http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html Three month ago I bought a Sony Vaio X netbook. The Windows 7 which was preinstalled on the system was no option for me. I installed Ubuntu on it and got mostly all of the hardware working. <a href="/blog/0041_sony_vaio_x_ubuntu_installation_experience.html">Read my Ubuntu Installation experience article</a> for more details. One piece of hardware did however refuse to work: The WWAN modem. Finally the offline times are over. The modem is now working like a charm. en CC by-nc-sa Jakob Westhoff Jakob Westhoff <jakob@westhoffswelt.de> Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:28:27 +0000 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:40:09 +0000 eZ Components Feed dev (http://ezcomponents.org/docs/tutorials/Feed) http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_17 Same config.. same error.. Please... Help Us!! ^_^ Ubuntu 10.04 j0k3w0n Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:31:31 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_16 I copied the 3 files found in Options2kSony.txt to /lib/firmware/gobi C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\Images\Sony\UMTS\AMSS.mbn C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\Images\Sony\UMTS\Apps.mbn C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\Images\Sony\6\UQCN.mbn Loading the firmware hangs. Any solution? faf675e54e68daa15bc95d883166e4ce /lib/firmware/gobi.bak/amss.mbn d7496085f1af3d1bfdf0fa60c3222766 /lib/firmware/gobi.bak/apps.mbn 633bed88c29244683635c261849d0e88 /lib/firmware/gobi.bak/UQCN.mbn Jonas Kvinge Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:50:40 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_15 For anybody who is trying this on Ubuntu 10.04 on Sony P (VPCP118KX), I haven't gotten it to work, but here are my results so far: 1) The instructions above refer to C:\ProgramData\QUALCOMM\QDLService2k\Options2kSony.txt, but that file doesn't exist. 2) This link here suggests they're located in a different location: http://www.blinkenlights.ch/ccms/linux/vaio-w.html#aax 3) Specifically, it says to copy the following into /lib/firmware/gobi: C:\Program files\QUALCOMM\Images\Sony\0\UQCN.mbn C:\Program files\QUALCOMM\Images\Sony\UMTS\amss.mbn C:\Program files\QUALCOMM\Images\Sony\UMTS\apps.mbn 4) After that I followed all the instructions in the above post and everything seemed to compile and work fine. 5) However, when I went to restart, there was a huge delay where it'd first log me in to a terminal, but then spontaneously switch to X Windows after a few minutes. 6) Needless to say, the Verizon option didn't appear as a Mobile Broadband option. 7) Removing qcserial from /etc/modules didn't have the expected effect of making the delay go away. 8) Looking closer at my logs, it looked like the delay's end coincided with the following: Feb 5 14:43:17 microbob init: udevtrigger post-stop process (516) terminated with status 1 Feb 5 14:43:17 microbob udevd[350]: worker [352] unexpectedly returned with status 0x0100 Feb 5 14:43:17 microbob udevd[350]: worker [352] failed while handling '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.1/ttyUSB0/tty/ttyUSB0' 9) On the theory that it was still trying to load the Gobi drivers but failing (taking a long time in the process) I renamed /lib/firmware/gobi to /lib/firmware/gobi.dead (ensuring that it can't find the files and doesn't try to load them). This made the delay stop. 10) So, no Verizon auto-loading, but it still works fine when I boot into Windows 7. So no-harm/no-foul, but a bit scary there for a second. Based on the above, can anybody suggest what might be going wrong? IS it reasonable to think that upgrading to 10.10 might help? Thanks for this post, even though I can't get it to work (because it's not exactly for my computer) it's very well written and I think has gotten me pretty close. Thanks! -david (dbarrett@quinthar.com) Follow me at http://twitter.com/quinthar David Barrett Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:17:12 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_14 Hello again, if I manually run sudo ./gobi_loader /dev/ttyUSB0 /lib/firmware/gobi just nothing happens. No output, no syslog, the loader runs and runs and nothing happens. What's wrong here? Bye MPW MPW Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:50:21 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_13 Hello, I just compiled my first kernel modul and it works :-) But the loader doesn't work. I can only use wwan if I boot into windows first. I renamed the firmware files, as one was written in capital letters. Didn't help In which log I can find out why the firmware loader doesn't work? Bye MPW MPW Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:17:50 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_12 I followed your instructions