I had alwas hangings and connection loss at Linux after using a new USB on a PCI card (VIA Chipset) (old USB was Intel-Chipset (440FX)) all troubles ended. Now I work on a stable and reliable connection. The Speedtouch modem may have some problems with older USB chipset.
Florian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of FX Fraipont Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 10:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [speedtouch] Re: SuSE 8.1 jpearson wrote: >Hi > >I never had any problem getting Beno�t Papillault's drivers to work as I >followed his instructions. SpeedTouch works great in SuSE8 and 8.1 with no >problems. For what it worth, I didn't use any SuSE documents. > > >I also wrote a small "START" script and added a soft link in rc5.d so that >it starts automatically when I boot. I also setup SuSEfirewall2 to operate >in "Stealth" mode. > > > How about when you lose your connection every once in a while? what do you do? Unplufg the modem, kill pppd, plug the modem back in , and cross your fingers .... Most of the time, I could not find any other way than to reboot . There must ba anoither way, as they say ... fxf -- ______________________ Courtesy of SuSE Linux nibz.org Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
