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On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:25:59 +0000 James Fidell wrote: > Over the last few days I've been attempting to get an Orange ICON 7.2 > dongle working on a SheevaPlug. > > Had to build all and install all the HSO drivers and support stuff > myself, but eventually got things to the point where I could get an > internet connection. > > Unfortunately I want this to run headless, but the HSO manager app > requires X and I had some other issues with the interaction between > dbus and X as well. (I believe) I've eventually circumvented this by > running the HSO manager connected to Xvfb and using a command line > app to get it to start and stop the internet connection (via dbus) > as required. > > Somewhat clunky, but far easier than hacking the python code to remove > all the GUI stuff without breaking anything else. > > James We are still talking about 3G dongles, aren't we? You shouldn't need to use *any* GUI things - once you have it registering as a USB-attached serial port you can use things like wvdial to handle the rest. What's the HSO Manager app for? Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html