Problem with 3G on Linpus Linux

senile · Post by **senile** » 19 Jan 2009, 20:02

Hi does anyone know about problems associated with Huawei 3G card and Linpus Linux? I recently bought an Acer Aspire One with Linux, the 3G card is detected but not able to connect. The 3G card works fine in Windows...

rustypup · Post by **rustypup** » 20 Jan 2009, 09:50

senile wrote:Huawei 3G card.

which model?

USB or PCMCIA?

senile · Post by **senile** » 20 Jan 2009, 11:55

It's the USB E220 model

rustypup · Post by **rustypup** » 20 Jan 2009, 12:14

is the device listed when you run lspci?

i believe the betavine offshoot of vodafones first forray into linux drivers is fairly reliable...

there's plenty out there if the betavine option doesn't work, but it's a little more technical, (using wvdial, pppd, etc...

senile · Post by **senile** » 20 Jan 2009, 12:19

Ok. I don't understand "lspci" or "wvdial" etc.

Browsing betavine now...

rustypup · Post by **rustypup** » 20 Jan 2009, 12:25

senile wrote:I don't understand "lspci"

lspci == "list PCI"... you would typically run the command in a console/shell..

how comfortable are you with linux?

senile · Post by **senile** » 20 Jan 2009, 12:48

I don't use it very often...

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