Howto for Maverick, generic GSM/UMTS on Thinkpads.
Two things are needed to make this work on Maverick. (You also need to insert a SIM card into the slot that's covered by the battery.)
- The firmware files from Lenovo
- The gobi-loader that loads the firmware
Download and extract windows driver install file from Lenovo. http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub...s/7xwc44ww.exe or get the latest from http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...IGR-72938.html
Install a recent wine as 1.2 crashes during msi extraction:
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get install wine1.3
Run the install file with wine:
- Right click downloaded file, go to Properties -> Permissions, check "Allow executing file as a program"
- Right click and run with wine
Extract firmware from GobiInstaller.msi.
Code:
mkdir ~/.wine/drive_c/DRIVERS/GOBI
wine msiexec /a ~/.wine/drive_c/DRIVERS/WWANQL/Driver/GobiInstaller.msi /qb TARGETDIR=C:\\DRIVERS\\GOBI
install "gobi-loader":
Code:
sudo apt-get install gobi-loader
Copy firmware into /lib/firmware/gobi.
Code:
sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/gobi; cd ~/.wine/drive_c/DRIVERS/GOBI/Images/Lenovo; sudo cp 6/* /lib/firmware/gobi/; sudo cp UMTS/* /lib/firmware/gobi/
Do a reboot or modem-manger restart and qcserial unload load.
Code:
sudo pkill modem-manager; sudo rmmod qcserial; sudo modprobe qcserial
You should now have a "New Mobile Broadband (GSM) connection..." in the nm-applet. If not, do the thing in the previous paragraph or have a look at syslog.
Setting up the Connection is easy if you know your mobile provider. Just click the "New Mobile Broadband (GSM) connection..." and follow instructions.
If you got the "New Mobile Broadband (GSM) connection..." in the nm-applet, set up correctly for your provider, but still cannot connect, you could try a different firmware.
Originally Posted by
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Talk:Qualcomm_Gobi_2000
Code:
Dir Image Remarks
0 Vodafone Image
1 Verizon Image
2 ATT Image
3 Sprint Image includes special Firmware
4 T-Mobile Image
6 Generic UMTS Image
7 Telefonica Image
8 Telecom Italia Image
9 Orange Image
12 DoCoMo Image includes special Firmware
UMTS Default Firmware the MD5-sum on the page matches these
So if you're using Vodafone, you can try:
Code:
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/DRIVERS/GOBI/Images/Lenovo; sudo cp 0/* /lib/firmware/gobi/
Also, following tail of syslog might give you some hints:
Code:
tail -f /var/log/syslog
This device also has a GPS, but it is not working yet: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/653126
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