Vodafone Mobile Connect Card

Betavine has released VMC 2.0.beta2 on 2008-04-30

How to install? Enter this (for ubuntu, use sudo.. for fedora, use su)

sudo sh vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-2.0.beta2-ubuntu-installer.run

But. it require python file. So you must use my he220rc2 installer to get connect to a repo. To get he220rc2, find it here:

http://huaweie220.blogspot.com

Ok, I've started from scratch, installing gos space, then the vodafone driver. Of course everything works OK! (apart from having to get my SIM card unlocked). One small thing, when I downloaded the upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04 and loaded the driver, I was informed that these two files needed their permissions changed from 0600 to 0660:
/etc/ppp/chap-secrets
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets

Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux needs the following files and dirs with some specific permissions in order to work properly: /etc/ppp/pap-secrets should have 0660 mode, found 0600 /etc/ppp/chap-secrets should have 0660 mode, found 0600

How to solve this problem??

Ok, now it is easy, just open terminal and give this three command:

sudo chmod g+rw /etc/ppp/*-secrets
sudo chmod 0660 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
sudo chmod 0660 /etc/ppp/chap-secrets

Now I have it working but have to go through a few hoops:

1. click on Vodafone Connect Card, cancel it! (after authenticated or searching device)
2. remove (disconnect modem) five seconds and re-plug device
3. Wait in a few moments (until a beep light is slow) enter this at terminal:
$ sudo modprobe -r ehci_hcd

4. click on Vodafone Connect Card. There you go.....


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