The Open Source Journey

Its been more than a month since i started to configure my Huawei modem for internet connectivity in Linux. Finally today i am logged in F10 and editing this post. 1. Firstly one has to check if the modem is being detected on the USB port. dmesg | grep USB should show entries for 2 or 3 USB ports. (ttyUSB0-ttyUSB2). My system shows 2 entries. Look the messages of following type: /***************************************************************************/ usb 4-3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1 scsi18 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usb 4-3: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1003 usb 4-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 usb 4-3: Product: HUAWEI Mobile usb 4-3: Manufacturer: HUAWEI Technologies usb-storage : device found at 6 /****************************************************************************/ The kernel should be able to identify the modem as a usb-storage device. If you have problems with this , workar

I am putting forward the steps to install F10 on AMD Athlon -X2 Presario CQ60 laptop and my experiences while installing it, so that anyone who reads it can benefit maybe in a small way. 1. Download Fedora iso for architechture suitable to your PC (see fedora installation notes) and create a DVD. Verify the dvd as given in http://fedoraproject.org/en/verify . You have to download a tool for checksum generation (sha1) for the dvd and compare it with the checksum listed on the fedora website for verification. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/readme-burning-isos/en_US/sn-validating-files.html 2. The WD drive should be unformatted. So i had to do that from windows vista->computer(right click)->Manage->Disk Management->WD drive (right click)->Delete partition. Otherwise i got an error that amount of space selected was not available when trying to partition the WD drive during installation. 3. Insert the WD drive and boot into the DVD. Select the default option of install. Do a c