2 Pawe³ Kot, pkot@linuxnews.pl
3 Hugh Blemings, hugh@blemings.org
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10 A. It is a name of project. The aim of it is to develop tools and drivers
11 for Nokia mobile phones. Of course, I think in this moment about really
12 different tools - for example, modem drivers, console tools, etc.
13 All created here software is released under the GNU
14 General Public License. Please see COPYING file for more details on
15 license/copying issues, the lack of warranty and where to send a postcard
16 if you like gnokii :-). Anyway, our software works on many software
17 (Linux, Free BSD, etc.) and hardware (Intel, etc.) platforms...
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20 Q. How do you pronounce gnokii ?
22 A. You can pronounce gnokii as "gnooki" or "gnocki" at your option :-)
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25 Q. What models are supported ?
27 A. Currently supported phone models are:
28 + 6110|6130|6150|6190|5110|5130|5190|3310|3210
29 + 3110|3810|8110|8110i
34 Support for these models is planned:
37 + Ericsson GA628 and similiar
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40 Q. I get "Hmmm... GSM_LinkOK never went true. Quitting." message when
41 running gnokii. What's wrong ?
43 A. Gnokii cannot connect to the phone. Possible reasons are:
44 - wrong serial port is defined in gnokii config file,
45 - you are using the wrong cable,
46 - you are using not supported phone model,
47 - you don't have permission to write to /dev/ttySX device.
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50 Q. Does mgnokiidev need to be suid root ?
52 A. Yes. gnokiid needs to create a symbolic link in the /dev directory.
53 mgnokiidev is the program which does this and hence it must be suid
54 root so it can write to the directory. mgnokiidev is executable only
55 for gnokii group members (and root) so it presents minimal security
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59 Q. Should any other gnokii binary be installed suid root?
61 A. No. There's no need for it.
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64 Q. Does gnokii support Nokia 3210/3310/6210/7110 phone ?
66 A. Yes it does. Support is not as full as with 6110 series but it is improving
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70 Q: Can I use IrDA with 6210/7110 and gnokii ?
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77 Q. Can I get a copy of the protocol for the <insert phone model here> ?
79 A. We don't have any formal documentation of the protocols in use.
80 The best source we can give you now is all our knowlegde assembled
81 together by Nagy Balazs and Marcin Wiacek. You can find result of their
82 work in Docs/protocol/ subdirectory in gnokii sources. Note that not all
83 known protocol is already implemented in gnokii.
85 Alternatively there are some web sites that have collated some
89 http://www.tec.puv.fi/~s98114/GSM/FBUS.html
92 http://www.gadgets.demon.co.uk/nokia61xx/protocol.html
94 Marcin Wiacek's pages are also useful;
95 http://www.fkn.pl/marcinw/
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101 Q. Does gnokii work under Sun's Solaris ?
103 A. Generally yes, but in fact it depends on hardware -- your serial port
104 must support at least 115200 baud rate. Sun Enterprise 250 machine is known