MDK 10 Official + speedtouch usb = 0 internet.
 

Yes it's the speedtouch usb again:rolleyes:

When I try to configure the internet connection for my st usb modem I get an error 'Sorry, we only support 2.4 and above kernels'

Then I get a window popping up where I can select my isp. I'm with freeserve (wanadoo) but that comes under Spain and not UK. Anyway I've tried both and I still cannot connect.

I also get a FAILED while booting for eth0: Why the problems? I've copied the micro code for the st usb modem... It all worked in MDK 9.1:confused:

Thanks in advance.

Btw I don't want to go back to 9.1 cos 10 looks/feels better apart from the IC:rolleyes:

First thing it's important to choose the right country as the vpi/vci settings vary form country to country. For the UK the vpi : vci numbers are 0 38 whether it's BT or Freeserve/Wanadoo. Next thing, what type of speedtouch is it? If it's a silver, revision 4 one then I can't help but these instructions work for me on mandrake 10 with an old green speedtouch and a purple speedtouch 330, both of which I got from Freeserve. Get the speedtouchconf tarball from http://speedtouchconf.sourceforge.net/ Of course, that's not easy to do if you can't connect to the internet so I would suggest that you use windows as you should be able to drag and drop things from windows into your home folder on mandrake 10. Mandrake mounts the Windows partition automatically for me. Also, save these instructions into a text file with notepad then you can copy and paste them into a terminal to avoid typos.
Before you start you'll need to install the package bc-1.06. It's on the mandrake CD's. If you've used Mandrake 9.1 you should be familiar with grpmi so I won't go into that. Now, open a terminal and

tar xzf speedtouchconf-22-04-2004.tar.gz

then you'll need to copy the firmware you have (alcaudsl.sys, mgmt.o or firmware.bin) into the speedtouchconf-22-04-2004 folder and then carry on with these commands. Copy and paste the lot as one block.

cd speedtouchconf-22-04-2004 &&
tar xzf speedtouch-1.2-sgp.tar.gz &&
cp speedtouch-1.2-sgp/src/pppoa3.c{,.backup} &&
sed 's/ep = -1;/ep = 1;/g' speedtouch-1.2-sgp/src/pppoa3.c.backup > speedtouch-1.2-sgp/src/pppoa3.c &&
tar czf speedtouch-1.2-sgp.tar.gz speedtouch-1.2-sgp

Now become root

su
password
./speedtouchconf.sh

Good luck and god bless all who sail in her...

Thanks Andrew ;)

I too have the green speedtouch so I think that should work for me too. I don't know/remember what the grpmi is :scratch: I'll do a search to refresh my memory. When installing I did tick every box so I wonder if it's already installed:confused:

Right I've got the speedtouchconf file and just about to copy your reply to a textfile for reference:study: and hopefully the next time I post here will be in linux:D

Thanks again m8 ;)

[EDIT]
I've installed bc and followed your advice. Now I get an error

No USB Bus found:confused: What do I need to do? I thought stuff like that gets configured when installing:rolleyes:

Sorry for being slow to reply but I've not been well today.
Do you have pciutils installed? If you open the Mandrake Control Centre and get it to list all the software you can install, look for pciutils-2.1.11-4mdk. The speedtouchconf script seems to use the command lspci to discover what sort of USB controller you have. Mandrake installed pciutils automatically when I installed it but maybe you chose different options. If you kept the speedtouchconf-22-04-2004 folder from before then continue from the
./speedtouchconf.sh
If you deleted it then start again from the top.

I installed pciutils and also usbview. I still get the no usb bus error.

I started usb view and in the list are 5 entries in black text for usb controllers ?? and at the bottom in red text is speedtouch usb. When I clicked it then on configure It pointed me to a file called devices in /proc/bus/usb/

When I looked at this file in vi there is my alcatel speedtouch usb on bus 1. :confused:

After installing those packages I didn't restart. Should I have restarted?
My bro has a silver usb modem from bt internet. He uses an adsl router now so if he can find the silver modem I might try that. If it still won't work then it's back to mdk 9.1 or forget the whole idea :(

Thanks for your time and help Andrew;)

Really... no USB Bus

As you can see the modem is on bus 1 :confused: :rolleyes: To say im a little pissed off is an understatement:mad:

Me too. Makes me feel like an idiot when it doesn't work.
The Speedtouchconf thing isn't working so lets go a different way. The two options we could try are to either make the speedbundle work or just forget these packages altogether and put the scripts together ourselves. Both ways look long and complicated but either should work. If you cd into the speedtouchconf-22-04-2004/speedtouch-1.2-sgp folder and run ./configure and make it will make modem_run and pppoa3 which, along with the firmware, just needs the configuration scripts setting up.
It's going to take some typing and this thread may go to a few pages but we should get there. What do you think?

