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New Phone - SE K660i

Finally , after about 6 month looking for decent phone, now I am a proud owner of Sony Ericsson K660i.
Cheap 3G/HSDPA phone, nice design and most important, fit on my tight budget :).

Went to Maxis Center at Kotaraya yesterday and subscribe to Unlimited Data Package (RM99) + New Plan 50.

Now at the office and trying to connect to 3G using this phone as modem. Run wvdial

sicksand@sicksand-laptop:~$ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
Editing `/etc/wvdial.conf’.

Scanning your serial ports for a modem.

Modem Port Scan: S0 S1 S2 S3
WvModem: Cannot get information for serial port.
ttyACM0: ATQ0 V1 E1 — OK
ttyACM0: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z — OK
ttyACM0: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 — OK
ttyACM0: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 — OK
ttyACM0: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 — OK
ttyACM0: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 — OK
ttyACM0: Modem Identifier: ATI — Sony Ericsson K660
ttyACM0: Speed 4800: AT — OK
ttyACM0: Speed 9600: AT — OK
ttyACM0: Speed 19200: AT — OK
ttyACM0: Speed 38400: AT — OK
ttyACM0: Speed 57600: AT — OK
ttyACM0: Speed 115200: AT — OK
ttyACM0: Speed 230400: AT — OK
ttyACM0: Speed 460800: AT — OK
ttyACM0: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe.
ttyACM0: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 — OK
WvModem: Cannot get information for serial port.
ttyACM1: ATQ0 V1 E1 — OK
ttyACM1: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z — OK
ttyACM1: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 — OK
ttyACM1: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 — OK
ttyACM1: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 — OK
ttyACM1: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 — OK
ttyACM1: Modem Identifier: ATI — Sony Ericsson K660
ttyACM1: Speed 4800: AT — OK
ttyACM1: Speed 9600: AT — OK
ttyACM1: Speed 19200: AT — OK
ttyACM1: Speed 38400: AT — OK
ttyACM1: Speed 57600: AT — OK
ttyACM1: Speed 115200: AT — OK
ttyACM1: Speed 230400: AT — OK
ttyACM1: Speed 460800: AT — OK
ttyACM1: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe.
ttyACM1: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 — OK

Found an USB modem on /dev/ttyACM0.
Modem configuration written to /etc/wvdial.conf.
ttyACM0: Speed 460800; init “ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0”
ttyACM1: Speed 460800; init “ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0”

gladly it detect and my wvdial.conf look like this

[Dialer Defaults]
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = USB Modem
Phone = *99#
ISDN = 0
Username = maxis
Init1 = ATZ
Password = wap
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
Baud = 460800

but after I ran wvdial, got this error

—> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
—> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
—> Modem initialized.
—> Cannot get information for serial port.
—> Initializing modem.
—> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
—> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
—> Modem initialized.
—> Sending: ATDT*99#
—> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT*99#
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CONNECT
—> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
~[7f]}#@!}!}”} }9}#}%B#}%}(}”}’}”}”}&} } } } }%}&G[7f]MA}7w~
—> PPP negotiation detected.
—> Starting pppd at Tue May 6 12:23:16 2008
—> Pid of pppd: 6328
—> Using interface ppp0
—> pppd: ��[06][08]`�[06][08]
—> pppd: ��[06][08]`�[06][08]
—> pppd: ��[06][08]`�[06][08]
—> pppd: ��[06][08]`�[06][08]
—> pppd: ��[06][08]`�[06][08]
—> pppd: ��[06][08]`�[06][08]
—> pppd: ��[06][08]`�[06][08]
—> Disconnecting at Tue May 6 12:23:17 2008
—> The PPP daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code = 16)
—> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
—> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd man pages for more information.

Can anyone on planet here help me out this problems.

UPDATE 6th May 2008 17:08PM

Success connected to 3g, using gnome-ppp and add unet 

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
ISDN = off
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Baud = 460800
Init = ATX3
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”unet”
Init4 =
Init5 =
Init6 =
Init7 =
Init8 =
Init9 =
Phone = *99#
Phone1 = *99#
Phone2 =
Phone3 =
Phone4 =
Dial Prefix =
Dial Attempts = 1
Dial Command = ATM0L0DT
Ask Password = off
Password = wap
Username = maxis
Auto Reconnect = on
Abort on Busy = on
Carrier Check = on
Check Def Route = on
Abort on No Dialtone = off
Stupid Mode = on
Idle Seconds = 0
Auto DNS = on
;Minimize = off
;Dock = on
;Do NOT edit this file by hand!

ubuntu hh 8.04

about a week now i am using ubuntu hh 8.04 via wubi. altho is a vm, it doesnt feel like a vm. so far the performance is okay, I never look back to my windows partitions. almost 90% of my work on my windows, can be done here in ubuntu. the only setback is , I try to configure to vpn my project site, using l2tp over ipsec. still searching for the best programs out there. all in all is good. by the way, I am using tumblweed (adobe air client) to write this post.

INPROCOMM IPN 2220 Wireless LAN Adapter problem in Ubuntu

Now, I am using Ubuntu without looking back to my WinXp. The installation went fine via wubi. Now I am in dual boot environment. All screen, audio, touchpad is ok, but the wireless is not visible in my network manager.

I start by checking the restricted driver and no proprietory driver is detected. strange. After googling for few hours, I found solutions, by using ndiswrapper. My wireless chipset is INPROCOMM IPN 2220 Wireless LAN Adapter, download it via here .

Install ndiswrapper and ndiswrapper utils

sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common

sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 

 extract the driver and issue this command

sudo ndiswrapper -i /home/sicksand/Desktop/driver/Winxp/neti2220.inf

check if the driver is installed

ndiswrapper -l

neti2220 : driver installed

device 17FE:2220 present

now, load the module and check for error

sudo depmod -a

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

now you can see network manager and wireless shoud be visible by now. now to load it at startup

sudo ndiswrapper -m

edit file /etc/modules and add “ndiswrapper” (without the quote) and the eof, save it and you’re done.

Credits : http://phildawson.tumblr.com/post/22267163 

VirtualBox Ubuntu Screen Problem

VirtualBox is one of the rising product that gain much popularity in community. The size is much smaller than VMWare and it is easy to setup. I get my hand on VirtualBox and install Ubuntu 7.10 as guest OS.

All went fine, no hiccups and smooth. My max screen size is 1024x768, but after I install Ubuntu 7.10 on VirtualBox, the screen size max is only 800x600. Went to the forum and found this solutions.

At the terminal type this

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg 

Select Vboxvideo and select your desire resolution. and restarting X by pressing 

Ctrl + Alt + Backspace

Now, you have the desired resolutions working. But you will notice that your mouse now invisible. No problem. Head to your xorg.conf , change the mouse section to vboxmouse, and restart your X. 

Hope that helps for newbie like me that want to explore the world of free and open source, without the hassle of dual boot.