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[MSG4REAL]

I was looking and http://www.tjnet.com/ is the people that made the hardware they have the "demo" tool to allow skype use of the device and linux drivesr and many more stuff

btw it evern tells you your serial number + hell your model number

tho I think is the 560?

[gnimsh]

The device works for me by default in ubuntu 8.04. No driver installation necessary.

[Darkman90808]

The device works for me by default in ubuntu 8.04. No driver installation necessary.

Canyou 'splain a little more? Are you saying Ubuntu recognizes MJ? (Mine doesn't.) I think there is a cadre of MJ/Ubuntu 8.04 users who would *love* to use them together. Thanks...

[gnimsh]

Sure. I plug it in, and it turns on. The CD drive mounts, as does the YMAX Magicjack usb disk. Some times the blue light does not go on right away and I have to jiggle it around in the USB extension cord before it turns on but other than that I've had no other problems, have not had to install any other drivers.

Here's a few options for you.

First, the hard one (scroll down for the possibly easier option): Download this package and install the drivers manually. http://www.cuphone.com/software/downloa ... 0.i586.rpm

Since its an RPM file you'll have to install it using alien. CD to the directory where you saved the RPM file, and use this command: sudo alien -k name-of-rpm-file.rpm. For example if its in my downloads folder I do cd /home/Downloads/rpm-file.rpm. Don't forget you can use tab complete in the terminal, so just type tj and hit tab. That should hopefully install the drivers for you.

I've used MJ with twinkle in linux and it doesn't quite work the same. I can use it as a sound device with a phone plugged in, but everyone I speak with has told me that there's an echo. Also the volume on the device is turned all the way down the first time so make sure you put it up before making a call otherwise people won't hear you and will hang up.

Installing VMWare takes more time but may be more likely to work, but the first option involves the command line and I'm not sure how comfortable you are with that.

Now, the easier way is this:

Install VMWare server (1.0.7). You'll have to register for a serial number, but it is free and works MUCH better than VirtualBox. http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/05/30/ ... 804-hardy/ Even though the tutorial is for 1.0.6, get 1.0.7. Don't download 2, as its for the kernel in 8.10. While installing it you may get an error about a gcc compiler (I did) just ignore this error and keep going it will work fine. Make sure to paste the last 2 lines of code to tell VMWare Server where it can find 2 files that it needs to run. It will not work without this.

After its installed, you'll have to do one more step (website here: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/747) So, in a terminal type/paste: sudo gedit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh and hit enter. It will open up that file in gedit. Substitute gedit with your favorite text editor...Do a search for "magic to make USB work" and then remove all the # signs starting with #mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs and ending with mount --rbind. Save the file. Log out, and then back in again. Install windows on the VM, and make sure to add a usb controller to the machine. Go to "Edit VM settings" under the "power on" button, and find USB controller. Plug in the magicjack. Then once you boot up windows again, go to the top menu and choose VM>Removable devices and choose both "YMAX communication corp magicjack" AND "Tigerjet network USB device" Then it should load the magicjack in windows and it will work, hopefully just fine. Mine does! You can even plug a phone into and use it that way. Works great.

I hope these instructions help.

[Darkman90808]

Thanks! I've been fooling around with VMware so far without success. I'll use your instructions and see what happens. Again, thank you.