[ubuntu-za] South African Ubuntu

[Reenen Laurie]

I think that should become a linux trademark...

Sabuntu (whatever the name is of our distribution...) - "Just works"
(TM)

 

-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Tim Johnson
Sent: 05-November-2008 12:57
To: Ubuntu South African Local Community
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] South African Ubuntu

No joy for MTN (USB & BT), although listed. What is interesting is that
the Apply button is greyed out when entering a password.
Also, setting up the connection without a password, I dont get the
option of MTN in the NM applet.
All other connections, wired & wireless were painless and automatic...  
Just Worked.

On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:25:56 +0200, Morgan Collett <morgan at ubuntu.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 17:20, Vijay Makanjee <vijay at ergo.co.za> wrote:
>> Reenen Laurie wrote:
>>  > * Ensure that stuff like dial-up modems, 3g and any other types of

>> as  > many types are supported  (most are already!)
>
>> and failed on that such that I have given up.
>
> I just tried NetworkManager's 3G support in Intrepid, and it really 
> has grown a beard and punched my old ppp script into oblivion!
> (http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2007/10/15/networkmanager-07-is-the-new-c
> huck-norris/)
>
> I plugged my Nokia E61's USB cable in, selected "PC Suite" mode on the

> phone, and NetworkManager detected it as a mobile broadband device and

> let me configure it by selecting one of the ZA cell providers - choose

> from cell-c, MTN, Virgin Mobile, Vodacom and Vodacom unrestricted APN.
> That adds in a profile with *99# etc preconfigured. Then to use it I 
> just click on the NM applet and choose Vodacom, and it Just Works.
>
> Hopefully the USB 3G modems work just as well.
>
> Regards
> Morgan
>



--
Tim Johnson
Using Ubuntu 8.10 and Opera


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