Search through Google only found 1 blog (Dale Lane Blog) and read up on how to recompile the driver for default xandros, its a bitch to compile it, spent my whole Sunday just to understand and make it work...yes, I'm a noob on Linux and the ang mo english really need to read and reread many many times, well fear not, I had redone it in Asian Singapore English style, hope fellow Singaporeans can understand it...
Before you start, you need to download 2 files, USB ModeSwitch and replace the usb_modeswitch file found inside the zip with this one from here (Link remove, Please google to download the files). Because if you dun replace the file, you will keep getting "Floating point exception" sibei frustrating....however i did choose to delete all lines from the config file that didnt directly relate to the Huawei E169.
ok, now is the step by step with some dcreenshot to help those really noob people like me. First type "su" to make yourself "SuperUser" aka Administrator.
***UPDATES***
You dun need to redo the create new connection thingy, but you need to to type these 2 command everytime u shutdown ur eeepc. U can use the E169 on other laptop, be it windows or another Linux OS.
Please type them in SU mode
./usb_modeswitch -v -0x12d1 -p 0x1001 -d 1
./usb_modeswitch -v -0x12d1 -p 0x1001 -H 1
I will try to create a exec file when i'm free, just like windows double click only.
copy the usb_modeswitch.conf to /etc directory. Before you do that, you delete all those not relate to the Huawei E169, you will know, dun worry.
Next copy the usb_modeswitch to /sbin, before you do that, right click the file, go properties, tick all 9 boxes.
Then plug in the Huawei E169 modem and wait for it to blink blue led. Then type " ./usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1001 -d 1 ".
Type, " ./usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1001 -H 1 "
Go make a new connection, choose the GSM/3G/UTMS/HSDPA
Choose the first one. (I choose the first one and it works, so didnt bother the 2nd one)
Click Search.
Wait for a few seconds...
Choose the SingTel one, if other teleco, then choose other teleco lah...
Of cos, choose Singapore - SingTel, the below 3 setting dun bother, leave it as default.
Choose a name if you like.
And click Finish.
Choose the Mobile Data Connection to enable.
Wait for it to startup...
Woo hoo....Surfing on the go.....