on my Lenovo ThinkPad X201 running Ubuntu 10.10, and it worked right away. Thanks for an excellent post. I had removed my windows partition first, so I had to retrieve the driver from the Lenovo site. If you run the self-unpacking archive in windows, and make a "network install" afterwords, you will have the firmware (msiexec /a GobiInstaller.msi TARGETDIR=C:\TEMP in windows). For Norway, GSM, I used the files under the UMTS and 9 folders. Tore Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:13:44 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_11 It seems we don't need to install the patch because in Ubuntu 10.04, the modem is detected under network manager. Just one problem, we need to boot into Windows first to enable the modem, then restart to boot into Ubuntu. Thao Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:46:42 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_10 Does this work for every type of Gobi or just the HSDPA version? The one in the US and China (I'm buying the China model) is CDMA-EVDO. jamar Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:03:58 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_9 Hi, i need your help.i've done all you are writing here. i thin 7 times. suddenly it functioned. so i was realy happy. after a warmstart also everything was ok - BUT - after a coldstart nothing. totaly equal what ever i'm doing. any ideas!ß ;-C GS Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:33:59 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_8 @Jakob: I did exactly that, but this file doesn't exist in my Win7 installation at all! Is any other way to determine which files are the correct ones? Are the ones in the '1' dir (as referred in the included link of my comment) the right files? Thanks TBRT Mon, 17 May 2010 18:29:42 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_7 @TBRT: You could try to search your system for the file. I can't help you with this, as the file is located in the path specified above on my system :( Cheers, Jakob Jakob Mon, 17 May 2010 18:17:03 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_6 I can't find the 'Options2kSony.txt' in my Win7 installation! If I read: http://geekyschmidt.com/2010/03/22/sony-vaio-p788k-ubuntu-9-10-load it points to a different location! So how do I really determine where the correct files are located? Thanks TBRT Mon, 17 May 2010 18:13:59 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_5 I completely understand the legal issues behind. I found this site http://www.blinkenlights.ch/ccms/linux/vaio-w.html (ok, it's a sony W and not a sony X, but I thought it could work) and i got the file and unzipped it but when doing md5sum I don't know what to look for. Any ideas? is the folder useless? On a side note, my wireless works only at 60%. I did all as you explained but somehow I never get the full connection. Could you imagine why? Thanks a lot Martin Martin Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:06:30 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_4 I am sorry, but I don't see any way to retrieve the firmware without the files from the windows installation. I would love to just publish the needed files here, but I am not allowed to do this, because of the license these firmware is distributed under. Cheers, Jakob Jakob Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:31:04 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_3 Yourinstallation guide was great. I followed it and it all works perfectly. Now trying to work on the WWAN, but I realized that I erased all windows and now I need the firmware for a sony X (France). Is there a way to get the files you mentioned if you don't have Windows any longer :( ? THANKS martin Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:33:45 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_2 Hi, I believe I am not the only one who can't see a modem after the cold boot. I have been reading somewhere sony-laptop module has been changed a lot in the new kernel (2.6.33), so I have decided to give it a try and now my modem is activated and works like a charm. Hope that will help to anyone who had problems before. Victor Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:26:19 +0000 http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0045_howto_setup_sony_vaio_x_wwan_gobi_2000_under_ubuntu_linux.html#comment_1 I managed to use the same software to load a firmware into my thinkpad t410's gobi 2000 card (minor sourcecode modifications were required, I just added the slightly different usb id to the list). I'm now able to talk to my card, but I still recieve "ERROR" replys for most at commands (especially at+cpin and atdt). But thanks for sharing this, I'm sure there's some way this little guy can connect to 3g in a short time! urs Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:01:20 +0000