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

[madhukara phatak]

what is its series...since on net it says that ubuntu only supports two
types

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:59 PM, renuka prasad <renukaprasadb at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> 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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