[FSUG-Bangalore] help req to configure TATA photon + USB modem on ubuntu

[renuka prasad]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:56 PM, madhukara phatak <
madhukaraphatak at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you are using ubuntu 9.04 or 9.10 u can do it without editing wvdial
> In networking select Mobile BroadBand and select the India as country
> There u will get the Tata photon + option and just enter the number as
> username and password
> Then as u select the wifi from network manager,u can select the mobile
> broadband...hope it works :)
>

no that wont work
device is not configured

>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:49 PM, renuka prasad <renukaprasadb at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> i was trying to configure tata photon + USB modem on ubuntu
>>
>> some times my device is getting detected , and some other times it is not
>> .... i get message as
>>
>> Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 32: mount: block device
>> /dev/sr1 is write-protected, mounting read-only
>> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sr1,
>>        missing codepage or helper program, or other error
>>        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>>        dmesg | tail  or so
>>
>>
>> Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 32: mount: /dev/sr1 is not a
>> valid block device
>>
>> it has 8GB memory slot ( we need to add a card, i have not added )
>>
>> when i did lsusb i got following output
>> rvcemcabrp at rvcemcabrp-laptop:~$ lsusb
>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 002 Device 012: ID 201e:2009
>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 005 Device 018: ID 0a5c:2110 Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth Controller
>> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>>
>> when i did wvdialconf
>>
>> rvcemcabrp at rvcemcabrp-laptop:~$ sudo wvdialconf
>> Editing `/etc/wvdial.conf'.
>>
>> Scanning your serial ports for a modem.
>>
>> Modem Port Scan<*1>: S0   S1   S2   S3
>>
>>
>> Sorry, no modem was detected!  Is it in use by another program?
>> Did you configure it properly with setserial?
>>
>> Please read the FAQ at http://open.nit.ca/wiki/?WvDial
>>
>> If you still have problems, send mail to <wvdial-list at lists.nit.ca>.
>> rvcemcabrp at rvcemcabrp-laptop:~$
>>
>>
>> if you have links of any success in configuring the device kindly forward
>>
>>
>> thanks in advance
>>
>> renuka prasad
>>
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