Friday, March 5, 2010

Installing Smartbro USB modem in Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix

Here are the steps I did to successfully install Smartbro in Ubuntu Karmic Netbook edition:
1. Found a PPA from a Linux user, updated my software sources and got his key, beginning with this link: http://www.greenhughes.com/content/zte-mf627-easy-way
2. Smartbro worked but not all the time.
3. Found another link, this time in the Ubuntu Forums. post #8 here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1065934

this was the turning point: change usb.product_id from 0015 to 0031

and learning the significance of using lsusb in the Terminal Window.

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