[NTLUG:Discuss] Any idea how to get a Sprint EVDO wirelessbroadband card to

[. Daniel]

I'm curious enough to want to see this thing for myself.  I work in the 
"Uptown" Dallas area and I live in Arlington.  Maybe we could do lunch or 
something and you can bring the laptop along.  Every time I have wanted to 
go to the meeting each month, something seems to get in the way, so I 
wouldn't depend on that form of scheduling.  

>
>Yes, the card works on the very same laptop when I boot into Windows.
>
>I tried also booting from a Knoppix CD.  The Knoppix is version 5, based 
on
>kernel 2.6.17.
>The results are the same as SUSE:  I only get a "cardbus card inserted"
>message, but no
>additional modules loaded and no additions to "lspci".
>
>David
>
>
> >From: ". Daniel" <xdesign at hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: NTLUG Discussion List <Discuss at ntlug.org>
> >To: Discuss at ntlug.org
> >Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss]
> >AnyideahowtogetaSprintEVDOwirelessbroadbandcardto
> >Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:15:33 -0500
> >
> >Yeah, I'll be happy to tell my tale.  Part of it is on this very list.  
I
> >was confused about a great many aspects of getting the thing running.  
I'll
> >try to write it up as a how-to, but mostly, it'll be a "how I did."  
Your
> >configuration seems to be lacking the most crucial part of the thing --
> >recognition by the machine/OS.
> >
> >I will try to write this up today some time while I'm at the office.  
But
> >the quick answer the latter:
> >
> >I use Fedora Core 5.  I used instructions intended for Ubuntu.  (I 
posted
> >the link on a previous comment somewhere back there.)  I got some good 
help
> >from this very list on how to trouble-shoot and all that, but it all
> >started with the device working and being recognized.
> >
> >After having not thought about your problem for some time, I have a 
little
> >more perspective on the problem.  You say it works under Windows.  Is 
that
> >Windows on the SAME machine?  I hope it is... it would serve to help
> >eliminate hardware as the problem.  If it's not, we might want to spend 
a
> >little time investigating to see if the host hardware isn't the problem.
> >
> >My device shows up as /dev/ttyUSB0.  I have read other sites claiming 
that
> >it appears as /dev/ttyACM0.  The previous "Merlin" card did that... I 
have
> >one of those too.  I never attempted to make it "work" under Linux.  I 
just
> >stuck it in my laptop to see what Linux would report it as being.  The 
same
> >goes for this Sprint EVDO card... I just stuck it in to see what Linux
> >would report.  It reported /dev/ttyUSB0.
> >
> >Your diagnotics aren't even getting you that far, I'm afraid.  I'm 
hesitant
> >to suggest changing distros as I'm still having a hard time wrapping my
> >mind around the idea that the "specialness" of a distro's custom kernel
> >would enable or disable the use of various hardware.  I have never
> >personally witnessed that problem, though I can say that I'm impressed 
with
> >the way Knoppix IDs and sets up hardware.  (That's why I suggested 
trying
> >to boot from Knoppix to see what the OS reports about your hardware.)
> >
> >I can't really write a "how to" on detecting hardware.  But here's the
> >short-answer of what I did:
> >
> >1. Insert PCMCIA card.
> >2. Check the "dmesg | tail" to see what device came up.
> >3. ...start setting up the ppp connection settings...
> >
> >All the stuff I did in step 3 is worth writing about.  I didn't have any
> >problems in steps 1 and 2 though... and as far as I can tell, that's 
where
> >you're stuck.  BTW, do you have any other PCMCIA devices that work?  Do
> >they work in that machine under Linux?
> >
> >
>  >
> > >Daniel , can you do a how to as to how you accomplished the task here 
?
> > >And what distro you have done this with ?
> > >
>
>
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