Please help me ask a question on the Ubuntu site

[Abramo Papp]

Hi Dave,

I will try these links. I will let you know how I go.

Thanks, Abramo
  -----Original Message-----
  From: David Fawcett [mailto:omniwoof at gmail.com]
  Sent: Sunday, 28 June 2009 11:14 PM
  To: Abramo Papp
  Cc: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
  Subject: Re: Please help me ask a question on the Ubuntu site


  Hello Abramo!


  I wish I had a solution to your problem but I don't know how to install a
Telstra USB wireless modem on Ubuntu, and I've tested creating a new thread
at


  Can I suggest another popular way of getting support is to use IRC?
http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/chatirc


  Another is here: http://ubuntuforums.org


  And please don't worry about being verbose. More information is almost
always preferable to less information.


  On a side note I'm very pleased to hear that you are still trying to stick
with Ubuntu even though you have had these problems getting support.


  I wish you the best of luck.


  - Dave


  PS: It's a different model but perhaps this thread will get you started?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=454596


  On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Abramo Papp <a.papp at uqconnect.net> wrote:

    Hi Melissa,

    I've decided to take the plunge into Ubuntu but I have come accross an
early
    hurdle:

    I have a new Asus eeepc notebook and connect to the internet using a
Telstra
    broadband wirless modem (Sierra Wireless USB 308 modem). It obvously
works
    with my Windows XP, but it is not recognised by Ubuntu 9.04. I have
tried to
    manually configure it using the Ubuntu documentation but it still does
not
    get recognised. I have searched the Sierra Wireless website and have
    downloaded drivers and instructions, but the 'make' command ends in
errors.
    I have read many questions and answers on the
https://answers.launchpad.net/
    web site and none seem to offer any help. I have tried on two occassions
to
    ask my own question. I got to the point where I entered a summary line,
then
    I can't seem to get any further. I must say it is very difficult for a
    novice to find the question page and add any detail. I have screen
output of
    all the termianl window commands etc. which would make sense to a linux
    administrator.

    Sorry about the verbose explanation, but I want you to know I have tried
as
    best I can to follow the Ubuntu protocol to find an answer. I was a Unix
    system administrator (DEc Ultrix) several life-times ago, now I simply
want
    to use anything but Microsoft or Apple operating systems. I hope you can
    point me in the right direction.

    Cheers

    Abramo Papp
    0417711911


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