Comments on: Verizon 3G (EVDO) Working On My Linux Aspire One

By: Chris V

Chris V — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:57:08 +0000

Hello,

Has anyone been able to get the internal 3g card to work with Linux? I am running the netbook edition of Ubuntu 10.10 (I believe…definitely a novice at this). Barry is now working so I can tether blackberry but rather do without the anchor if possible.

By: Fred F.

Fred F. — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:51:29 +0000

This works perfectly on my new Verizon setup also. The only suggestion I’ll add is to set “stupid mode” in the gnome-ppp options. Doing this (in my environment at least; Acer Aspire One D250 running Ubuntu Jaunty) prevents a longish delay with gnome-ppp sitting on “waiting for prompt.”

By: Tom Greer

Tom Greer — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:39:16 +0000

Andy,

I’m glad you got it working.

The one command on which you received an error:

sudo cdc-acm /lib/modules/2.6.23.9lw/usb/class/

Should be:

sudo cp cdc-acm /lib/modules/2.6.23.9lw/usb/class/

I’ve fixed the text in the article.

Also, the sudo prefix on each command makes you the superuser (same as root). So that should not have been necessary. But your technique works as well.

I’m glad you are up and running.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:54:46 +0000

OK, all fixed and working. I had to change the file owner from “root” to my username. After that, all steps worked perfectly and my Verizon USB connects!!!!

You rock! Thank you!

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:30:41 +0000

Me again. I’m new to Linux, but I’m guessing the problem is that the module won’t move to the newly created file. When I open up the File Manager and try to copy the file that way, the file won’t move.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:15:37 +0000

An early glitch.

When entering:

$ sudo cdc-acm /lib/modules/2.6.23.9lw/usb/class/

I get:

sudo: cdc-acm: command not found

Any ideas?

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:13:55 +0000

Awesome, thanks Tom. I’ll give this a shot over the next day or two–many thanks for compiling the list.

By: Tom Greer

Tom Greer — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:17:40 +0000

Andy,

I have updated the article above with what I believe are the magic steps to make this work.

Please try this and advise.

Thanks.

Tom

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:58:02 +0000

I’d love to know how you did it. I can’t find any advice on the web.

By: Tom Greer

Tom Greer — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:19:21 +0000

I tested my connection speed at speedtest.net. Here are the results:

Am I happy? I'm overjoyed at having any access to the Internet from virtually any of the places I frequently travel. Is it fast enough? Yes. Not bad. Would I be happy if it were faster? Of course!