Ubuntu / Vodafone - Huawei connection question

markyboy · 27-08-2009 04:32PM #1

Hi there,

I've a freshly installed Ubuntu laptop.

When I set up the Huawei USB broadband connection I'm being prompted "Allow application access to keyring". I select "Always Allow". Then a box appears looking for "Mobile broadband network password".

I have to delete the connection and start again from scratch. It works ok, but when I re-boot it's back to the above scenario.

Any ideas how I could fix this?

BTW This problem wasn't there prior to my first update after the system install.

croo · 28-08-2009 09:14PM

could that prompt for the mobile network password be for the sim's pincode?
If so then put the sim in a phone, switch on, then use the phone to switch off the requirement for pin to entered. then put the sim back in your modem.

D4RK ONION · 29-08-2009 12:09AM

I use the vodafone modem too, I think the password is "vodafone" (possibly "Vodafone"), but don't quote me on that

Amalgam · 29-08-2009 12:16AM

croo's suggestion works fine. I used it on a Meteor USB Huawei dongle with PIN enabled. I use the dongle with Ubuntu and Mint.

markyboy · 20-09-2009 06:25PM

Thanks for your replies

codecrunchers · 21-09-2009 04:44PM

just a guess, but have you tried removing the entry from the keyring?

velocirafter · 22-09-2009 11:53AM

D4RK ONION wrote: »

I use the vodafone modem too, I think the password is "vodafone" (possibly "Vodafone"), but don't quote me on that

Just a little irony in the fact that you used "quotation marks"....and I am now quoting you

D4RK ONION · 22-09-2009 07:53PM

Delicious! And you can quote me on that!

E39MSport · 23-09-2009 09:32AM

I find this useful: - http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/

cable842 · 09-10-2009 11:12AM

that happens to me and I did all the trouble shooting you did,

what happens now and how I get it working.

box comes up it says input password for my 02 broadband modem. I just keep clicking on cancel again and again and it connects to the internet.

I can't explain it. but Ive tryed the whole password changing thing and it wont work even tryed deleting and reinstalling it.

the pressing cancel works for me.

mp22 · 09-10-2009 07:35PM

http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2009/01/16/how-to-remove-ubuntus-password-keyring/

Ubuntu / Vodafone - Huawei connection question

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