@4llerbe
open d update plstform n clik on preferences clik on d Auto refresh button, i gess u can tk it frm dere
besides, guys am back to mint oh( trying out some stuf wen deres time )

@ lynx are you tryin 2 abandon d ubuntu community? Ehn? U beta format dt system n reinstall jaunty. You dnt undastand me. Av gotten d vpn. I need 2 configure it. D yf already tries 2 start it then gives a tun/tap permission error. Ok where is d adapter like in windows where i can tweak d dns? And hw do i give d thing permission 2 use d vpn?

4llerbe, are you running ubuntu inside a virtual machine?

@4llerbe
no am not leaving d ubuntu community, my system startetd misbehaving so i did an aptoncd and on reinstalling d jaunty is not accepting it so am just tryin out somtin else to c hw it goes
i also get d same errors wen runing vpn too,
to put d dns, edit d vpn connection n clik on IVp4 den input d dns n alternete add
hope it works cos mine did but was neva stable n it connected b4 i startd d yf client so i cnt help much
cheers

blackweaver:

@jediknight
if it's a composite device then your pc's probably seeing it as a cdrom
try ejecting the cdrom device
that's what i do sometimes with my ovation usb modem

probably /dev/sr0 or /dev/sr1
(though i think sr0 will eject your existing cd/dvd drive)
unless you have more than one cd/dvd drive in which it might be /dev/sr2
(the command should be eject /dev/sr1)

just try "dmesg | grep /dev/sr" to find the devices that are listed

(oh and just for the record, i'm more of linux savvy; most of the tricks i know i learnt from
using less user friendly distros)

@Blackweaver,

Thanks for the reply. I did try what u suggested:ejecting the cdrom/dvdrom using the eject /dev/sr0 command, it still didn't work.

I don't think the device is being recognised as a cdrom, if it was it shld come up on the places list with the rest of the devices/drives. the lucky one time it worked it came up there as a cdrom drive.

any more ideas.

Thanks.

jedi, can you paste the result of "sudo lsusb"

No am not. Its d only thing on d hard drive. It seems this is not solvable?

@hayprof
well let me make it open, i got it for N15k so hw much do u want it?
as per srnshot wil upload ltr, sims my fone blutooth is misbehaving dis mornin

ooppps sorry wrong post
@4llerbe,
my guy no giv up oh, try on anoda pc if possible i feel d probs may be wit d pc u r using now
cheers

@ lynx Give up? No o. Just wondering. U knw wat, help me wit mint. If u can mail it gr8. if u cant, i rmbr u said u work in ikeja, i can come pick it up.

Maybe mint will bhave beta. Wat is funny is as av said i run it on a dualboot laptop and ubuntu only desktop and problems always identical. Must be my luck i guess.

Will keep on sha, every problem is solvable u just have 2 try and try. It will help if i get pointers on windows equivalents. Am pretty good wit windows

ok in windows go to device properties
(start -> run -> type devmgmt.msc)
select the properties for the sound device
(ps NOT the one that says codecs)
select properties , click on the details tab and paste the value shown
should be something like:
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0862&SUBSYS_1462725A&REV_1000\4&1952BAB1&0&0301

In windows?? Wat windows? I dunno. U want d hardware id?

4llerbe:

@ lynx Give up? No o. Just wondering. U knw wat, help me wit mint. If u can mail it gr8. if u cant, i rmbr u said u work in ikeja, i can come pick it up.

Maybe mint will bhave beta. Wat is funny is as av said i run it on a dualboot laptop and ubuntu only desktop and problems always identical. Must be my luck i guess.

Will keep on sha, every problem is solvable u just have 2 try and try. It will help if i get pointers on windows equivalents. Am pretty good wit windows

no probs wil try to mail u mint n jaunty(wil mk a copy frm d original sent to me)
by d way, i work in mushin n reside in isolo
cheers

microsoft windows, you said you knew your way around it

Yes now. But unless i install it back on d desktop no way. 4 d lapie, i will see when i get home. Then i saw some stuff on ubuntu forums abt dt onboard card in d desktop. Modprobe. But it was 4 hoary and one other distro. Is it safe to try it on jaunty?

modprobe is how you load drivers; the only problem is that you have to know which driver you want to
load which is why i asked about lspci and the config id in windows

OKAY! Dis has been a big learning curve. I solved d prob 4 d desktop. Apparently d onboard sound card which is ess audiodrive is classified as older card so d kernel doesnt load it by default. So i had 2 do a modprobe.d/ create a new entry in d module ( im guessing at proper terms here) had 2 create a new file along d line, then gedit d module 2 include d card in d startup drivers n voila. Sound.


Am presently frustrating every1 @ home with my boonbox loud!
If i get online l8r (mtn na wah o) i will post d procedure n lines used.
D laptop 4 l8r. Right now am tired n hungry.
Viva ubuntu!
Neva thot i culd look stupid in front of a pc.