I'm up for it if you are m8 ;) I really appreciate your help :)

I'll boot to mdk and do the ./configure bit in a mo.

Btw I'm with Freeserve (Wanadoo) Or should it be Wanadont in my case :p I thought they use PPPOE :confused: I have tried PPPOA also and neither made any difference.
Thanks again Andrew

Ok, so, first thing, it's important to do the before you compile pppoa3 or it won't work with a 2.6 kernel. What those commands do is delete a minus sign from the code in the file pppoa3.c. So if you cd speedtouch-1.2-sgp and then ./configure and make you should then have a modem_run and a pppoa3 in the folder speedtouchconf-22-04-2004/speedtouch-1.2-sgp/src. Copy modem_run and pppoa3 somewhere convenient. /usr/sbin works for me. I'll come back to them later. Now you need to make a plain text file in /etc/ppp called chap-secretsYou'll need to change the USERNAME and PASSWORD in that for the ones you use to connect to Freeserve, obviously, they're not the sort of things you can post in a forum.
This one is also a plain text file and it goes in /etc/ppp/peers and you can call it what you like but I'll call it adsl as I'll need to refer to it laterAgain, you'll need to change USERNAME to your username with Freeserve and if you decided to put pppoa3 somewhere other than /usr/sbin you'll need to change the path to point to it.
Now, you'll need to put the firmware (mgmt.o) somewhere convenient./etc/ppp/mgmt.o works for me. To get the kernel ready to work we'll need to load some modules. Add these entries to /etc/modprobe.confThat's the bit I'm least sure about. I just copied and pasted that from the the /etc/modprobe.conf on my Mandrake 10 partition. They work for me but I don't really understand it. I prefer to build what I need into the kernel and do without the complications of modules. But lets hope that works.
Next, you'll need to create /etc/resolv.conf to connect to a domain name server. Put these entries in a plain text file called resolv.conf in /etcIt's best to use a DNS close to where you live and as we have the same ISP that should work fine. Now you should be ready to go. As root, use this command to load the firmware.If modem run isn't in /usr/sbin or if the firmware isn't in /etc/ppp or if it's called something other than mgmt.o , change the command to fit. Loading the firmware should make the lights on the modem flash in a reassuring way. Let it sit for a couple of seconds to settle the connect with the commandIf you called the script in /etc/ppp/peers something other than adsl then change the command to fit. If all that worked you should be online. However the chances of it all working are not high. I've probably forgotten something and I don't know everything so this may take a few days work to straighten out all the wrinkles but we should be able to get there. Good luck.

Hey! Hey! forget all that crap, that'll never work. To test all that I've just tried installing Mandrake 10 on the kids computer upstairs and of course that bollocks didn't work so I tried the speedtouchconf script and I got the No USB Bus found error message. This computer is different to mine as it has an ohci usb controller. Maybe that's the difference. Anyway, I just did a quick hack into the speedtouchconf script and it worked like a charm. Open speedtouchconf.sh with gedit or somesuch text editor and go to line 233 which looks like thisComment out the nasty lines so it looks like this...and then it just worked! I hope it works for you.

Lmao :D

I just got back into xp to let you know how I got on too. When it came time to :-

/usr/sbin/modem_run -s -f /etc/ppp/mgmt.o

I got both lights flash once then the left stayed green and the right stayed amber (not flashing) Before all of this both lights were green.

OK I'll try what you've done above. Should I write back the original files first? Some already existed so I backed them up.

Fingers crossed.... Reboot to linux again......

[EDIT]

I've done that and it almost worked. I got this error :-
The modem lights flashed once. The left staying green and right staying amber(neither flashing) How can I find out what's trying to use the modem?

