Joikuspot Ad-Hoc Wifi

[ste_167]

I'm running Joikuspot on my Nokia e71. The Pandora detects it fine and recognises that it's ad-hoc, however it won't connect to it.

I've had a search through the forums and can't find any info, any advice? Thanks.

 

[Dead1nside]

I don't see any reason why it wouldn't. I've used Joikuspot in the past for my Nokia N82 along with my Thinkpad laptop, works fine.

 

[PokeParadox]

I've also had no luck.

I'm trying to sort out "on the go" internet using my e71 and Pandora... if you figure something out let me know. I'm going to sit and see if I can get a bluetooth connection working tomorrow.
Failing that I'll just plugin the USB direct to the Pand and use a wired 3g connection

 

[Pleng]

what problems are you having? have you tried the 'sudo ifconfig usb0 down' trick?

 

[kavlor]

Ive had this working on my N95 but some devices dont connect to it even though they detect it especially handheld consoles but things like Ipod and netbook work fine with it.

 

[PokeParadox]

I've also had no luck.

I'm trying to sort out "on the go" internet using my e71 and Pandora... if you figure something out let me know. I'm going to sit and see if I can get a bluetooth connection working tomorrow.
Failing that I'll just plugin the USB direct to the Pand and use a wired 3g connection

Poke, did you try this?
http://airpacket.org/?p=4

Nope haven't had time yet... try it before I head to work today...

 

[Dead1nside]

You could try using a Bluetooth connection instead of a cable. Blueman and NetworkManager should be able to do this. It's pretty sweet. Put the phone in PC Suite mode when it connects.

 

[ste_167]

what problems are you having? have you tried the 'sudo ifconfig usb0 down' trick?

It appears to attempt to connect (ie. it does the spinning connecting icon), but it then doesn't connect.

I've tried typing 'sudo ifconfig usb0 down' into the terminal before trying to connect, but it didn't fix it.

PokeParadox - I'm glad it's not just me! Will keep in touch if I sort it!


I'm going to try the Blueman/Network Manager route. I'm completely new to Linux and don't know where to start!

Can anyone tell me how to install Blueman and NetworkManager?

 

[PokeParadox]

Nope that guide doesn't get me connected... it tries to talk to my phone, but that's as far as I get.

 

[ste_167]

Is this the correct program? Any chance of a quick installation explanation? Is it possible to install to the SD card as the NAND is low on space?

Thanks!

http://blueman-project.org/downloads.html

 

[Dead1nside]

Well I think "opkg blueman" would be fine. Here's a link to it in the Angstrom repo, you could just do a local install with the package -- http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=blueman

This will almost definitely install it to the NAND as it hasn't been packaged as a PND with its directory changed.

From my experience of my laptop's desktop Linux just turn Bluetooth on, on both devices and pair it. You can set the trust as well too, might as well. In Blueman right-click the device (your phone) and choose "Connect To", a menu will pop-up, just select either "Personal Area Networking" or "Dial-Up Networking". Now go to the NetworkManager applet icon in the taskbar and right-click it, you should see an option for your phone under the heading "Mobile Broadband", just select it and hopefully it'll connect.

I think DJWillis put all the relevant packages to make this kind of thing work because people expressed an interest in using 3G modems, which is basically what you're doing, except yours is also a phone too.

 

[ste_167]

Well I think "opkg blueman" would be fine. Here's a link to it in the Angstrom repo, you could just do a local install with the package -- http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=blueman
This will almost definitely install it to the NAND as it hasn't been packaged as a PND with its directory changed.

Thanks. I had no luck last night with this file: blueman 1.21-r1.5 for armv7a (Ångström unstable armv7a base feed)

I suppose PNDs were invented for exactly the likes of me! I know someone who's more au fait with linux than me, so I'll see if they can help me out.

 

[PokeParadox]

Nope that guide doesn't get me connected... it tries to talk to my phone, but that's as far as I get.

do your phone co. allow tethering?

double check pairing between pandora and your mobile

Yup... although my mobile company would like me to believe otherwise... and make me get a 3g dongle...

