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Problem with 3G on Linpus Linux
Posted: 19 Jan 2009, 20:02
by senile
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...
Re: Problem with 3G on Linpus Linux
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 09:50
by rustypup
senile wrote:Huawei 3G card.
which model?
USB or PCMCIA?
Re: Problem with 3G on Linpus Linux
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 11:55
by senile
It's the USB E220 model
Re: Problem with 3G on Linpus Linux
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 12:14
by rustypup
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...
Re: Problem with 3G on Linpus Linux
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 12:19
by senile
Ok. I don't understand "lspci" or "wvdial" etc.
Browsing betavine now...
Re: Problem with 3G on Linpus Linux
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 12:25
by rustypup
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?
Re: Problem with 3G on Linpus Linux
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 12:48
by senile
I don't use it very often...