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plastikman187
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 Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: HOWTO : Use blackberry 8700 as a GPRS Modem |
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Since I finally got on the internet with my BlackBerry as a modem I figured I would share how I did it with the Gentoo community.
I am using gentoo sources 2.6.22 but also had success using vanilla sources 2.6.21.
First you will need some tools
I followed the guide from the following site
http://wiki.colar.net/tethering_with_blackberry_pearl_on_linux
Required Software
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--> XmBlackBerry
--> openmotif 2.3 (not in portage at time of writing)
--> Xlt
--> libusb
--> opensync (optional)
--> barry
--> sudo
--> wvdial
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Kernel configuration
Make sure that the USB blackberry support is DISABLED
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Device Drivers --->
USB support --->
< > USB BlackBerry recharge support
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To install openmotif I just did a version bump of the current ebuild
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mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/x11-libs/openmotif/
cp -r /usr/portage/x11-libs/openmotif/ cp -r /usr/local/portage/x11-libs/openmotif
cd /usr/local/portage/x11-libs/openmotif
cp openmotif-2.2.3-r9.ebuild openmotif-2.3.0.ebuild
wget ftp://ftp.ics.com/openmotif/2.3/2.3.0/openmotif-2.3.0.tar.gz -O /usr/portage/distfiles/openmotif-2.3.0.tar.gz
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Then emerge openmotif 2.3
once that completes you will need to install a few more packages (from CVS)
Install libXlt
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cd ~
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@xlt.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/xlt co Xlt
cd Xlt
./CVSMake
./configure
make
make install
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Grab the source for xMBlackBerry
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cd ~
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@xmblackberry.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/xmblackberry co XmBlackBerry
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In the XmBlackBerry source dir grab the libusb source
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cd XmBlackBerry/
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@libusb.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/libusb co libusb
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Lets make XmBlackberry
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./CVSMake
./configure --enable-maintainer-mode --disable-shared
make
make install
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Install libusb for barry
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cd libusb
make install
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Install opensync (I keep getting compilation errors this is not needed to use the blackberry as a GPRS modem tho)
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cd ../opensync
make
make install
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Time to install barry
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cd ~
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@barry.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/barry login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@barry.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/barry co -P barry
cd barry
sh buildgen.sh
./configure
make
make install
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Time to start XmBlackBerry
Connect your BlackBerry to your box using a USB cable.
when the application starts in the console you will see something like
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serdata.c:initialize(237) - pty name. "/dev/pts/3"
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If you see something like that XmBlackBerry has found your GPRS modem 
Time to get connected to the internet
I use wvdial this application is in portage. (since kppp does not see /dev/pts/X as a modem)
here is the configuration that I used for /etc/wvdial.conf (I have a sprint BlackBerry so your config may vary by your provider)
http://www4.sprint.com/pcsbusiness/downloads/Sprint_Mobile_Broadband_Setup_Guide.pdf
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[Dialer Defaults]
Baud = 115200
Carrier Check = no
ISDN = false
Idle Seconds = 180
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem = /dev/pts/3
Modem Type = USB Modem
Password = ''
Phone = #777
Stupid Mode = true
Username = ''
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start the connection
you will see the following in the console
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WvDial<*1>: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.56
WvDial<*1>: Initializing modem.
WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATZ
WvDial Modem<*1>: ATZ
WvDial Modem<*1>: OK
WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
WvDial Modem<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
WvDial Modem<*1>: OK
WvDial<*1>: Modem initialized.
WvDial<Notice>: Idle Seconds = 180, disabling automatic reconnect.
WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATDT#777
WvDial<*1>: Waiting for carrier.
WvDial Modem<*1>: ATDT#777
WvDial Modem<*1>: CONNECT
WvDial<*1>: Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
WvDial<Notice>: Starting pppd at Mon Sep 24 12:42:05 2007
WvDial<Notice>: Pid of pppd: 16927
WvDial<*1>: Using interface ppp0
WvDial<*1>: local IP address xx.xx.xx.xx
WvDial<*1>: remote IP address xx.xx.xx.xx
WvDial<*1>: primary DNS address xx.xx.xx.xx
WvDial<*1>: secondary DNS address xx.xx.xx.xx
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It seems that the gateway does not get configured correctly when connecting using wvdial but that is easy to fix
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route add default gw xx.xx.xx.xx
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the xx.xx.xx.xx should be replaced with the remote IP that is provided to you from wvdial
YMMV but following these steps I was able to get online as well as configure my co workers laptop too.
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