So far so goood. The new Ubuntu boots in less than 15 minues, has more eye candy than anything before. But at what cost? They have stripped the new distro of
Not only that, the
I have found a work around for this problem, hope it helps people like me who are dependent on EDGE/GPRS. Here I'm going to describe the extra things that needs to be done to get things working. Details are in my previus post, hope you don't mind. :)
First you need to open
and change it to this:
The vendor and product sting can be found using
Now comes the stupid part. Jaunty come with no wvdial, so you need to download the files manually. The files are
Try looking them up in
The rest of the process is pretty straightforward. You can find those here
wvdial. Yes, its true.Not only that, the
usbserial module is built into kernel. This might sound advantageous in the first glance, but what about when you have to pass the module parameters into kernel, every time you boot?I have found a work around for this problem, hope it helps people like me who are dependent on EDGE/GPRS. Here I'm going to describe the extra things that needs to be done to get things working. Details are in my previus post, hope you don't mind. :)
First you need to open
/boot/grub/menu.lst and add some parameters to the kernel. Find the line which is similar to this:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.1-macbook root=UUID=c660e7d4-95e3-42a0-8967-8de554d76fb4 ro quiet splashand change it to this:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.1-macbook root=UUID=c660e7d4-95e3-42a0-8967-8de554d76fb4 ro quiet splash usbserial.vendor=0x05c6 usbserial.product=0x3197The vendor and product sting can be found using
lsusb command. Reboot the system.Now comes the stupid part. Jaunty come with no wvdial, so you need to download the files manually. The files are
libuniconf4.4_4.4.1-0.2ubuntu2_i386.deb
libwvstreams4.4-base_4.4.1-0.2ubuntu2_i386.deb
libwvstreams4.4-extras_4.4.1-0.2ubuntu2_i386.deb
libxplc0.3.13_0.3.13-1build1_i386.deb
wvdial_1.60.1+nmu2_i386.deb
Try looking them up in
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/. Once you download them put those downloaded files in the same folder, and then do a $sudo dpkg -i *.deb.The rest of the process is pretty straightforward. You can find those here
3 comments:
let me put it straight bro... can u help me use my citycell zoom in my ubuntu?
as i cant use our 'hall' net.. my office gave this to me to do some stuffs... so it will be greatly helpfull,....
Hi,
Great posting, bro... You just saved my day. I think I might have decided not to use Ubuntu if I didn't find this blog. Because Internet connection is a must for us, isn't it? Thanks again...
thanx man, it works fine
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