Cool. Thanks

Regards,

Alex Mwega

From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of Boniface
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:24 AM
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Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Safaricom Modem in Linux

I Can send you a script that works once am back in the office. I have tested it on Suse and Fedora/Centos and works seemlessly. You can then create a Launcher if you so wish.

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Alex Mwega <alex@ims.co.ke> wrote:

Thanks Ndungi. Actually I installed the latest version of OpenSUSE and was shocked when it didn’t work though I know the modem works on MacOS

Regards,

Alex Mwega

From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of Ndungi Kyalo
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Safaricom Modem in Linux

Hi Alex,

The plug-play modem software doesnt always work on Linux, but I'll tell you something that always works on linux : ppp or gnome-ppp or kppp (all birds of the feather). On most systems the modem dialer (ppp and its brethren) works seamlessly through NetworkManager applets.

Click on the NetworkManager applet at the bottom -right corner and select the option to connect to "GSM broadband blah blah" or something to that effect --> an hour glass for a few seconds and then annotification "you are now connected to blah blah blah".

If this doesnt work, I'd suggest you try a more recent version of OpenSuse or Ubuntu as Imelda hinted.

On 16 September 2010 06:40, imelda <mueni0@gmail.com> wrote:

it should work , though i use ubuntu

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Alex Mwega <alex@ims.co.ke> wrote:

Hi good people,

Does the Safaricom Modem work on a linux installation? I installed OpenSUSE 11 at home and tried to plug and play the modem in vain.

Kind Regards,

Alex Mwega

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