Pls where n hw do i pull wmp9 codecs/plugins? Iv done d restricted extras and gstreamers yet d thing still askin 4 wmp 9 codecs and mp3 idtags.

and i guess someone can help me with the logic of this. i have a networking app (yf) that works fine. now its supposed to start a vpn client.
when the app connects it does fine, when it tries to start the vpn it starts then fails giving an error code. from what i have deduced, that vpn needs to be run as root, similar to the case in vista where it has to be run as administrator.

wherein lies my question, how can i achieve the feat of making the vpn run as root knwing that its not me that starts it but the app.

gurus,, over to una o!

what happens if you run the app with the sudo command?

blackweaver:

jedi, can you paste the result of "sudo lsusb"

@Blackweaver,

Thanks for the reply, attached are the results & also results from the sudo dsmesg


Bless.

hey, it seems starting it as super user works a dream. thanks



then maybe some1 knows what this is about, iv tried using the gui end for wvdial , thats GPPP but no sucess, this is what i get if i plug it in

jediknight; you know how to insert and remove modules don't you?

anyway try "sudo rmmod usbserial"
then "sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x05c6 product=0x6000"
then "sudo modprobe option"

then try "dmesg | grep tty"
you should get a message like ttyUSB0 ,
and that means your modem has been detected

if not pls paste the output of "dmesg | tail" again

@4llerbe unfortunately i don't use gui when i use wvdial, i just
run it from command line "sudo wvdial" but of course you have to have
configured it first;
if you like i can show you - if you don't think it'll be too
complicated

Id very much appreciate it if u showed me. I just have 2 get used 2 d cmd line. Iv thot abt it n i figured i can only make dt fone work using d terminal. I just dont undastand why network mgr asks 4 a puk. And i have searched but havent come across any reference anywhere to this issue.

blackweaver:

jediknight; you know how to insert and remove modules don't you?

anyway try "sudo rmmod usbserial"
then "sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x05c6 product=0x6000"
then "sudo modprobe option"

then try "dmesg | grep tty"
you should get a message like ttyUSB0 ,
and that means your modem has been detected

if not pls paste the output of "dmesg | tail" again

@Blackweaver,

Thanks for your prompt response and help.
I  ran the cmds, it's still not working, attached are the  results

@jedi my mistake it should have been "sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x05c6 product=0x1000"

so try the process again:

"sudo rmmod usbserial"
sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x05c6 product=0x1000"
sudo modprobe option"
"dmesg | grep tty"
give me outputs of: "dmesg | tail"
and "tail /var/log/messages"

you ARE using ubuntu9 aren't you?

HEY WEAVER OOO!, pls i was installing something thru aptitude and aong the line i changed my mind and decided to cancel the install. now i cant do anything with apt again or synaptic. whenever i try to run them it tells me to run sudo dpkg --configure -a and then tries to resume that old installation. pls how can i cancel the nonsense, i dont need it, its microsoft fonts and i really culdnt care less. i need get other stuff but this is in the way, and i cant wait for it to finish, bandwith is limited

And i noticed that synaptic is now veeeeerrrrrry slow getting files off the net. as in really slow, when i try the same links in mozilla it comes really fast yet in synaptic its really slow. what have i messed up o?

Lerbe: As regards slow downloads. You may open System -> Administration -> Software Sources
Download From: From the drop down, select other and choose "Select Best Server", a series of tests would be conducted (basically it would ping several servers) and output one with the best reply, you should select that one and reload the terminal and run:

Sudo apt-get update

As for the terminal, usually a CTRL + C like the windows cmd prompt should cancel any running process?

blackweaver:

@jedi my mistake it should have been "sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x05c6 product=0x1000"

so try the process again:

"sudo rmmod usbserial"
sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x05c6 product=0x1000"
sudo modprobe option"
"dmesg | grep tty"
give me outputs of: "dmesg | tail"
and "tail /var/log/messages"

you ARE using ubuntu9 aren't you?

@Blackweaver,

Thanks once again.Yes i'm running Ubuntu 9 (jaunty)

Below are the results. I don't think it working yet, it hasn't come upon the network manager.  i tired the wvdial thingy too, it didn't work or maybe i didn't configure that well.

@jediknight from your messages i see that your device has been detected
(generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0)
maybe i can help you with your wvdial config; what network are you on?
if it's starcomms then we don't have a problem (since i use starcomms myself
i can tell you what exactly to do) if not you will have to give me some information
while using the modem in windows; (i take it your modem is working in windows
right?)
anyway from windows while you are connected go to the command prompt and
type ipconfig /all and paste the output (the part that has the ppp connection)
also i will need to know the phone number or better still if you think you can handle it
yourself this is what you have to do:

type sudo wvdialconfig in your terminal window

, to be continued