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edoc · Posted: Sun 22 Mar 2009, 16:32 Post subject: Subject description: BBTether

Anyone tried BBTether with a Blackberry Pearl 8130?

Here is the site:
http://wiki.colar.net/tethering_with_blackberry_pearl_on_linux

edoc · Posted: Sun 05 Jul 2009, 20:24 Post subject:

I really could use a working link between Puppy 4.2.1 and my Blackberry Pearl!

I may be where there is no Internet and really must remain connected.

I cannot believe that no Puppy user has found a way to to link this popular phone and use the Internet connection through it.

Help, please?

edoc · Posted: Sun 05 Jul 2009, 21:49 Post subject:

Puppy Hardware Info for USB Devices sees my Blackberry:

Manufacturer=Research In Motion
Product=RIM Composite Device
SerialNumber=2DC6D74EAF213C94825C151033A71F2F5EABF736
VendorID=0fca ProductID=8004 KERNEL-MODULE=usb-storage

Why cannot I communicate with it in order to use it as a cellular modem?

kirk · Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 1334 Location: florida

edoc,

If you haven't yet, try Fatdog. It has a kernel module for blackberrys to access it's modem. You'll find a little GUI under networking. It uses wvdial to dial the modem, right now it's set up for Verizon. If you use another carrier you'll have to edit /usr/share/blackberry/wvdial.conf with what ever your carrier requires. You'll see some other wvdial.confs in that directory for other carriers, but they are just guesses. Haven't tried it with the Perl, but I just googled it and it seems some are having success.

edoc · Posted: Sun 05 Jul 2009, 22:12 Post subject:

I found this discussion of Fatdog and left a note asking about tethering:
http://puppylinux.com/blog/?viewDetailed=00540

It sounds as though it was an abandoned Alpha.

I am not certain how to proceed if they have abandoned it and do not port over that functionality.

edoc · Posted: Sun 05 Jul 2009, 22:25 Post subject:

hey, wait a minute, I chased Fatdog here and it looks like it is you!

http://puppylinux.asia/tpp/kirk/Fatdog/iso/112/

I see it was active until April instead of abandoned in January.

Is it a functional Puppy that I can dual-boot or is it still Alpha and might corrupt a laptop install that I really depend upon?

Any chance of a PET to add this functionality to 4.2.1?

Also, since there is no little .txt file to explain the contents of the folder, what is the difference between the various Aptil '09 versions of Fatdog, please?

kirk · Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 1334 Location: florida

Fatdog 112 is stable, it's a puplet of 4.1.2 with a different kernel, the full Xorg and extra packages. Fatdog2 alpha 3 is alpha, it's built with T2 and Woof, similar package selection as Fatdog 110.

I don't have Puppy 4.2.1 installed. I'll attach my Blackberry modem script and the Xmblackberry kernel module source. If you have the devx sfs file and kernel source sfs files installed, you should be able to compile the kernel module. This is what to do:

1. Extract Blackberry-modem.tar.gz to /.

2. Extract Xmblackberry-module somewhere.

3. Open a terminal window in the now extracted Xmblackberry-module kernel directory.

4. Type make. The kernel module should build.

5. Replace /usr/share/blackberry/blackberry.ko with the one that you just compiled.

6. If your carrier is Verizon, try it out. You'll need to type fixmenues in a terminal window and restart the window manager for it to show up in the menu under networking.

If you use another carrier you'll have to edit /usr/share/blackberry/wvdial.conf with what ever your carrier requires. I called Verizon, after being transferred a few times I finally spoke with someone who knew something. You need to know what initialization string(s) they use, what number to dial, user name and password.

edoc · Posted: Mon 06 Jul 2009, 11:46 Post subject:

Just a couple of questions for clarification so I don't unnecessarily make a big mess!

Can the "Extract" be done via PupZip or must it be done in rxvt?

edoc · Posted: Mon 06 Jul 2009, 12:21 Post subject:

I changed directories to "/" so that it becomes the default for output of the Extract the added the path of the source archive and ran a standard txvt tar to extract.

Why am I getting this tar error, please?

edoc · Posted: Mon 06 Jul 2009, 12:39 Post subject:

I did a little reading on the tar commands - it is too long between usages to remember them - and found one that looked appropriate to this purpose.

Did this do what it should or have I made a big mess of things?

kirk · Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 1334 Location: florida

That might have worked. See if you have /usr/share/blackberry, if not just click on it. XArchive will open. Then click on "Select All" and then "Extract". Then It will ask you where you want to extract it, just type / and then click OK. Now that's for the Blackberry-modem.tar.gz. The kernel module can be extracted any where you like.

edoc · Posted: Mon 06 Jul 2009, 13:01 Post subject:

edoc · Posted: Mon 06 Jul 2009, 13:18 Post subject:

OK, located the 4.x devx.sfs files here:
ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/sfs_modules-4/

Do I correctly presume that I need the 2.6.25.16 patched kernel source for 4.2.1?

edoc · Posted: Mon 06 Jul 2009, 17:20 Post subject:

Oh, also, what do I do with these files once I have them, please?

I don't recall using a .sfs before and although I have seen threads about them I kinda glazed-over when reading them.

Does 4.2.1 contain an item in MENU like Puppy Universal Installer that automates this and I missed it?

There is no .txt file associated with the download folder that describes the differences in the files nor one that contains basic instructions - both would seem to be helpful and valuable to include as standard procedure. WDYT?

kirk · Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 1334 Location: florida