SD Card bug? XO 1.75 (Repeat post)

[RJV]

"that are needed when I use the 3G dongle on a Windows box"

please read it as *that are "not" needed"

Regards,

Jv

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:12 PM, RJV <jv.ravichandran at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jerry,
>
> Is this a response to my question? If yes, mine is a XO 1.75 C2 and since
> I am new to Sugar and OLPC, I am not very good at the various versions.
>
> What I can tell you is that I have been through the Network Manager but it
> asks for details (like username, password etc) that are needed when I use
> the 3G dongle on a Windows box and which are not provided  by the provider
> (India telecom provider - Airtel)
>
> I thought of using the wvdial to set it up but do you mean that I can plug
> in the dongle and it will plug and play? I did not want to try it because
> of the mishap with the SD card.
>
> Jv
>
> >>I can help you with this part, my 3G dongle is 100% working but on
> OLPC-AU images so there might be some small differences here.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Jerry Vonau <jvonau at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2012-10-08 at 19:42 +0530, RJV wrote:
>> > Mikus, I am sorry, too, that you found it SO important to answer an
>> > email that is not to your wavelength. Btw, your email looks like human
>> > spam to me so marking your email id for spam and is so offensive in
>> > tone that I have a good mind to withdraw from this list. Did I forget
>> > to mention that I did not read more than three lines of your enail.
>> >
>> >
>> > Do not reply to this email.
>> >
>> >
>> > For the rest in this list, this email from Mikus is far too spiteful
>> > in tone for anyone to ignore. Will somebody care to explain unless of
>> > course if the email is okay as per the question.
>> >
>>
>> Think we might need some clarification of what you tried to do and if
>> you have sugar and/or gnome working or are you stuck at at command
>> prompt somehow?
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >         DID I FORGET WHICH OS BUILD YOU HAVE INSTALLED?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >                 I need to run a 3G (Airtel - Indian telecom provider)
>> >                 and may need
>> >                 some help on this.
>> >
>>
>> I can help you with this part, my 3G dongle is 100% working but on
>> OLPC-AU images so there might be some small differences here.
>>
>>
>> >
>> >         Given the kind of questions you are asking, I would __STRONGLY
>> >         ADVISE__ you NOT to try using an XO for this purpose:
>> >
>> >         The only way an XO can talk directly to 3G is with a
>> >         "dongle".  But the "dongle" will need software.  [You can only
>> >         _hope_ that wvdial.rpm is the only significant item of
>> >         software you would need to pick up yourself.]  That software
>> >         will almost certainly require 'dependencies' to be installed
>> >         in the operating system - will they be available?  And will
>> >         all the needed software run on an XO?  Is the wvdial.rpm that
>> >         you downloaded even meant for the ARM architecture?  [Remember
>> >         that (non-Android) ARM-CPU operating systems have only
>> >         recently arrived for general distribution.]
>> >
>> >         There may also be difficulties tying in the Network Management
>> >         in an XO with a connection through 3G.  [I myself am currently
>> >         using an ethernet (wired) path to the internet from my XO-1.75
>> >         - but that takes advantage of me having four years of
>> >         experience using ethernet with XOs - others might encounter
>> >         hurdles.]
>> >
>> >         In any case, I myself am not an user of 3G (i.e., cellular
>> >         data).  So I do not expect to be able to help you.  [I do have
>> >         an Android tablet - and you have no idea of how many people
>> >         have posted to its support forum about problems setting up
>> >         good 3G service.]
>> >
>>
>> NetworkManager handles the 3g connections just fine though
>> modem-manager, no need to add any other software.
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ravichandran Jv
> http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com
>



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Regards,

Ravichandran Jv
http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com
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