moment I was surfing the Internet under Linux :-)


Ah! the good ol' serial modems! Ready to be used! Not like those fake soft(win)modems... and all those flashing lights :-)

Pubblicato da betto a 10:42 AM 0 commenti

Etichette: fun, modem

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