That script seemed to have no special effect on me - usually have 3 or 4 attemts with 'pppd call gprs' until I get a connection. But it connects though. Using a recent build, the gta01 had to be symlinked.
2008/3/17, Peter Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > First of all, I wrote some scripts to get GPRS working. All seemed to work > fine on the last official build from November 2007. I started with the GPRS > instructions off the Wiki, but there were some mistakes which I have > corrected. I also wrote a small script for the startup which looks like > this: > > /etc/init.d/gsmd stop > echo "1" > /sys/bus/platform/devices/gta01-pm-gsm.0/power_on > chown uucp.uucp /dev/ttySAC0 > stty -F /dev/ttySAC0 crtscts > pppd call gprs > > When I moved to one of the more recent builds there was a change which > meant the gta01... line had to be modified to point to neo1973.... > echo "1" > /sys/bus/platform/devices/neo1973-pm-gsm.0/power_on > > However, now I get the following line in /var/log/messages when running > the script: > user.info kernel: neo1973-pm-gsm neo1973-pm-gsm.0: powering up GSM, thus > disconnecting serial console > ... and the script fails to start the GPRS connection. Also, I can't get > access to the modem AT commands any longer. > > Anyone having more luck with GPRS on recent builds? Is there something I > am missing? > >
