Eee and the Skypephone. Phone doesn't like Linux?

Dec 7, 2007 at 6:51 PM
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Hooked up one of this year's most wanted computing devices (the Eee PC) to one of this year's most talked about phones (okay, after the iPhone and the N95!) - the Skypephone. Match made in heaven? Not quite...

I'm completely new to Linux and have the computing skills of a 90 year old. The laptop is meant to be easy to use. So, that should be a match made in heaven too. Again, not quite...

I wasn't expecting miracles as there is no Linux software supplied with the Skypephone, but after successfully connecting my Nokia in 'mass storage mode' to the Eee PC I wasn't expecting failure. Failure is what I got and with it a message about not having permission to access the device. The laptop I'm typing this on isn't concerned about permission and neither is the HDMI DVD player that allowed me to watch pictures taken with the phone on a HDTV.

It looks like I've got plenty to learn about the Eee PC in the weeks ahead!

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I've just tried to set my skypephone up on my Eee PC without luck.

I've yet been able to get the Skypephone working as a modem with the Eee but I've now got it working as mass storage. On Xmas Eve my Eee became fubar so I had to do an F9 reset. Once I setup advanced mode again all the permission problems disappeared as did the desktop folder memory problems.

I have managed to get both my N73 and 6630 working as modems but not on one Eee each.

Almost forgot, www.3mobilebuzz.com linked to an article where someone had successfully setup an Eee on Linux but it was a different flavour of Linux and I haven't tried the method yet.

They screw up pretty easy. Mine went when I tried to fix the double boot problem when I had it boot into advanced mode. It's all fixed now though, it only takes 5 minutes to reinstall from DVD. I'd barely touched Linux myself until I'd got my Eee and have looked into installing Eeexubuntu or XP on it, but the more I play with Xandros the more I can do with it.

I have heard that Three block all ports except the ones used for web browsing through the Skypephone. Even that would do me though. If I find out any more I'll let you know.

I've previously used a Skypephone with a laptop running XP - I was able to access any site I could access with my Nokia phone. Same SIM was used too. The SIM would appear to be special in one way though, when it's in my N73 my N73 rings when I receive a Skype call. The amazing thing is this happens even if I have no Skype app running on it.

I think the Eee is pretty resilient, but then I haven't installed a great deal on it yet. I've messed around repositories and that (I think) was why I needed to do an F9 reset. Not had to use the DVD yet!

On the whole I don't miss XP on it but I really want things such as SlingPlayer. Getting that to work requires Wine and I've only got so far.

Eee and the Skypephone. Phone doesn't like Linux?

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