2008-06-26
Dell XPS M1530 with Ubuntu and Vodafone 3G
Well, let me first say that Ubuntu absolutely rocks on the M1530. The only thing that took me a while to sort out was the on board 3G modem, so here is a little run down of the steps I took to get it working.
I assume for now you have installed the Vodafone 3G dialer.
Step 1: Add the following line in /etc/fstab:
Step 2: Run the following command:
The sleep command might be an overkill, but I am playing safe here.
Step 3: Initialize the modem again. You do this by switching off the modem (slide button on the right hand side of the laptop). Wait 5 seconds, and switch on again. This will create the /dev/ttyUSB* entries.
Step 4: Launch the Vodafone 3G dialer and configure your account. I had to restart the dialer after the initial account set-up.
That's it - surf's up !
I assume for now you have installed the Vodafone 3G dialer.
Step 1: Add the following line in /etc/fstab:
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=46,devmode=664 0 0I did a reboot, just to make sure that everything was working.
Step 2: Run the following command:
sudo modprobe -r usbserial ; sleep 3 ; sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x413c product=0x8138
The sleep command might be an overkill, but I am playing safe here.
Step 3: Initialize the modem again. You do this by switching off the modem (slide button on the right hand side of the laptop). Wait 5 seconds, and switch on again. This will create the /dev/ttyUSB* entries.
Step 4: Launch the Vodafone 3G dialer and configure your account. I had to restart the dialer after the initial account set-up.
That's it - surf's up !
