Comments on: Nokia 2630, Linux, Bluetooth, Safaricom, and you!

By: Rmd

Rmd — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:39:51 +0000

It didn’t work for me..when i enter “sudo wvdial nokia” in the terminal, i got the error:
–>Cannot open /dev/rfcomm0: Connection refused
I just follow all the instructions you’ve said above..any HELP..by the way, i’m using fedora10

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:38:43 +0000

Yes, what you can do is disconnect the rfcomm connection (rfcomm release 0) and then rebind it. Also, I find that if sometimes I need to reboot my phone, as if the Edge/3G connection on there is busy and can’t disconnect. Good luck.

By: kuldeepsidhu

kuldeepsidhu — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:52:07 +0000

Everything is working fine with command line.but when once disconnected it gives the error:—

[root@localhost kuldeep]# wvdial nokia
–> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
–> Cannot open /dev/rfcomm0: Device or resource busy
–> Cannot open /dev/rfcomm0: Device or resource busy
–> Cannot open /dev/rfcomm0: Device or resource busy

how to release this so that i can connect to phone without restarting..??

and one more thing how to connect through blueman.i have fedora 12 and blueman installed..but i cannot connect to phone with Dial up option..how to integrate this with network manager…?

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:20:24 +0000

I just pasted this config to an Ubuntu netbook I am working on, and I got the same error. In my case it was that the blog uses some different characters which wvdial doesn’t like, namely the “pretty” quotes around the IP and SAFARICOM. Replace them with normal quotes and it should work.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:49:23 +0000

Great idea. Blueman really simplifies the detection and pairing of devices. You can always pair the phone with Blueman and then dial with wvdial.

By: Atul

Atul — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:53:24 +0000

I installed blueman (now available in the repository) with the command:

yum install blueman

and it works like a charm. Slowly linux is gaining popularity and is reaching towards linux challenged people too.

By: Atul

Atul — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:42:11 +0000

I am thinking about blueman. Will that work?

By: Atul

Atul — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:41:20 +0000

I did that but still can’t browse. pinging too doesn’t yield any result!

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:34:51 +0000

That’s ok, you’re almost there. What you need to do is add the DNS servers to /etc/resolv.conf! Your wvdial output has two DNS addresses, place them in /etc/resolv.conf like this:
nameserver 218.248.240.23
nameserver 218.248.240.79

Then you should be able to browse just fine. Good luck.

By: Atul

Atul — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:10:53 +0000

I tried each step exactly the way you explained and the EDGE connection gets activated still I am not able to browse the internet. Can you suggest me of the possible reasons? The messages that I get are:

–> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
–> Cannot get information for serial port.
–> Initializing modem.
–> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
–> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
–> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
–> Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”www.e.pr”
AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”www.e.pr”
OK
–> Modem initialized.
–> Sending: ATDT*99#
–> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT*99#
CONNECT
~[7f]}#@!}!} } }2}#}$@#}!}$}%\}”}&} }*} } g}%~
–> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
–> Starting pppd at Mon Nov 2 05:10:21 2009
–> Pid of pppd: 2405
–> Using interface ppp0
–> pppd: Ðk[06][08]Ðk[06][08]lentÜk[06][08]
–> pppd: Ðk[06][08]Ðk[06][08]lentÜk[06][08]
–> pppd: Ðk[06][08]Ðk[06][08]lentÜk[06][08]
–> pppd: Ðk[06][08]Ðk[06][08]lentÜk[06][08]
–> pppd: Ðk[06][08]Ðk[06][08]lentÜk[06][08]
–> pppd: Ðk[06][08]Ðk[06][08]lentÜk[06][08]
–> local IP address 10.6.52.1
–> pppd: Ðk[06][08]Ðk[06][08]lentÜk[06][08]
–> remote IP address 10.6.6.6
–> pppd: Ðk[06][08]Ðk[06][08]lentÜk[06][08]
–> primary DNS address 218.248.240.23
–> pppd: Ðk[06][08]Ðk[06][08]lentÜk[06][08]
–> secondary DNS address 218.248.240.79
–> pppd: Ðk[06][08]Ðk[06][08]lentÜk[06][08]