Thanks for all the info, I have been on Holiday and just got back, I will make use of it all
Steve On 7/22/07, Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm online in my Linux box finally! One can't even understand how > much frustration I had to go through, but it all seems to be working > fine and well now. > > Why? I think this is important to note and update the linux-usb guide > appropriately. > > Frustrated of not finding anyone who could help me solve my problem, > while knowing that I had followed every single step of the linux-usb > guide properly, led me to look into ubuntuforums.org where I found > many, many people with SpeedTouch problems. I hate this bloody modem. > > However, every reply to anyone's problem seemed to be nothing but a > link to the ubuntu guide at linux-usb, even when people said they had > already followed those instructions. There was also a few mentions of > a new program that would make the guide's steps all the much easier > for the average joe. I didn't look into it. > > The only gold nugget came from another frustrated user who managed to > solve his problem by himself and then post the solution. He installed > some library called libatm1, which apparently made his connection > work. Oh really, I thought. Well, my ISP uses PPPoE, but I guess it > won't hurt to try it. > > I downloaded the libatm1_2.4.1-17_i386.deb from ubuntu repositories, > logged back into this machine, installed the library, and restarted. > Voilá! It's working and working very well. And that's all I wanted! > > I don't know what this libatm1 does exactly and why it's needed. I'm > not sure either if it was available in earlier versions of Ubuntu and > got removed for 7.0x. All I know is that after installing it, my > connection started working. This is something important to consider > to at least make some sort of mention in the linux-usb guide. > > OK, thank you and good bye. > > Ivo > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ?subject=unsubscribe > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
