Hi Andy, > It appears to stop working after long periods of not being used... > > The command "dmesg" shows a lot of errors like this: > > usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout > usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_BULK failed dev 2 ep 0x5 len 883 ret -110
Funny. I used to have this problem, but wrote just 2 days ago that I solved it by removing "kdebug 7" from the pppd config file (called "adsl" in most docs). What does your config file look like? > /sbin/insmod usb-ohci I seem to use usb-uhci on my firewall (Red Hat 9 as well, Pentium 3, same on Athlon 800). Is usb-ohci the usb driver that gets automatically loaded at boot? > /usr/sbin/modem_run -k -f /usr/lib/speedtouch/alcaudsl.sys You might want to try another firmware. This is the Windows firmware. On the website (http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net/index.php?/download.en.html) you can find a file called firmware.bin which many seem to use. I myself use the latest official driver from http://download.ethomson.com/download/KQD6_R204.zip . For that driver you need a patch which you can find on my website (http://home.hetnet.nl/~ottolander/speedtouch/speedtouch.html). That patch fixes problems with the calculation of frame CRC's. It also uses an extra thread to read and write from/to USB, but that seems to be unnecessary (you don't have to use it to fix the CRC errors). I hope a cleaned up version of that patch (without the extra pipe) will soon be merged. For now you can safely use the "full" patch, with or without the extra pipe. > 1. I have to unplug my modem when I switch on the computer and then plug it > in after booting, or it doesn't work. Could that problem be connected with > this one? Possibly. By the way, the reloading of the usb modules makes it unnecessary to unplug the modem in any case. As you can see, when you unload the usb-ohci or usb-uhci module the modem is turned off. Same as unplugging. > 2. Is there a way this problem can be prevented, or my script called > automatically when the problem occurs? Please have a look in the archives. Search for a message of mine with the subject "[speedtouch] Re: Connexion (et reconnexion) automatique" (29/10/2003). It contains some scripts that I use to check my line. It essentially is a cron job that checks whether ppp0 exists and if there are USBDEVFS_BULK failed's in the system log. Bye, Leonard. -- How clean is a war when you shoot around nukelar waste? Stop the use of depleted uranium ammo! End all weapons of mass destruction. Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
