Many thanks, Dave. Unfortunately, mate, no cigar. I carried out everything as per your instructions and nothing further has evolved from attempting to get connected on 9.04. However, for what it was worth, I had a spare lappy that I usually trial stuff on (been trying out Kubuntu 9.04 - how cool is KDE? ). So I thought, what the hec and ran-up Ubuntu 8.10 to see if that did anything. Following your instructions again, this time it did go a step further after adding Vodafone in Network Manager by alerting me with the following message from "My Disc": "This medium contains software intended to be automatically started. Would you like to run it? . . . etc" Then does nothing more and drops the My Disc icon on the Desktop. When opened it gave me 3 obviously expected files to look at (all of which will do very little in my situation): autorun.inf, helper.exe, and the Vodafone Connect app' - setup_vms_lite.exe. All in all, I think I must pick USB modems like I pick horses - they end up costing me money. :-) So, I really don't think we can go any further on this one. Many thanks and 10/10, from the list, for all the assistance on this (and the beer shop url, Dave). A beer and Ubuntu night? I like that idea. :-) Cheers Guys, and have a great day. Righto, . . . .I'm off to the Three Shop! Regards, Rob PS: Just so you know, I also tried running it under WINE on Ubuntu 9.04 (no, didn't think it'd work to start with but gave it a go anyway) and on Kubuntu 9.04 before I toasted it and ran it back to 8.10.
On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 10:58 +1000, Dave Hall wrote: > Do you get the network manager wizard when you plug in the device? If > not try this: > Right click on the network manager applet > Select the mobile broadband tab > Click add > Click forward > Select vodafone from the list of providers > Click forward > Give it a name - the default vodafone should be fine > Click Apply > (Left) Click on the network manager applet > Select vodafone from the list > Point your browser to google.com.au > Be impressed that it loaded > Go to http://www.internationalbeershop.com.au and order some beer for > the network manager developers :) (Note: the Around the World in Twenty > Beers Pack is really good). > Send an email to the list telling everyone how easy it was > Cheers > Dave > - =============================================== Local Id: OPM595 Email: [email protected] PO Box 190, Narellan NSW 2567 Australia Aude aliquid dignum - "Dare Something Worthy" ===============================================
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