 

[Dead1nside]

Nope that guide doesn't get me connected... it tries to talk to my phone, but that's as far as I get.

do your phone co. allow tethering?

double check pairing between pandora and your mobile

Yup... although my mobile company would like me to believe otherwise... and make me get a 3g dongle...

I hear you there. At least they're not forcing people to pay for tethering, on their own phone, using their own data allowance, like in the US.

 

[ste_167]

Well I think "opkg blueman" would be fine. Here's a link to it in the Angstrom repo, you could just do a local install with the package -- http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=blueman

This will almost definitely install it to the NAND as it hasn't been packaged as a PND with its directory changed.

minor progress, i think.. !

i've installed blueman arm7 from the link. it requires obex data server too:
http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=obex-data-server

blueman now appears under 'settings' as 'bluetooth manager' however after a short egg-timer nothing appears to happen when i run it.

 

[PokeParadox]

Well I think "opkg blueman" would be fine. Here's a link to it in the Angstrom repo, you could just do a local install with the package -- http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=blueman

This will almost definitely install it to the NAND as it hasn't been packaged as a PND with its directory changed.

minor progress, i think.. !

i've installed blueman arm7 from the link. it requires obex data server too:
http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=obex-data-server

blueman now appears under 'settings' as 'bluetooth manager' however after a short egg-timer nothing appears to happen when i run it.

You got further than me... I got the package and tried to install it and... it didn't install.

 

[ste_167]

Well I think "opkg blueman" would be fine. Here's a link to it in the Angstrom repo, you could just do a local install with the package -- http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=blueman

This will almost definitely install it to the NAND as it hasn't been packaged as a PND with its directory changed.

minor progress, i think.. !

i've installed blueman arm7 from the link. it requires obex data server too:
http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=obex-data-server

blueman now appears under 'settings' as 'bluetooth manager' however after a short egg-timer nothing appears to happen when i run it.

You got further than me... I got the package and tried to install it and... it didn't install.

i have the ipk files in my home/username folder - the one containing the desktop and applications folders.
the filenames are renamed to obex.ipk and blueman.ipk for ease of typing..

in the terminal i typed:

sudo opkg install /home/sgb/obex.ipk

and then

sudo opkg install /home/sgb/blueman.ipk

where sgb is my username



here's the error message..


Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/blueman-manager", line 35, in <module>
from blueman.Functions import *
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/blueman/Functions.py", line 30, in <module>
from subprocess import Popen
ImportError: No module named subprocess

 

[PokeParadox]

Well I think "opkg blueman" would be fine. Here's a link to it in the Angstrom repo, you could just do a local install with the package -- http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=blueman

This will almost definitely install it to the NAND as it hasn't been packaged as a PND with its directory changed.

minor progress, i think.. !

i've installed blueman arm7 from the link. it requires obex data server too:
http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=obex-data-server

blueman now appears under 'settings' as 'bluetooth manager' however after a short egg-timer nothing appears to happen when i run it.

You got further than me... I got the package and tried to install it and... it didn't install.

i have the ipk files in my home/username folder - the one containing the desktop and applications folders.
the filenames are renamed to obex.ipk and blueman.ipk for ease of typing..

in the terminal i typed:

sudo opkg install /home/sgb/obex.ipk

and then

sudo opkg install /home/sgb/blueman.ipk

where sgb is my username



here's the error message..


Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/blueman-manager", line 35, in <module>
from blueman.Functions import *
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/blueman/Functions.py", line 30, in <module>
from subprocess import Popen
ImportError: No module named subprocess

OK looks like we're missing some python functions then... :S

 

[ste_167]

couple more installed.. now stuck at
mportError: No module named cgi

 

[PokeParadox]

sudo opkg update
sudo opkg install python-subprocess
sudo opkg install python-zlib

it handles depencies too...

I get a problem about zlib...

EDIT: OK now stuck at the same point as you... no clue how to install python-cgi