From the HOWTO at http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/speedtouch/speedtouch/doc-linux/SpeedTouch-HOWTO-en.html?rev=1.5
Download Alcatel's Modem firmware What you need to download is the modem's microcode provided with Alcatel's drivers. You have two possibilities: It can be found in the form of two files: A mgmt.o file found in the GNU/Linux package A alcaudsl.sys file found in the WindowsTM package (If your modem is already running under windows, you can avoid downloading it by taking the file in c:\windows\system). GNU/Linux drivers on Alcatel's site : http://www.alcatel.com/consumer/dsl/dvrreg_lx.htm At 10:04 18/01/2002 +0000, you wrote: >I am really struggling with the installation of alcatel speedtouch drivers. >I have an ADSL connection, and I am based in the UK. > >I had Redhat 7.2 installed, and could not get it working. I then installed >Mandrake 8.1 because it supports the speedtouch modem. The only thing I am >missing is the compilation of the driver which creates the file "mgmt.o" >file. > >I uncompress the file and CD into the newly created Speedtouch directory. I >then go to "make" the file, and get a list of errors.... its really >frustrating because I am a newbie to Linux. > >I have no idea where I am going wrong, I have been doing a lot of research >on the net, but some tell me to patch the kernel?(no idea how to do that >yet) others tell me to download a whole lot of other drivers... and mandrake >tell me all I still need id the "mgmt.o" file to go into the /speedtouch >folder? > >Help.... please > >Regards > >Jason > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > >Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB >Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > -- Gunnar AAstrand Grimnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~ggrimnes 7 John Knox Court Mounthooly Aberdeen AB24 3LF Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
