Ubuntu and 3G

[Lotster]

Hi! I have a Novatel PCMCIA 3G card, and I run it in a laptop with Ubuntu Jaunty. It connects to the internet perfectly with Ubuntu's native 3G support. However, there are two things I need along with the internet:

1. The ability to send / receive SMS
2. The ability to switch between GPRS and 3G

I downloaded the Betavine Vodafone Mobile Connect software for Linux, however I can't connect to the internet with it (not a problem) or send / receive SMS (big problem). It does nothing when I click on "Send", and when I click on "Mobile" to connect to the internet it also does pretty much nothing.

I don't really need something big like VMC; does anyone know of something else that I can use to achieve my goals?

 

[froot]

The fact that you are able to get Jaunty and 3G in one sentence is amazing on its own- with my Nokia and Jaunty nothing seems to work. Not even the E220 (when I last tried) dongle worked.

I can't tell you whether there is a way to switch between 3G and GPRS, but the sms function won't work in Linux. Simply because Nokia doesn't provide or support software for Linux.

 

[floomby]

The Samsung NC10 has built-in 3G which seems to work nicely in Jaunty but I don't know anything about sending SMS's in Jaunty.

 

[sn3rd]

The fact that you are able to get Jaunty and 3G in one sentence is amazing on its own- with my Nokia and Jaunty nothing seems to work. Not even the E220 (when I last tried) dongle worked.

I can't tell you whether there is a way to switch between 3G and GPRS, but the sms function won't work in Linux. Simply because Nokia doesn't provide or support software for Linux.

Your Nokia ?

You mean your phone??

Every Nokia phone I've tried has been literally plug and play on Jaunty.

 

[ianmdev]

My experience with 3G on Jaunty has been good.

You should try tail on dmesg when you plug in the 3G card and then when you try to connect:

dmesg | tail -f

Also, check if the software itself writes its own log under /var/log. There might be some clues in there.

If you see something, feel free to post the log.

 

[ianmdev]

With regards to sending SMS, I believe it is actually possible using either modem commands, or software that makes use of modem commands.

I seem to remember playing with some modem commands a while back, and they worked well, so if you can find some software that does the same, you're good to go.

You may want to google this.