huawei e220 usb modem

seporro · Jul 27, 2008

Hi all,

i've recently gotten a new Acer Aspire One laptop with Linpus. I'm trying to make work a usb 3g modem without fortune.

I plug into usb and try wvdial. This is shows:

[user@localhost ~]$ wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0: Device or resource busy
--> Cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0: Device or resource busy
--> Cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0: Device or resource busy

If I go to Configuration->Network and I try to create a new connection, the only possibilities I have are: WLAN, LAN and pppoE but nothing of UMTS/3G.

Does anyone try it?

Thanks in advanced.

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EDIT
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OK, I get it! It was only to configure wvdial.conf

zzats · Jul 27, 2008

Personally I think it's a good idea to use vodafone's own mobile connectivity suite, although it's quite resource-heavy program. I tried it with Linpus and Ubuntu, worked like a charm.

Installation instructions follow (an indirect ripoff of the original instructions)
https://forge.betavine.net/frs/?group_id=12&release_id=26

Code:

wget [url]https://forge.betavine.net/frs/download.php/269/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-2.0.beta3-ALL-i386-installer.run[/url]
sudo sh vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-2.0.beta3-ALL-i386-installer.run

reboot for the module to be inserted (the easy way)

Code:

sudo vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux

And it works just as like in windows.

rbm@pt · Jul 27, 2008

Hi,

Great tip, this is the answer to the main problem I've using the aa1.

Thank you

Sid · Jul 27, 2008

And will this run if the network is "three" ?

matteosg · Jul 28, 2008

rbm@pt said:
Hi,

Great tip, this is the answer to the main problem I've using the aa1.

Thank you

Hi Renato,

Have you got the Huawei modem working in AA1...? Appreciate if you could show us how you do it.

matt

zzats · Jul 28, 2008

matteosg said:
rbm@pt said:

Hi,
Have you got the Huawei modem working in AA1...? Appreciate if you could show us how you do it.

Click to expand...

Even the question wasn't directed at me, refer to my earlier post. It's the same as Acer's official Huawei guide (released today).

rbm@pt · Jul 28, 2008

Hi,
The problem is partial solved. The modem work and I could surf the internet with it.
I have yet two problems:
1. The program icon in the connect tab give an error message and don’t work.

'Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux needs the following files and dirs with some specific permissions in order to work properly: /opt/vmc/etc/ppp/peers should be readable and writtable by group vmc user user should be a member of group vmc'

2. From the terminal window after enter the command

Code:

sudo vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux

I got an error message:

audit_log_user_command(): Connection refused
GConf Error: Failed to launch configuration server: Failed to execute child process "/usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2" (No such file or directory)

But the program work and I could make the connection.

This is not the final solution but is a big step.

Where I could find that Acer's official Huawei guide?

Thank you

matteosg · Jul 28, 2008

I'm also not able to locate Acer's official Huawei guide, could you point to us the url...?

thanks

matt

rdmazo · Jul 31, 2008

zzats said:
Personally I think it's a good idea to use vodafone's own mobile connectivity suite, although it's quite resource-heavy program. I tried it with Linpus and Ubuntu, worked like a charm.

Installation instructions follow (an indirect ripoff of the original instructions)
https://forge.betavine.net/frs/?group_id=12&release_id=26

Code:

wget [url]https://forge.betavine.net/frs/download.php/269/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-2.0.beta3-ALL-i386-installer.run[/url] sudo sh vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-2.0.beta3-ALL-i386-installer.run

reboot for the module to be inserted (the easy way)

Code:

sudo vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux

And it works just as like in windows.

I follow this but when I try sudo vodafone-mob... :

"Su dispositivo "Huawei E870" no está registrado correctamente con el kernel. Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux necesita al menos dos puertos serie para comunicarse con su Huawei E870. El programa incluye unas reglas de udev más algunos binarios para asegurar que su dispositivo siempre es reconocido correctamente. Si ha instalado desde el funete, asegurese que ha copiado los ficheros necesarios del directorio contrib"

BTW my modem is Huawei E220. ¿any idea?

