Hi all,

if anyone is having problems with the installation of the Vodafone Mobile Connect card drivers on OpenSuse10.3 we would like to know:

Potential issues are with version 1.99.17 on OpenSuse 10.3.

Running the connect card driver software via debug with:

>vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-debug

May give the following:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/twistd", line 21, in <module>
run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/scripts
/twistd.py", line 27, in run
app.run(runApp, ServerOptions)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application
/app.py", line 374, in run
config.parseOptions()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application
/app.py", line 354, in parseOptions
usage.Options.parseOptions(self, options)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/python/usage.py", line 177, in parseOptions
self.__dispatch(optMangled, arg)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/python
/usage.py", line 333, in <lambda>
fn = lambda name, value, m=method: m(value)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application
/app.py", line 276, in opt_reactor
installReactor(shortName)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application
/reactors.py", line 80, in installReactor
installer.install()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application
/reactors.py", line 60, in install
namedAny(self.moduleName).install()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/python
/reflect.py", line 357, in namedAny
topLevelPackage = __import__(trialname)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/internet
/gtk2reactor.py", line 37, in <module>
import gobject
ImportError: No module named gobject

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There is a thread on the forge open for this at the minute. You can get to it from here.

Once it's resolved I'll put it up on betavine.net with clear instructions. Or if anyone has found workarounds let us know! :-) ...

Kind regards, Nicholas Herriot.

Hi all,
I just checked out the forge site and the latest suggestion there for this problem, is to install the standard python-gobject2 package using yast. I don't use opensuse myself, so if anyone has success or failure with this, please post back here.


Andrew

Hi Andrew,

I'm using opensuse 64 bit. Therefore the python modules installed via yast from the opensuse repositories are also 64 bit. I assume any 64 bit distro would have the same problem.

This could explain the following error I get ...

...
...
...
ImportError: /opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gobject/_gobject.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32

I have posted some further info on betavine forge about why you may get these errors (under the name steelskin).

I'm no python expert though, but the problem may just be caused by the library (_goobject) location: "/opt/vmc/lib/python/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gobject/_goobject.so" which is part of the VMC software. Possibly a compilation problem, flags issue ?

Regards
Nick

Hi Andrew,

Yes I had installed ...

vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-20080205-installer.run

which was causing the errors regarding ELFCLASS32.

I downloaded and installed ...

vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-1.99.17-3.1.opensuse103.x86_64.rpm

which installed just fine. This post comes via the 3G network on opensuse 10.3 64bit. :)

I had previously installed python-notify from http://rpm.pbone.net which isn't in the standard opensuse 10.3 repositories.

In fact vmc appears to work slightly better on suse than on my eeepc. I didn't realise that there are some bar charts in the usage tab. This don't appear on my EeePC

Regards
Nick

Hi Nick,
Yes I think loosing the usage bar charts was collateral damage from squeezing the application to fit the reduced height EeePC environment.

Best regards,


Andrew

Hi

First off, thanks for all the information and help, it really has eased my recent transition to Linux as my main OS of choice greatly.

Unfortunately I am having some problems with the Vodafone Mobile Connect card driver on OpenSuse10.3 (version 1.99.17). I was receiving the error messages you posted originally and followed the subsequent threads on how to get it fixed, but I have now run into a new problem (using a Huawei E620)

This is what vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-debug is giving me:

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2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 Log opened.
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 twistd 2.5.0 (/usr/bin/python 2.5.1) starting up
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 reactor class: <class 'twisted.internet.gtk2reactor.Gtk2Reactor'>
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 Loading /usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/gtk-tap.py...
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 Traceback (most recent call last):
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 218, in getApplic
ation
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 application = service.loadApplication(filename, style, passphrase)
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/service.py", line 341, in loadA
pplication
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 application = sob.loadValueFromFile(filename, 'application', passphrase)
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/persisted/sob.py", line 215, in loadValueFr
omFile
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 exec fileObj in d, d
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 File "/usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/gtk-tap.py", line 43, in <m
odule>
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 from vmc.gtk.startup import check_dependencies, GTKSerialService
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/vmc/gtk/startup.py", line 28, in <module>
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 import gnome
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 ImportError: No module named gnome
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 Failed to load application: No module named gnome
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200 Unhandled Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 379, in run
runApp(config)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 23, in runApp
_SomeApplicationRunner(config).run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 157, in run
self.application = self.createOrGetApplication()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 207, in createOrGetApplication
application = getApplication(self.config, passphrase)
--- <exception caught here> ---
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 218, in getApplication
application = service.loadApplication(filename, style, passphrase)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/service.py", line 341, in loadApplication
application = sob.loadValueFromFile(filename, 'application', passphrase)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/persisted/sob.py", line 215, in loadValueFromFile
exec fileObj in d, d
File "/usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/gtk-tap.py", line 43, in <module>
from vmc.gtk.startup import check_dependencies, GTKSerialService
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/vmc/gtk/startup.py", line 28, in <module>
import gnome
exceptions.ImportError: No module named gnome


Failed to load application: No module named gnome
2008/06/03 08:57 +0200

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I also tried the beta 2 and 3 .run files, with the same results.

Any help or a nudge in the right direction would be greatly appreciated ;-)

thanks
Eugene

Hi Eugene,
It sounds like you need to install the python-gnome package through 'yast'. There may be other packages you need too, since the .deb file you installed has no dependancy information embedded. Try installing each missing bit by looking in yast for some package that looks like the piece named in the 'No module named' error. Bear in mind that these are python modules, so if it complains about 'gnome' then look for 'python-gnome'.

Hope it helps,


Andrew

Hi Andrew

thats a newbie mistake if ever I saw one ... :D

thanks a lot for the help, I was missing two packages, once installed it fired up immediately

thanks!
Eugene