Rick, How did you accomplish this, is there a patch available?
Thanks! On 1/25/09, Rick Scott <rwsc...@alumni.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 11:52 -0800, Chris Maresca wrote: >> I tried hacking network manager's config to recognize barry and pppob, >> but it never really worked. In the end, I just created an icon linked >> to the a script that killed NM and started barry. Clicking it again >> would shutdown barry and startup NM. >> >> I think the GSM/CDMA features of NM are really designed for 3G pc cards, >> not usb tethered phones-as-modems.... I guess the real answer would be >> a kernel driver that made the phone-as-modem look like a network >> device.... Wasn't someone working on this? > > phone-as-modem look like a modem, suitable for pppd .... Done. At least > me and 2 other people have been using it for a few weeks. It also > exposes the desktop, ftp file system, and the javaloader, interfaces as > devices. > > >> >> Chris. >> >> Darren Albers wrote: >> > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Chris Frey <cdf...@foursquare.net> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 02:13:33PM -0500, Darren Albers wrote: >> >> >> >>> I am considering replacing my Blackberry plus Aircard with just a >> >>> tethering plan. I see that Barry allows the use of a Blackberry >> >>> tethered using a chat script but does it permit the device to be >> >>> detected by Network Manager as a GSM/CDMA modem? >> >>> >> >> Hi Darren, and welcome to Barry! >> >> >> >> There is nothing special in Barry to make the modem easy to use via any >> >> GUI. >> >> All it installs is the library, pppob (the command line tunnel to the >> >> modem), and some ppp options files and chatscripts under /etc/ppp and >> >> /etc/chatscripts, if you are using binary packages. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> If it just presents itself as a serial port it may just need a .fdi so >> >>> that it can be recognized. If that is all it takes I may be able to >> >>> help with that. >> >>> >> >> That would be great. Please send any patches to the list, and keep us >> >> posted. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> I also see some back and forth on the Blackberry Bold, if I use the >> >>> version via CVS does the bold work properly? >> >>> >> >> As you are probably seeing on the list, some features, like password >> >> support >> >> are a work in progress. Best way to find out for yourself is to try. >> >> >> >> The latest CVS is fairly stable for a devel tree, and does have fixes >> >> that are >> >> not in 0.14. >> >> >> >> - Chris >> >> >> > >> > I don't think this is going to work with NetworkManager as it is now. >> > Is there any way to call pppob directly and have it create a standard >> > serial type interface? >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > This SF.net email is sponsored by: >> > SourcForge Community >> > SourceForge wants to tell your story. >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Barry-devel mailing list >> > Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: >> SourcForge Community >> SourceForge wants to tell your story. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword >> _______________________________________________ >> Barry-devel mailing list >> Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > Barry-devel mailing list > Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel > -- Sent from my mobile device ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Barry-devel mailing list Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel
