On Monday 17 November 2003 01:17, Bill Bennett wrote: > My kernel is 2.4.21-4.EL. > > I read (deep inside the Redhat support forum) that this kernel has support > for the Speedtouch modem. So rather than fuss about patching, I went back > to first steps and did a clean install, bypassing all the kernel parts of > Benoit Papillault's Speedtouch HOWTO, got all the way to:
There are two drivers for the speedtouch modem: the "kernel mode driver" which uses a kernel module and a special pppd, and Benoit's "user mode driver" which does not need the speedtch kernel module and uses an ordinary pppd. The kernel mode driver's module is available in the latest 2.4 kernels. This makes your life easier if you are using the kernel mode driver (see http://linux-usb.sf.net/SpeedTouch), but it doesn't help you if you are using the user mode driver as you are. In fact it makes things worse because the two drivers can fight over who gets to drive the modem. So not only do you still need to do all the usual steps to get the user mode driver working, you may also need to delete (or unload) the speedtch module (it lives in a directory under /lib/modules and is called speedtch.o). All the best, Duncan. > # pppd call adsl > > This seemed fine. Then tried: > > # ifconfig ppp0 > > This gave me: > > ppp0: error fetching interface information: device not found. > > This is hardly surprising as my dev directory has ippp0 through to ippp63 > and ppp but no ppp0. I ran MAKEDEV ppp and simply got ipppx0 through to > ipppx63. What's going on here? > > I looked at messages and found that the ADSL line is working fine, but > after ppp0 is started by root I get > > ...can't locate module tty-ldisc-14 > > Working backwards I found my /etc/modules.conf contains the line: > > Alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty > > So why isn't this being picked up? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Gilles Espinasse > > Sent: Saturday, 15 November 2003 9:11 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [speedtouch] Re: Not your normal Speedtouch Woes! > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bill Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 6:51 AM > > Subject: [speedtouch] Not your normal Speedtouch Woes! > > > > > Well maybe this is a common problem. Like most other people, I did > > > everything according to the script, but without success. However, the > > > process bombed out in a way that I've not seen described elsewhere. > > > > > > Modprobe couldn't find the n_hdlc module. > > > > > > I'm a bit uncertain about this as I'm running Redhat Enterprise 3 > > > Linux, which is about as recent as distros get and SOME Speedtouch > > > > documentation > > > > > says this is already in recent kernels. > > > > What kernel version are you running? (uname -r) > > You don't need to patch on recent kernel but you may need to set > > CONFIG_N_HDLC=m in you kernel .config and recompile your kernel > > > > > > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > > Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:speedtouch- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > Pour se d�sinscrire : > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