Just to keep you up to date, it seems one of the changes I'd made was important, I'd added this line to /etc/fstabIf I delete it, reboot and run ./speedtouchconf.sh again I get an error very similar (but not the same) as yours. Now the problem I'm struggling with is that although running ./speedtouchconf.sh connects, the script it puts in /etc/rc.d/init.d is failing to connect when I reboot.
Try adding that line to /etc/fstab and see if it helps you.

Well I decided to go round the houses again and this time I gave the internet connection tools in the Mandrake Control Centre a good try. When I put Mandrake 10 on my computer I tried the Mandrake Control Centre but not very well, I didn't really pay attention to it as I didn't expect it to succeed - it never did in Mandrake 9.2 - but I though maybe if I tried it it might install some things that would help the speedtouchconf script to work. Perhaps that was the reason the speedtouchconf script worked on my computer. Anyway, I paid attention, did what it said ( copied the mgmt.o to /usr/speedtouch) and when I rebooted it connected. I didn't find out straight away though as by then I was into a prolonged battle with the Nvidia installer and XFree86. But anyway - Success! The Mandrake Control Centre works!
Open the Mandrake Control Centre, click new connection> ADSL connection> Alcatel Speedtouch USB modem> United Kingdom> British telecom (the company doesn't matter - it all goes through BT)> PPP over ATM (PPPoA)> fill in you details> Yes, connect at boot> No, don't restart the network> No, don't try to connect now> Reboot. Good luck. Sorry for wasting your time with all the nonesense above.

I'll try that tomorrow ;)
You haven't wasted my time at all m8. If anything you've given me a good lesson in konsole ;) j/k
Trying your suggestions did get me a little further. I was going insane when it said I had no usb bus. I'll let you know how I get on :)

I decided to reinstall mdk 10. I've copied the mgmt.o file to /usr/speedtouch and rebooted. When it reboots and the kde pops up with the icons, then modem lights start flashing for a few seconds until they stay green. But I cannot connect to any webpages. :(

At the bottom right of the desktop is an exclamationmark icon which says network is down press configure or something like that. I've been going in circles.

One thing concerns me though. I have a network card eth0: and adsl modem. I have a home network (both on xp). Is my internet trying to connect through my nic? How should I set them up?

Latest...

During boot when it gets to Checking Internet Connection to start at boot: Modem lights flash then settle to green (both) after another 30 seconds I get FAILED and also Starting ADSL FAILED.

OK I checked /etc/ppp/peers/adsl and vpi and vci were both 0 :confused: (I told the setup UK/BT)

Anyway I changed it to 0 & 38 here's the adsl file contents below:-

I don't think there's anything wrong with this now but it still won't connect to the net even tho both lights stay green :mad:

:(

Well if I were you I would keep trying different things. Perhaps the ethernet connection to the other computer is interfering somehow. Try (temporarily) unplugging it and just set up the speedtouch like I did in post #13. If that doesn't work, perhaps the speedtouchconf will after you've gone through the steps in the Mandrake Control Centre.
I read your other thread about the bootloader and installing other distros and although you must be sick of me by now, I must recommend Grub. When I used Mandrake 9.1 it installed lilo on the master boot record and I tried several other distros but I could never get lilo to boot them and Mandrake. I could only get it to boot Slackware and Windows or Mandrake and Windows. But when I came to do Linux From Scratch it uses Grub and to be cautious, before I installed it with Scratch I used the Mandrake Control Centre to change Mandrakes bootloader from lilo to Grub and that was it. The floodgates were open. Grub seems to be capable of loading anything. I currently have two versions of Linux From Scratch, Slackware 9.1, College Linux, Fedora Core 1, Mandrake 9.2 and Mandrake 10 on my /boot/grub/menu.lst. Unlike lilo, you don't need to run grub if you edit the list, it reads the list every time you reboot. If you recompile the kernel you don't need to run grub, if you mess things up you can get a command prompt at the grub screen and try different options. The only time I've need to use that was when I deleted a partition. That meant that the other partitions got renamed so when grub looked for /boot/grub/menu.lst on /dev/hda12, it was now called /hda11 so it didn't know what to do and dumped me at the command prompt. I fixed the situation with the first Mandrake 9.1 CD which is a bootable cd and has grub and fdisk on it. How brilliant was Mandrake 9.1? I feel so lucky to have started out with that. I think that when the 2.6 kernel gets to being version 20 plus Mandrake will have settled down and regained it's former glory but at the moment it's all a bit up in the air. Mandrake 10 is not bad, it seems to have a problem with my printer (it keeps trying to reconfigure it every time I reboot) and it's crashed/segfaulted a few times (I don't like finding core dumps in the home folder) but it's better than than 9.2. If you try some other distros give http://www.maxtux.co.uk/ a look. First class post is fast and cheap. I've tried 5 or 6 different distros from them and all the CD's have been perfect. No problems at all.
With the Speedtouch I've often had problems with it but I've always been able to plug away at it and get it working in the end. Try different Firmware. On my computer windows has the firmware in /mnt/windows/WINDOWS/system32/drivers/alcaudsl.sys . Try copying it to /usr/speedtouch and renaming it mgmt.o . That one works well enough on Windows but in Linux I find the mgmt.o file in this tarball works better http://download.ethomson.com/download/speedmgmt.tar.gz . Your adsl file above looks perfect but if the lights stay green with no flashing then the firmware isn't getting loaded. modem_run must load the firmware before you can pppd call adsl . You must be sick of me by now. Look at that, I've been typing so long my tea's gone cold.

Re: MDK 10 Official + speedtouch usb = 0 internet.
 

MDK10,
Did you load the package soeedtouch from the CDROM ?
You should have the microcode on a floppy ready.

When you now do the network config you have the speedtouch listet.
Choose pppoatm
Fill up the form with your data !!!!

The problem with MDK10 is here when you boot the system and it comes to opening
the ADSL connection at boot. a lot of errors come on the screen. Nevertheless
it works here.

Mahdrake is the only linux distro wher you can easily configure your
speedtouch router.

jackson

Speedtouch 330 USB in MDK-10 - to Andrew Benton
 

First I ask for excuse for my bad English, I am of Portugal, and I do not dominate the English. I sent an email for itself today, but however I discovered this forum and end everything what you explain. after making everything I have this message of error of the Speedtouchconf.

************************************************
* *
* speedtouchconf.sh by Steve Parker *
* *
* http://speedtouchconf.sourceforge.net/ *
* based on speedtouch.sourceforge.net project *
* *
************************************************

If you have any problems with this script, mail me
(steve at steve-parker dot org) with the files
/tmp/speedtouch.txt and /var/log/messages for diagnosis.
Using speedtouch-1.2-sgp
microcode is alcaudsl.sys
Using alcaudsl.sys for microcode
PPP version 2.4.1 okay.
Linux kernel version 2.6.3 okay.
***************************************
* *
* Please select your ISP Settings *
* *
***************************************

Country/ISP VPI VCI
Belgium, ? 8 35
Denmark, Orang 8 35
France, wanado 8 35
France, ? 8 67
Italy, ? 8 35
Netherlands, ? 8 48
UK, BTopenworld 0 38
UK, Any ISP 0 38
US, BellSouth 8 35
Singapore Pacificnet 0 100
Please type your VPI VCI numbers (eg, 0 38 for UK)
0 35
Please enter your ISP Login ID (eg another@hg1.btinternet.com)
My_login@tvtel.pt
Please enter your ISP Password
ISP_Password
Settings:
VPI / VCI : 0 / 35
Login : My_login@tvtel.pt
Password : ISP_Password
Are these correct? (Y/N)
y
No further user interaction is required.
Configuring SpeedTouch Driver...
Software Configuration - SUCCESS
Building SpeedTouch Driver...
Software Build - SUCCESS
Installing SpeedTouch Driver...
Software Installation - SUCCESS

*** Configuration finished. Starting the connection ***

The modem lights should start flashing for approx. 20 seconds...
The lights should both be solid green now.
Running : pppd call adsl
*********************************
* Don't seem to have connected. *
*********************************
Please check the username and password in /etc/ppp/*-secrets.
Then run /etc/rc.d/init.d/speedtouch start
Current settings: My_login@tvtel.pt / ISP_Password
[root@localhost speedtouchconf-22-04-2004]#


---------------------------------------------------------------
I'm from Portugal so the VPI is 0 and the VCI is 35
---------------------------------------------------------------
in the /etc/ppp/peers/ads it is thus

#-------------------/etc/ppp/peers/adsl Beginning------------
debug
kdebug 1
noipdefault
defaultroute
pty "/usr/local/sbin/pppoa3 -m -1 -c -vpi 0 -vci 35"
sync
user "My_login@tvtel.pt"
noauth
noaccomp
nopcomp
noccp
novj
holdoff 4
persist
maxfail 25
usepeerdns
#------------------/etc/ppp/peers/adsl EOF------------------

What it is that will be badly, can help me? I do not want to come back toward win

Thx

:scratch::cry:

Re: Speedtouch 330 USB in MDK-10 - to Andrew Benton
 

We are perfectly aware of the correct configuration.

What I want to know
Have you also a lot of error messages at MDK10 boot when connecting ADSL
to the internet.
There is about half a page of errors about the usb router on the screen. !!
Nevertheless the connection is finally established ok.

jackson

Yes I get those error messages and like you, they're meaningless as the connection works fine. Mandrake 10 prints the messages when I connect but with other distros the messages get printed as the system is shutting down.

RanDomIze-PT - have you tried setting up the connection through the Mandrake Control Centre like I described earlier http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...273#post909273 this seems to get Mandrake to load some things which are needed to establish the connection. Reinstalling Mandrake made a difference for me as it cleared away the mistakes I'd made before. I would like to add that I'm not impressed with Mandrake 10. It seems very unstable. It scares me to reboot into it. It's the most unstable operating system I've ever used.

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Distributions - Mandrake and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

Cool

I'm using the speedtouch conf package as well, and i'm getting the same error as Mr Tickle:
I've tried using the Mandrake Control centre connection and it worked.
Only problem was that the computer constantly freezes for absolutely no reason while its connected to the internet, so thats a no go.

Any ideas?

Andrew,

Just thought I would say a big thank you for solving my speedtouch problem. I have SuSE 8.2 on my desktop and got speedtouch to work using Steve Parker's shell script for the speedtouch driver. I assumed I woiuld need the same for Mandrake 10 on my laptop but the script cannot yet cope with the 2.6 kernel. I tried your Control Centre suggestion and it has worked! At last I have web connection on my laptop. Thank you again. I should have checked the bleeding obvious!

Donald

About that microcode...
 

:newbie:

:Pengy: So, before I face any of that stuff, how do I actually get ahold of the microcode?

The message from Mandrake during installation said to get it from sourceforge. Sourceforge said to get it from the speedtouch site, but the address they gave doesn't seem to exist any more and I was taken to the home page.

So... I negotiated to the Linux download page and downloaded. This gave me a file called KQD6 R204.zip Double clicking this gave me two more files called KQD6P1.eni and KQD6P2.eni Clicking these opens the 'Start Applications' box and it asks me what I want to open it with.

So where do I find mngmt.o :scratch:

http://download.ethomson.com/download/speedmgmt.tar.gz Just untar it and get the mgmt.o out of it. Or use the firmware from your Windows partition. On my computer it's called /mnt/windows/WINDOWS/system32/drivers/alcaudsl.sys . Copy it (and rename it) to /usr/speedtouch/mgmt.o . I find the Linux firmware works better but your millage may be different.

I can't get my speedtouch (silver one - one of the newer ones I think) working in Mandrake 10 Official (tried a few times) - however, it works fine in Mandrake 10 Community (just configure at install time). I even tried to 'upgrade' my copy of Community today with the Official disks and found my modem could no longer connect to the internet. From my experience of 9.2 and 10CE you *should* be able to connect to the internet with ease - perhaps something has been changed in the official Mandrake 10 accidently or whatever?

Well I'm all logged in now! I was on the verge of complaining that it wouldn't let me copy the stupid microcode over and I realized that being logged in as 'root' might make all the difference, and it did. :) Thanks for the address!

As for M10 Official. I now have two sets of discs, and neither of them will even load. They get as far as the first graphic screen (Where you're asked if you want to press F1 or Enter), then either go blank and freeze, or display the option menu starting halfway across the screen, and ending back on the LH side, after which the progress bar starts up from where it should be, gets about halfway, then that freezes as well.

Very odd...