SD Card bug? XO 1.75 (Repeat post)

[Jerry Vonau]

On Mon, 2012-10-08 at 21:12 +0530, RJV 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.
> 
> 

yes, plug and configure anyway. while in sugar right click on your XO's
name -> "my setting" -> "power" un-check the checked box, click on the
check in the upper right corner to save the change. 

click on "modem" and enter only the need info for your ISP, click on the
check in the upper right corner to save the change. Click on the X in
the upper right corner to exit "my settings"

Jerry

> 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