[Liverpool] Re: Liverpool Digest, Vol 128, Issue 1
John Bywater
johnbywr at googlemail.com
Mon Apr 14 17:59:47 BST 2008
Hi Andy
I have fairly recent kernels in both Suse (2..6.22.17), and Debian (2.6.18.6).
Although I cannot see any reference to the Airprime driver, in either
system.
>From what I see on the net that is for the 2.4 kernels?
John Bywater
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> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:15:46 +0100
> From: Peter Howden <peter at peterhowden.co.uk>
> Subject: [Liverpool] WUBI Ubuntu Linux
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> Hi
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> I've just installed WUBI Ubuntu linux on my (several years old) centrino
> Hi-grade laptop. Got a working installation apart from the wi-fi
> Internet connection which doesn't work. When booting into Windows I have
> to press a "hotkey" above the keyboard to switch on the wi-fi. This
> doesn't seem to work when booting into Ubuntu (the button doesn't
> illuminate as it does with windows to indicate it's switched on). I've
> tried plugging in a USB network adaptor with no luck either - lsusb
> showed the adaptor was identified etc (and the adaptor works with Ubuntu
> when plugged into my desktop). I've entered the correct router details,
> WEP password etc. Any ideas?. Thanks.
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> Peter
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> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:23:32 +0100
> From: Vladimir <vladimir.jakubovskij at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Liverpool] WUBI Ubuntu Linux
> To: peter at peterhowden.co.uk, "Liverpool Linux User Group"
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> Not enough information.
> Can you provide the names of the adapters, etc?
>
>
> .v
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> 2008/4/13 Peter Howden <peter at peterhowden.co.uk>:
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> > Hi
> >
> > I've just installed WUBI Ubuntu linux on my (several years old) centrino
> > Hi-grade laptop. Got a working installation apart from the wi-fi
> Internet
> > connection which doesn't work. When booting into Windows I have to press
> a
> > "hotkey" above the keyboard to switch on the wi-fi. This doesn't seem to
> > work when booting into Ubuntu (the button doesn't illuminate as it does
> with
> > windows to indicate it's switched on). I've tried plugging in a USB
> network
> > adaptor with no luck either - lsusb showed the adaptor was identified
> etc
> > (and the adaptor works with Ubuntu when plugged into my desktop). I've
> > entered the correct router details, WEP password etc. Any ideas?.
> Thanks.
> >
> > Peter
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> From: "Andrew Williams" <andy at tensixtyone.com>
> Subject: Re: [Liverpool] WUBI Ubuntu Linux
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> On 13/04/2008, Peter Howden <peter at peterhowden.co.uk> wrote:
> > I've just installed WUBI Ubuntu linux on my (several years old) centrino
> > Hi-grade laptop. Got a working installation apart from the wi-fi
> Internet
> > connection which doesn't work. When booting into Windows I have to press
> a
> > "hotkey" above the keyboard to switch on the wi-fi. This doesn't seem to
> > work when booting into Ubuntu (the button doesn't illuminate as it does
> with
> > windows to indicate it's switched on).
>
> That'll be a hotkey event, install acpi-support and see if that helps
> at all, check the contents of /var/log/acpid to see if its actually
> registering the keypresses.
>
> It's either fired off through ACPI or its own custom input device,
> hopefully it's the first and a lot easier to resolve :)
>
> What model is it?
>
> > I've tried plugging in a USB network
> > adaptor with no luck either - lsusb showed the adaptor was identified
> etc
> > (and the adaptor works with Ubuntu when plugged into my desktop). I've
> > entered the correct router details, WEP password etc. Any ideas?.
> Thanks.
>
> This could be numerous things, check dmesg to see if its actually
> picking up the wifi card first, i suspect it is but it would be good
> to know what type it is.
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> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:10:52 +0100
> From: "John Bywater" <johnbywr at googlemail.com>
> Subject: [Liverpool] Re: Liverpool Digest, Vol 127, Issue 1
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> Hi Andy
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> Thanks for that information, but I don't have a problem with using the
> modem
> now. It is just that the performance is so poor that I am trying to see if
> it is the drivers in the generic usbserial or the ISP who are 'three' at
> fault. I would assume that the ISP is as usual restricting the usage in
> some
> form or other?
>
> The modem being as you say in two parts. The first storage part loads
> first,
> if it can, then the second part shows itself which is the modem. As I do a
> fresh boot each time, I have no problem as by the time the modem shows
> itself to the system the boot system has not reach the hardware detection
> stage. So I do a modprobe and then the modified wvdial.
>
> When I download any data the MAX speed that i have had is 61.1 kb/s. On
> what
> I am told is a 2.8 Mb/s and should do 3.6 mb/s according to the sales
> people. The company seem to think that what speed I am getting is
> perfectly
> reasonably?
>
> Hay Ho welcome to rip off Britain.
>
> John Bywater
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> > Has anybody used the 'eciadsl-pppoeci' driver for the USB modems?
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> > I was wondering if the driver might be able to be used with my ZTE md622
> > mobile modem? Has anybody tried this driver at any time?
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> > > I was wondering if the driver might be able to be used with my ZTE
> md622
> > > mobile modem? Has anybody tried this driver at any time?
> > >
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> > I assume your talking about a MF-622? If so they just supply a USB
> > Serial interface, but you have to do some fiddly udev rules as the
> > device intially shows as a USB mass storage device.
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> > You can find the udev rules on the following ubuntu forums thread:
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> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=665332
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> On 14/04/2008, John Bywater <johnbywr at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Andy
> >
> > Thanks for that information, but I don't have a problem with using the
> modem
> > now. It is just that the performance is so poor that I am trying to see
> if
> > it is the drivers in the generic usbserial or the ISP who are 'three' at
> > fault. I would assume that the ISP is as usual restricting the usage in
> some
> > form or other?
> >
> > The modem being as you say in two parts. The first storage part loads
> first,
> > if it can, then the second part shows itself which is the modem. As I do
> a
> > fresh boot each time, I have no problem as by the time the modem shows
> > itself to the system the boot system has not reach the hardware
> detection
> > stage. So I do a modprobe and then the modified wvdial.
> >
> > When I download any data the MAX speed that i have had is 61.1 kb/s. On
> what
> > I am told is a 2.8 Mb/s and should do 3.6 mb/s according to the sales
> > people. The company seem to think that what speed I am getting is
> perfectly
> > reasonably?
> >
>
> It's a buffer limit within the usbserial module, the small buffer is
> limiting the max speed that can be sent over usbserial. It would be OK
> if your using a proper RS232 connection but for the likes of 3g modems
> it needs a bit more legroom to support the full speed.
>
> http://www.junxion.com/opensource/linux_highspeed_usbserial.html
>
> Thats a nasty hack to the usbserial core, best way to go about it
> (accordingly) is to use the airprime driver, i think 2.4.24 has it
> already in the airprime driver (not too clear from the git commit
> logs).
>
>
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