Is there a good reason NOT to use the kernel driver? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Duncan Sands > Sent: Monday, 17 November 2003 9:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bill Bennett > Subject: [speedtouch] Re: Getting close Was Not your normal Speedtouch > Woes! > > > 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:speedtouch- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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