Warren Doney wrote:
>
> The kernel release notes @ uk.linux.org seem to
> suggest that the module needs to be re-compiled.
Yeah, looks that way from the error messages I was getting.
> Lucent actually got in a 3rd party developer to do
> it in the 1st place, & he indicated, when he gave the
> driver to linmodems.org, that Lucent were only
> interested in dialog with actual manufacturers, not
> end users.
Yeah, I've heard that too, and this seems to be the case looking at
their web site - aimed firmly at manufacturers.
> So it looks like getting the module
> re-compiled will mean hassleing the maker of the
> modem. Hopefully you'll be able to locate yours,
> as mine is made by some obscure Taiwanese Co.
Well, I'm not sure who actually made mine, but it seems to have been
made under the supervision of Gateway (at least they claim it was) -
probably by the same Taiwanese co that made yours. :-) Hopefully Lucent
will eventually just release the source. Could take a while....
I've gone back to the 2.2.14 kernel for the moment, which was actually
an interesting experience - I wanted to keep the MDK 7.1 install, so
downloaded the source direct from kernel.org and compiled - this of
course broke the sound module, so I had to download it, and so on.....
Lot's of interesting configuration later, and everything pretty much
works - still get a warning message at boot that /etc/conf.modules is
newer than /lib/modules/2.2.14, but it lets me do it. Got me actually
looking hard at configuration files again - Mandrake has made me lazy.
:-)
Tom Massey