Thanks

fredrikwe · Jul 31, 2008

I tried this and all went well util after the reboot and the:
sudo vodafone- ....
when I got the following error message:

twistd
Device setup not completed:
Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux cannot connect with the selected device (Huawei E220).
Your device has been detected but it has been impossible to connect to it. Could not open port: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/ttyUSB0'

Help for a newbie, Please!

rbm@pt · Jul 31, 2008

Hi,

Because of problems with Windows Vista in another machine, I've previously done a firmware update of the modem. You could found information about that at http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/networking/?p=431 . I hope that could help you.

Kaos2K · Jul 31, 2008

To use the Huaweii E220 , and some other 3G modems and PCMCIA cards download and install Vodafone Mobile Connect Driver for Linux , is very similar (best in my opinion) to the Windows APP that comes from Vodafone. Works great without using any command or script in the console, all graphic interface

Download the "vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-XXX-ALL-i386-installer.run" file

binnary · Jul 31, 2008

Hi!

Does it need to be a vodafone SIM inserted on the modem, or can it be from another company?

Thanks a lot,
binnary

Kaos2K · Aug 1, 2008

binnary said:
Hi!

Does it need to be a vodafone SIM inserted on the modem, or can it be from another company?

Thanks a lot,
binnary

I think that you can use any SIM but im not sure, i know that the APP gets all the connection data form the SIM and you have not to configure nothing. I read that there are some programs in Linux to use all SIMS with the opetaror-locked 3G modems but im not sure if this APP is one of them You should try and post the results here

zzats · Aug 1, 2008

rdmazo said:
I follow this but when I try sudo vodafone-mob... :

"Su dispositivo "Huawei E870" no está registrado correctamente con el kernel. Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux necesita al menos dos puertos serie para comunicarse con su Huawei E870. El programa incluye unas reglas de udev más algunos binarios para asegurar que su dispositivo siempre es reconocido correctamente. Si ha instalado desde el funete, asegurese que ha copiado los ficheros necesarios del directorio contrib"

BTW my modem is Huawei E220. ¿any idea?

Thanks

Your modem is not registered with the kernel. Reboot your computer, I had my test-modem plugged in all the time, it should work.

rbm@pt said:
audit_log_user_command(): Connection refused
GConf Error: Failed to launch configuration server: Failed to execute child process "/usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2" (No such file or directory)

Don't mind about the peer -directory permissions. you are supposed to run the program as root user, as for the other error-messages, they just sound typical gnome & linux.

binnary · Aug 1, 2008

Kaos2K said:
binnary said:

Hi!

Does it need to be a vodafone SIM inserted on the modem, or can it be from another company?

Thanks a lot,
binnary

Click to expand...

I think that you can use any SIM but im not sure, i know that the APP gets all the connection data form the SIM and you have not to configure nothing. I read that there are some programs in Linux to use all SIMS with the opetaror-locked 3G modems but im not sure if this APP is one of them You should try and post the results here

I will, as soon as my unlocked 3G modem arrives

Thanks!

fw1962 · Aug 2, 2008

Link this article

danne · Aug 7, 2008

binnary said:
Does it need to be a vodafone SIM inserted on the modem, or can it be from another company?

It works with any Operator, I use it with 3.

marcinberlin · Aug 7, 2008

wow, the vodafone software 2.0.x works for me!
everything else didnt (vodafone 1.9.x, or the .c file from that east european guy + pppd/wvdial).

however I had to tweak the provider file which resides in your .vmc2/... directory in a text editor as the dial-in number is different, and you cant configure that via the gui.

if you get a message that twistd is needed, just install it: "sudo yum install twisted"

wüstenmaus · Aug 15, 2008

i made a clean install and then installed the vodafone software. that worked like a charm.

then i used the workaround to install the liveupdate and after rebooting the vodafon software did not recognize my modem (huawei e220) anymore.

any ideas how to solve that?