Globetrotter HSDPA USB modem not working

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kattami
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Location: Norway

Globesurfer Icon 7.2 is working with puppylinux 4.1.1

#21 Post by kattami »

Well, well, see what the cat dragged in.....

I finally got the usb modem to work.

After seeing that it begins to be more people asking about how to get puppylinux to work with the new usb-dongles, I decided to do a new try with the newest versions that I could find. I asked another one who had got his to work and he was so kind to reply to me. But unfortunately his setup didnt work for me. Thanks alot for the quick reply anyway :-)

I also found a good guide in a norwegian forum and it was from that norwegian guide that I finally found the combination that works for my globesurfer in puppylinux.

So, in puppylinux version 4.1.1 with devx_411.sfs, and for Globesurfer Icon 7.2, this is what worked:

1. Save a frugal installation on the harddisk.

2. Add the devx.sfs in bootmanager

3. Reboot

4. Download usb_modeswitch-0.9.5.tar.bz2

5. Extract the usb_modeswitch package.

6. go to terminal and type

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gcc -l usb -o usb_modeswitch usb_modeswitch.c
7. Here I got unsure about what is what of the files so I put both the usb_modeswitch.c and usb_modeswitch file in /sbin and /urs/sbin. I just didnt bother figuring out which file it was about and where it should be. Up to the experts to point out this one.

8. Put the file usb_modeswitch.conf into /etc and edit with geany to the number your usb dongle uses. In my case with globesurfer icon 7.2, I changed to the text for globesurfer icon 7.2 (adding the ; where the first globesurfer model lines is and removing the ; where my globesurfer model is).

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DefaultVendor=  0x05c6
DefaultProduct= 0x1000

TargetVendor=   0x0af0
TargetProduct=  0x6901

MessageEndpoint=0x05
MessageContent="55534243123456780000000000000601000000000000000000000000000000"
9. Then I installed the nozomi-2.21alpha-k2.6.21.7.pet. They said it was for puppylinux 3.x versions and I was nervous that it wouldnt work for puppylinux 4.1.1. Fortunately it did.

10. Installing gnome-ppp-0.3.23-1.pet

11. Reboot

12. Typed in terminal the word usb_modeswitch - it found one productdevice.

13. Typed dmesg - I saw there it had switched the modem from usb-storage to ttyUSB0, ttyUSB1 and ttyUSB2

14. Then I went to gnome-ppp and added the phonenumber for my usb dongle in username and password and then

*99#

where it says phonenumber

15. I hit connect just to test it, expecting that I would have to edit the wvdial.conf file. To my big surprise it connected.

The end.

PS: I dont know how to change title of thread to "Solved"??

tempestuous
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#22 Post by tempestuous »

kattami wrote:Then I installed the nozomi-2.21alpha-k2.6.21.7.pet. They said it was for puppylinux 3.x versions
"They" is me. You're referring to the nozomi driver dotpet package from here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 587#163587
The "k2.6.21.7" in the name of the dotpet tells you what kernel version the driver package is compatible with - so it's compatible with Puppy 3.x and 4.0 which both have the 2.6.21.7 kernel.
Sure it will install in Puppy 4.1.1, but it will be completely ineffectual, so clearly the "nozomi" driver is not necessary at all ... and this is confirmed by the nozomi compatibility list here -
http://www.pharscape.org/content/view/40/53/
kattami wrote:expecting that I would have to edit the wvdial.conf
wvdial.conf is the configuration file for wvdial. But you're using gnome-ppp as your dialler application, not wvdial.

tempestuous
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#23 Post by tempestuous »

EDIT: usb_modeswitch utility now available here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 448#254448
Last edited by tempestuous on Thu 18 Dec 2008, 12:46, edited 1 time in total.

kattami
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Joined: Fri 18 Jan 2008, 02:16
Location: Norway

#24 Post by kattami »

tempestuous wrote:
kattami wrote:Then I installed the nozomi-2.21alpha-k2.6.21.7.pet. They said it was for puppylinux 3.x versions
"They" is me. You're referring to the nozomi driver dotpet package from here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 587#163587
The "k2.6.21.7" in the name of the dotpet tells you what kernel version the driver package is compatible with - so it's compatible with Puppy 3.x and 4.0 which both have the 2.6.21.7 kernel.
Sure it will install in Puppy 4.1.1, but it will be completely ineffectual, so clearly the "nozomi" driver is not necessary at all ... and this is confirmed by the nozomi compatibility list here -
http://www.pharscape.org/content/view/40/53/
kattami wrote:expecting that I would have to edit the wvdial.conf
wvdial.conf is the configuration file for wvdial. But you're using gnome-ppp as your dialler application, not wvdial.
Yeah, I know it was you. I just didnt want to say something about a person, if you get me. Kinda anonymizing things, just to be respectful.

So you are telling me that it was not necessary to install the nozomi drivers?

Thats interesing. I didnt try the usb_modeswitch and gnome-ppp alone, because I tried to install once before only usb_modeswitch and then trying to modify the wvdial. That didnt work.

Next time I need to install this on new savefile I will remember to just use usb_modeswitch and gnome-ppp.

When its about gnome-ppp it says that it needs wvdial version 1.5 I think, and I saw in that norwegian guide that he had modified the wvdial.conf to point to telenor and other things that had with my country to do, hence I said I expected having to modify that file.

But in my case it connected with pppd after waiting abit so I didnt need to modify it at all.

Thanks alot for the pet file :)

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