Kiggs Seriously!! lol On 1 July 2010 12:51, Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: > > Peter is not mortal ... he is part kernel > > On Jul 1, 2010, at 12:27 PM, roy mukasa wrote: > >> Thanks Peter. It actually worked. >> >> On 1 July 2010 12:15, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> How to enable a 3G USB modem using kde's network manager (NM). >>> 1) Plug in your modem >>> 2) Right click on the NM icon in your system tray and choose "Manage >>> Connections" >>> 3) Select the tab labelled "Mobile Broadband" >>> 4) Click on "Add" >>> 5) Give your connection a name (e.g. 3G Connection) >>> 6) Under the "Basic" section enter: >>> number: *99# >>> username: user >>> password: user >>> 7) Save. >>> 8) LEFT click on the NM icon in your system tray. Choose "3G Connection" >>> 9) Profit.... >>> NOTE: I've used this for both Warid & Orange USB modems, as well as on a >>> Zain with a Nokia 6300 phone connected using USB. No need to enter the >>> APN. >>> I can click "3G Connection" for any USB connected modem. >>> Peter >>> "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" >>> -- Robert Frost >>> >>> >>> On 30 June 2010 22:25, Janosch Maier <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Perhaps installing the gnome network manager to replace the kde one >>>> might be a solution. Not a nice one, but one at least ;) >>>> >>>> Am 30.06.2010 17:35, schrieb Reinier Battenberg: >>>>> >>>>> that is for ubuntu, and indeed, that works. >>>>> >>>>> For KDE, i had the same issue, the orange dongle didnt work on karmic. >>>>> Now the >>>>> magic: I went to Kenya, plugged in a safaricom modem, and hopsa! I was >>>>> online. >>>>> No prob. >>>>> >>>>> Come back in Uganda, and suddenly my orange modem also works. >>>>> >>>>> Until my upgrade to Lucid. Now i am modemless again. (did stick in a >>>>> safaricom >>>>> modem 2 weeks back when i was in nairobi, but some magic doesnt repeat >>>>> itself). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> There is also a chance it might have worked due to some editing of >>>>> wvdial >>>>> configuration, but i havent investigated that yet, office jockey i am. >>>>> >>>>> i do need to go out more often, its just too much fun at Mountbatten! >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Janosch Maier <[email protected]> -- http://phynformatik.de >>>> This E-Mais is signed via GnuPG <http://gnupg.org/>. My public key: >>>> 0xEB21B1DE >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> LUG mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>> >>>> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>> >>>> All Archives can be found at >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>>> >>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>>> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >>>> way. >>>> --------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LUG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> >>> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> >>> All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >>> way. >>> --------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Roy Mukasa >> MUK FCIT >> +256774291110 >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > >
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