The Nokia N78 mobile phone works very well with Ubuntu Linux 9.04, you can find the procedure to activate the broadband connection going to the Nokia N70 and Ubuntu Linux page.
If you have problems with this procedure make sure that your OS sees the N78 correctly, connect your phone to the USB port and follow these steps:
- Open a new window terminal
- Type the following command:
# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0421:007b Nokia Mobile Phones
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 064e:d101 Suyin Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
- You should obtain an output like the above
- then type the following command:
# tail -f /var/log/messages
[ 70.444079] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 70.578097] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 70.668594] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[ 70.684519] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
[ 70.693789] cdc_acm 1-3:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
[ 70.698057] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
[ 70.698070] cdc_acm: v0.26:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
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