Re: Motorola SM56 on Debian Linux
S Yuval wrote: Own a Motorola SM56 winmodem and run Red Hat Linux 7.1. Frustrated with the poor maintenance capabilities of Red Hat I am considering moving to Debian. However, that decision depends on whether I can be assured that my modem works. Currently I am using drivers supplied in rpm form from Motorola; these run only on the older 2.2.* kernel. >From my short experience with Red Hat 8.0 there is no way to migrate the drivers to the newer 2.4.* kernel. From the research I have done so far it appears to me that it should not be difficult to convert the rpm package into a deb package using "alien". The question is however, which release of Debian to purchase and whether I have of a choice between what kernels I want to use. According to LinuxMall.com, Debian 3.0r0allows the user to choose which kernel to install. Does this mean there is any chance my modem will work? If it does, I should get Debian 3.0r0 and install the older kernel, or should I get an older version (e.g. 2.7.*) ? I'd appreciate your assistance. The drivers Motorola ships goes well also with 2.4 , tested ;) You have to uncomment a pair of line in file mm/slab.c in the kernel tree aroun line 1100. Otherwise works only with gcc-2.95. This is the trip: See attachement nedit does not support cut'n paste trough this. Good Luck! Find this lines an uncomment it: if (flags ~(SLAB_DMA|SLAB_LEVEL_MASK|SLAB_NO_GROW)) BUG();
Motorola SM56 on Debian Linux
Own a Motorola SM56 winmodem and run Red Hat Linux 7.1. Frustrated with the poor maintenance capabilities of Red Hat I am considering moving to Debian. However, that decision depends on whether I can be assured that my modem works. Currently I am using drivers supplied in rpm form from Motorola; these run only on the older 2.2.* kernel. From my short experience with Red Hat 8.0 there is no way to migrate the drivers to the newer 2.4.* kernel. From the research I have done so far it appears to me that it should not be difficult to convert the rpm package into a deb package using "alien". The question is however, which release of Debian to purchase and whether I have of a choice between what kernels I want to use. According to LinuxMall.com, Debian 3.0r0allows the user to choose which kernel to install. Does this mean there is any chance my modem will work? If it does, I should get Debian 3.0r0 and install the older kernel, or should I get an older version (e.g. 2.7.*) ? I'd appreciate your assistance.
Re: Motorola SM56 on Debian Linux
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 05:53:24PM -0800, S Yuval wrote: [please wrap your lines to about 72 characters] Own a Motorola SM56 winmodem and run Red Hat Linux 7.1. Frustrated with the poor maintenance capabilities of Red Hat I am considering moving to Debian. However, that decision depends on whether I can be assured that my modem works. Currently I am using drivers supplied in rpm form from Motorola; these run only on the older 2.2.* kernel. From my short experience with Red Hat 8.0 there is no way to migrate the drivers to the newer 2.4.* kernel. I just took a look at Motorola's site, and the system requirements state that the driver requires a 2.4 kernel, and that it would not work with a 2.2 kernel. From the research I have done so far it appears to me that it should not be difficult to convert the rpm package into a deb package using alien. The question is however, which release of Debian to purchase and whether I have of a choice between what kernels I want to use. According to LinuxMall.com, Debian 3.0r0 allows the user to choose which kernel to install. From what I've read, you should install a 2.4 kernel. I can't say anything about installing woody, as all of my systems were installed with a set of potato floppies, followed by floppied X and netscape (to allow my system to connect to a java-requiring proxy), then apt-get dist-upgrading my way to sid (and replacing netscape with phoenix). Does this mean there is any chance my modem will work? If it does, I should get Debian 3.0r0 and install the older kernel, or should I get an older version (e.g. 2.7.*) ? I'd appreciate your assistance. 2.7? I don't remember any 2.7. Do you mean potato (2.2r7)? Anyway, woody (currently 3.0r1) supports the 2.2 kernels, but it seems like the current driver for your winmodem will not. If the modem works, fine (although I don't like proprietary binary only drivers), if it doesn't, obtain a good external modem to replace it. -- Seneca [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Motorola SM56 on Debian Linux
S Yuval said: Own a Motorola SM56 winmodem and run Red Hat Linux 7.1. Frustrated with the poor maintenance capabilities of Red Hat I am considering moving to Debian. However, that decision depends on whether I can be assured that my modem works. Currently I am using drivers supplied in rpm form from Motorola; these run only on the older 2.2.* kernel. From if the drivers are fully open sourced, or even at least partially you should be able to build it against any 2.2.x kernel. If they are binary only then it is very likely they will ONLY work with the kernel they were built with. That most likely means pulling an old redhat kernel and installing it on the debian system. Or get a new modem. external serial port-based modem(opposed to USB) offer the most compadiblity and flexibility accross platforms. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Motorola SM56 on Debian Linux
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 20:53, S Yuval wrote: Own a Motorola SM56 winmodem and run Red Hat Linux 7.1. Frustrated with the poor maintenance capabilities of Red Hat I am considering moving to Debian. However, that decision depends on whether I can be assured that my modem works. Currently I am using drivers supplied in rpm form from Motorola; these run only on the older 2.2.* kernel. From my short experience with Red Hat 8.0 there is no way to migrate the drivers to the newer 2.4.* kernel. From the research I have done so far it appears to me that it should not be difficult to convert the rpm package into a deb package using alien. The question is however, which release of Debian to purchase and whether I have of a choice between what kernels I want to use. According to LinuxMall.com, Debian 3.0r0 allows the user to choose which kernel to install. Does this mean there is any chance my modem will work? If it does, I should get Debian 3.0r0 and install the older kernel, or should I get an older version (e.g. 2.7.*) ? I'd appreciate your assistance. Debian comes default with 2.2.x kernels(on i386 at least) and alien should work just fine. You should go for the 3.0(woody) version as it is the latest. -- Scott Henson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Motorola SM56 on Debian Linux
S == S Yuval S writes: S Own a Motorola SM56 winmodem and run Red Hat Linux S 7.1. Frustrated with the poor maintenance capabilities of Red S Hat I am considering moving to Debian. However, that decision S depends on whether I can be assured that my modem S works. Currently I am using drivers supplied in rpm form from S Motorola; these run only on the older 2.2.* kernel. From my S short experience with Red Hat 8.0 there is no way to migrate S the drivers to the newer 2.4.* kernel. S From the research I have done so far it appears to me that S it should not be difficult to convert the rpm package into a S deb package using alien. Yes, alien can be a help, and it seems to work the very few times I've tried it. S The question is however, which release of Debian to purchase S and whether I have of a choice between what kernels I want to S use. According to LinuxMall.com, Debian 3.0r0 allows the user S to choose which kernel to install. Debian Woody (3.0r1) provides you the 2.2.20 kernel and the 2.4.18 kernel. 2.2.20 is the default kernel for most installations that do not require newer hardware. S Does this mean there is any chance my modem will work? If S it does, I should get Debian 3.0r0 and install the older S kernel, or should I get an older version (e.g. 2.7.*) ? I'd S appreciate your assistance. No need to get an older version. You can always fetch the kernel source for the RH version that the module worked with and compile it until it sorta, kinda works if you have the time and/or the inclination for that sort of thing. Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
