This post was written while using Ubuntu 10.10, the Maverick Meerkat.
I dual-boot my laptop with Windows for just 1 or 2 reasons, the main one being that I use a Verizon USB760 Aircard when I travel and Ubuntu doesn’t recognize it. During this Labor Day weekend of 2011, I decided that I wanted to try and get the Aircard to work in Ubuntu so that I have that option while traveling.
Follow the instructions below. I’m told this works in Ubuntu 9 or later. I need to update this laptop to Natty but I haven’t done it yet. But for now, it works great in Meerkat and I am actually on the Verizon connection while posting this blog post.
Open a Terminal Window:
sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules
find the line that contains “Novatel_Mass_Storage” and append the following to it:
RUN+=”/usr/bin/eject %k”
save and close
sudo gedit /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/10-modem.fdi
Add the below code to the file under the {USB Conections} section:
<!– Verizon USB760–>
<match key=”@info.parent:usb.vendor_id” int=”0×1410″>
<match key=”@info.parent:usb.product_id” int=”0×6000″>
<match key=”@info.parent:usb.interface.number” int=”0″>
<append key=”info.capabilities” type=”strlist”>modem</append>
<append key=”modem.command_sets” type=”strlist”>IS-707-A</append>
</match>
</match>
</match>
save and close
Now plug in your card and make sure it didn’t mount anything (Places -> Computer USB Drive shouldn’t be mounted)
Now left click the network applet and select ‘Auto mobile broadband (CDMA) connection’ Check the box for “New” and just follow the prompts. I chose Verizon for the provider. It should connect right up.
If it doesn’t make sure to go into VZAccessManager on a Windows machine and activate your USB760.
Hey,
Thanks for the great post, its a lifesaver. I want to just add a couple of minor updates that through me for a bit of a loop.
1. If you are starting from a clean system, you need to plug in the Verizon card once before you start the edits, or you wont see a line for ““Novatel_Mass_Storage”
2. I found that after I restarted, my card had changed addresses so there were two of those lines, so I just added the Eject command to both, and that did the trick for me.
3. You can’t copy and past directly out of this blog, as the “” are not the correct format for config files.
After I sorted that out. Bam! works great.
Thanks again.
Ben