problem in using gnokii utility
 

hi

iam trying to send sms using gnokii utility in linux

firstly i did
sudo apt-get install gnokii
after that
i got a gnokiirc.gz file in /usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/gnokiirc.gz file here
after that i did
gunzip gnokiirc.gz
then i transferred my file from the /usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample to home directory by using copy command as copying files to home is not allowed so i used sudo
sudo cp gnokii /home
after that
i changed the port=/dev/ttyUSB2
and model=AT in the gnokiirc file in the home directory
and then i wrote
gnokii --identify

GNOKII Version 0.6.29
Couldn't read /home/etika/.config/gnokii/
config config file.
Couldn't read /etc/xdg/xdg-gnome/gnokii/config config file.
Lockfile /var/lock/LCK..ttyS0 is stale. Overriding it...
Telephone interface init failed: Command timed out.
Quitting.
Command timed out.


i followed as in the http://www.gnokii.org/docs.shtml and http://sp2hari.com/2008/04/18/settin...-using-gnokii/ and except this "Note that you will need read/write permissions on whatever serial port you specify in .gnokiirc."(iam confused what is my serial port is it ttyUSB2 )

please do tell me what can be the reason of this error and how it can be rectified

Presumably sudo cp gnokii /home created the /home/gnokii. Later you write about "the gnokiirc file in the home directory". gnokii works OK for me using /home/<user name>/.config/gnokii/config. I vaguely recall trying /home/<user name>/.gnokiirc and it not working so changing to /home/<user name>/.config/gnokii/config. Might be worth trying that (so you don't get the Couldn't read /home/etika/.config/gnokii/config config file message) and then we can concentrate on the serial port device file issues.

now i have copied the gnokiirc file in /home/etika/.config/gnokii directory and still the problem persist same message is displayed
etika@etika-4545-uT-PCghfA:~/.config/gnokii$ gnokii --identify
GNOKII Version 0.6.29
Couldn't read /home/etika/.config/gnokii/config config file.
Couldn't read /etc/xdg/xdg-gnome/gnokii/config config file.
Lockfile /var/lock/LCK..ttyS0 is stale. Overriding it...
Telephone interface init failed: Command timed out.
Quitting.
Command timed out.

what to do ??

It needs to be /home/etika/.config/gnokii/config not /home/etika/.config/gnokii/gnokiirc

ok thanx

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hey
catkin
can you tell me how to read sms from gnokii
i tried
gnokii --getsms ME 1 end
but its not working ...

I've never tried getting SMSes from a phone. Have you tried to do anything else and did it work? What are the symptoms of "not working"? It helps if you can copy-paste the exact command and the output.