On Friday 27 May 2011 05:58 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > Dear Shivakiran > > Hi > > my replies inline. > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:49 PM, shivakiran bhaktha > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear Ram, >> I am a researcher in physics and have made an entry into the domain of linux >> just recently. i have found your email address while browsing through to >> solve my problem. I have arrived to Bangalore a few days back, and have >> taken up the Tata photon+ mobile broadband service (Huawei EC152). I have >> installed Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit) on my HP Pavilion laptop. But, I am still >> unable to connect to the internet. I am facing some problems with >> establishing the connection with NM applet. >> BUT, though I am connected at the terminal, I am not able to connect with >> the NM applet. Can you please help me out and let me know where I could be >> going wrong.
@ Mr. Shivakiran, If you are able to connect through wvdial but not through NM, then, AFAIK, it's NM Bug, Please install patched version from here [1] and share your feedback. [1] https://launchpad.net/~hardik-dalwadi/+archive/ppa/+sourcepub/1149798/+listing-archive-extra > NMhas been having some problems, for quite a while now, sometimes it > has been working (for some people). My nm seems to work partially and > have found that every now and then with upgrades and some package > updates the nm does funny things. Based on this i prefer to work with > wvdial . Initially it is a pain - it does not show if there is a > signal or not etc. However over time one gets used to it. (not a > solution but a suggestion) > >> Note that the modem is found at /dev/ttySL0, which is not the case with many >> models of Huawei. Is this to do with the model of Huawei or the Ubuntu >> version? > > I think it may be to do with the specific model. Huawei's we've used > attach themselves to ttyUSB0 - however am not sure if this is a big > problem (or even if its a problem at all) > >> >> PS: if this doesn't work out, then I will have to switch to windows which >> will not be a happy transition!!!! > > my suggestion is if it works in wvdial continue using it - and make > your self a launcher > > right click on the desktop and click on "create launcher" > in type - select application in terminal > in name - give it anything you want > in command - put in your wvdial command > comment you can leave blank > and if you click on the op left spring type icon you can select any > icon that you like to indicate this is your wvdial launcher > > ** > I have not answered your original query of why and how nm does not > work but hope that this works for you and also hope other folks have a > solution to your original query. Though i think you may get replies > only if you are on the list. > > regards > ram -- Hardik Dalwadi person@Canonical http://www.hardik.in -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
