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

[Gilbert Morrow]

If you figure out what was happening , please post results here , I
personally do not have one of the Sprint EV-DO cards but would like to know
just for knowledge sake .
It would seem that the kernel is seeing something of the device , just don't
know what , without the output of "lsusb" or "dmesg" .
"lsusb" show all USB device attached to my computer , and "dmesg' will show
all of the devices but the last lines are usually the ones where the new
devices are present .
I can't duplicate the message with my laptop seeing it uses PCMCIA
PCI-EXPRESS devices or mini PCI-EXPRESS .
On 7/28/06, . Daniel <xdesign at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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