Frontline on Linux Opensuse 11.4

[Sudharshan]

Hi,

I tried to install FrontlineSMS on my Opensuse 11.4 OS. Every time I try to install using the 'xterm' terminal it opens the frontline GUI, but it does not seem like FrontlineSMS is installed. Because I cannot find the icon or anything that says FrontlineSMS in the programmes interface.

Can you please give me steps on how to install FrontlineSMS on Opensuse and connecting a mobile that will work on this.

Thank you

Sudharshan

[Alex Anderson]

Hi Sudharshan,

We don't directly support openSUSE and I've not used it but I can have a guess at the problems:

If FrontlineSMS successfully launches from the terminal but does not appear in your "programmes interface", it's likely that there are some OS-specific configurations you need to make.

As for connecting a mobile and making it work, are you having any problems on this front at the moment? 

1) do you have a modem or phone attached to your computer?

2) when launched from the Terminal, does FrontlineSMS detect this/these?  If not:

3) are there any error messages displayed in the application or on the terminal?

Hope this helps,

Alex

[Sudharshan]

Hi Alex,

Thank you for your reply. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Only just now I had the time to test it again.

Frontline SMS doe not recognise the phone. I use Sony Ericsson w850i which works on windows xp.

The error that displays when I click on auto detect is that 'FrontlineSMS cannot detect any device'.

Any suggestions please!

best wishes,

Sudharshan

[Alex Anderson]

Do you know which port the phone should be detected on?

[Sudharshan]

/dev/ttyACM0

[Alex Anderson]

Hi Sudharshan,

This device is not recognised by default.  There are a couple of solutions:

1. create a symlink - more discussion here: http://frontlinesms.ning.com/profiles/blogs/2052630:BlogPost:8414

2. modify FrontlineSMS.sh and add the following to the call to java:
-Dgnu.io.rxtx.SerialPorts="/dev/ttyACM0"

Hope that helps,

Alex