FAQ

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Frequently asked questions and answers

1. What is gnokii?
2. How do you pronounce gnokii?
3. What models are supported?
4. I get "Hmmm... GSM_LinkOK never went true. Quitting." message when running gnokii. What's wrong?
5. Does mgnokiidev need to be suid root?
6. Should any other gnokii binary be installed suid root?
7. Can I use IrDA with 6210/7110 and gnokii?
8. I'd like to send/receive sms, to handle voice calls, etc from my own application. What should I do?
9. Can I get a copy of the protocol for the (insert phone model here)?
10. Does gnokii work under Sun's Solaris?
11. Does gnokii work under Microsoft's Windows?
12. Could you tell me the key for on, off and select menu in gnokii --keysequence function?
13. How can I redirect a call without the broken gnokii --divert command?
14. I get undefined symbol: GSM_ELogHandler when runnig gnokii. What's wrong?
15. I had problems during compilation with gnvcal.lx/gnvcal.c. What should I do?
16. Which cable for the Nokia phones should I use?
17. I get "Sorry, phone has not yet been converted to new style. Phone.Functions == NULL!" message. What's wrong?
18. I get 'ERROR: Modem DCD is down and global/require_dcd parameter is set!' What should I do?
19. I can't compile gnokii. It fails when building the po directory.
20. When connecting by IrDA I got "Couldn't open PHONET device: No route to host" message. What can be wrong?
21. My phone is not mentioned as supported by gnokii, but it seems that it is similar to the one of the mentioned in the supported phones list? What should I do to check this out?
22. My phone is mentioned as supported by gnokii, but using DKU-2/DKU-5 cable connection timeouts. What can I do?
23. I'm using the Win32 gnokii distribution and got the error "Couldn't open FBUS device". What's wrong?
24. How do I enable debug output?
25. What's the status of gnokii with nokia 6600?
26. There are few DKU2 drivers. Which one should I use? What about the Symbian phones?
27. I have problems using gnokiid. What can I do?
28. Bluetooth connection doesn't work. My phone asks for pin, but computer doesn't!
29. How to change originating (from) number when sending SMS?
30. Gnokii does not work with my Fedora system with planetccrma patches. Could you please fix it?
31. Gnokii or Xgnokii segfaults. What is it about?
32. Can I use Gnokii to send a MMS?
33. How to get files from my phone?
34. How do I make my Nokia nXX/eXX to work with gnokii?