[speedtouch] How is modem_run loading automatically? (Fedora Core 1)

[William M. Quarles]

Hi,

I went through an awful lot of pain to get this to work.  Let me say 
that speedbundle does NOT work just out of the box!

I ended up rebuilding a binary RPM file from the source RPM available at 
this site:



However, since my system was already a mess from previously trying to 
install from  Benoit Papillault's SpeedTouch USB for *nix SourceForge 
project (I don't know why you say that his project is an alternative: 
half of your software is all of his software!), then SpeedBundle from 
the Linux-USB project, I have no clue how things got working.  However, 
they did not start working until I had all three piled on top of each 
other, and then I had to do a little trimming to get rid of excess 
copies of modem_run in the path.

Although it wasn't quite working, because I restored my PPP files from 
before, so I had to recompile the PPP included with SpeedBundle, and 
install it again.  Once that was in, I think that it was the supposedly 
"It should all 'just work'" SpeedBundle left a key flaw of not asking 
for the VCI and VPI settings for the /etc/ppp/peers/adsl file, (they 
were left at 0.00) so I had to write those in myself.  I had no clue 
what the 0.00 was there for, I had to dig out its meaning from some 
other text.

So now I need to know this:
1. How are modem_run and pppd automatically being started when I plug in 
my modem?  I am bugged being a GNU/Linux user/administrator who has no 
clue what a piece of his system is doing behind his back.
2. Why is modem_run being loaded three times when I plug in the modem, 
and how can I get it to load only once? (To the why, someone will might 
say, "duh, because you installed three packages that all included it on 
top of each other," but it didn't load at all until I got the third one in).
3. How can I get pppd to load the modem as ppp1 instead of ppp0?
4. PPPd won't let ppp0 (or ppp1, whatever) take priority as being "The 
Internet Connection" over my Ethernet card, which is connected to my 
home network, not to the Internet at all.  How can I get the ppp device 
to take priority (and if possible, automatically)?

Thanks,
William


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[speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch & Mandrake Linux 10.......

[Konrad Klimaszewski]

Dnia wto 18. maja 2004 21:39, napisałeś:
> - Installed Mandrakes newest 2.4 kernel with sources
>
> Well thats not a lot of good..
>
> 2.4.25 I think it is (or similar!) sends my system totally round the
> bend.. very slow, and the mouse pointer flies around all over the
> screen.

Well I think that any recent 2.4 kernel should do the trick. So if only 2.4.25 
gives You problems maybe try another one.

I simply had awful problems with Mandrake 10.0 Community standard kernel 
(2.6.3) and USB.

Cheers

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[speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch & Mandrake Linux 10.......

[James Hill]

- Installed Mandrakes newest 2.4 kernel with sources

Well thats not a lot of good..

2.4.25 I think it is (or similar!) sends my system totally round the
bend.. very slow, and the mouse pointer flies around all over the
screen.

I think I have problems that are a bit deeper rooted somehow!

Will have to investigate..

JRH

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From: "Konrad Klimaszewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 8:09 PM
Subject: [speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch & Mandrake Linux 10...


>
> Hi
>
> I had the same problem. Here's what I've done.
>
> - Reinstalled Mandrake 10.0 - to get rid of mess made by Mandrake
> configuration tool
> - Installed Mandrakes newest 2.4 kernel with sources
> - Installed Speedbundle with some changes:
> - speedtouch 1.2 instead of older version shipped with speedbundle
> - kernel mode driver from CVS instead of the one shipped with speedbundle
>
> Everything seems to work fine.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Konrad Klimaszewski[EMAIL PROTECTED]www.if.pw.edu.pl/~klimasz
>  Registered Linux User #300246 : http://counter.li.org
> 
> Any woman is a volume if one knows how to read her.
>
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>


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[speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch & Mandrake Linux 10.......

[Konrad Klimaszewski]

Hi

1.
speedbundle - easy way to install and configure kernel space driver
http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/

2.
Latest kernel space driver (issue those commands):
"cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/linux-usb login"
"cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/linux-usb co 
speedtouch"

You'll get a speedtouch directory. Replace with it, contents of 
speedbundle-1.0/kernel_module directory.

3.
User space driver. Kernel space driver uses firmware loader from it.
http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net/

Replace contents of speedbundle-1.0/firmware_loader with speedtouch 1.2

Cheers

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[speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch & Mandrake Linux 10.......

[James Hill]

- Installed Mandrakes newest 2.4 kernel with sources
- Installed Speedbundle with some changes:
- speedtouch 1.2 instead of older version shipped with speedbundle
- kernel mode driver from CVS instead of the one shipped with
speedbundle

Konrad,

Thanks for the advice...

Now where can I get all those things from? I have the newest 2.4 Kernel
already.. but it's the other stuff I would like to get!

Many thanks,

JRH


- Original Message -
From: "Konrad Klimaszewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 8:09 PM
Subject: [speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch & Mandrake Linux 10...


>
> Hi
>
> I had the same problem. Here's what I've done.
>
> - Reinstalled Mandrake 10.0 - to get rid of mess made by Mandrake
> configuration tool
> - Installed Mandrakes newest 2.4 kernel with sources
> - Installed Speedbundle with some changes:
> - speedtouch 1.2 instead of older version shipped with speedbundle
> - kernel mode driver from CVS instead of the one shipped with speedbundle
>
> Everything seems to work fine.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Konrad Klimaszewski[EMAIL PROTECTED]www.if.pw.edu.pl/~klimasz
>  Registered Linux User #300246 : http://counter.li.org
> 
> Any woman is a volume if one knows how to read her.
>
> Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB
> Pour se désinscrire :
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>
>


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[speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch & Mandrake Linux 10.......

[Konrad Klimaszewski]

Hi

I had the same problem. Here's what I've done.

- Reinstalled Mandrake 10.0 - to get rid of mess made by Mandrake 
configuration tool
- Installed Mandrakes newest 2.4 kernel with sources
- Installed Speedbundle with some changes:
- speedtouch 1.2 instead of older version shipped with speedbundle
- kernel mode driver from CVS instead of the one shipped with speedbundle

Everything seems to work fine.

Hope that helps.

Cheers 

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[speedtouch] Speedtouch & Mandrake Linux 10.......

[James Hill]

Hello,

This cry for help has probably been posted here many times before, but i have only 
just subscribed, so apologies!

I have the Speedtouch 330 USB modem, which I have used quite successfully with 
Mandrake Linux 9.2 and 10 Community.

However, I have just upgraded to Mandrake Linux 10 Official, and in no way can I get 
connected to the internet.

I have installed the modem driver and the firmware in the normal way, have tried 2.4 & 
2.6 kernels, even drivers from previous versions of Mandrake, all with no luck.

I have my connection configured to start at boot. When the PC is booting, it will 
display that it is checking internet connections to start at boot, as normal. Both 
modem lights will begin to flash, as is normal again, but after about 1 minute, I am 
getting a failure message, complete with : "SIOCDELRT = No Such Process". Needless to 
say, the modem isnt connected. When I try to connect from a terminal (./speedtouch.sh 
start), there is no light activity on the modem, and after the delay, again a failure 
message.

Can anyone help me please?

Many thanks,

JRH

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