Hello,
I have been using Debian for quite some time. My main
problem is getting internet connction using the
Alcatel ADSL Speedtouch modem (330) work. I tried several times
without success.
In my computer I installed both Debian Sarge 2.6x and
Debian Etch 2.15x kernels.
whenever I need to work under Debian, I have to go to
an internet cafe to use their LAN. That is holding me
from achieving the work I intend to do, which is
translating Debian to my national languge (wolof).
Please is someone can give me any help, I will really
appreciate it.
Thanks.

If you're using Debian with a 2.6 kernel it should be quite similar to Ubuntu so this page might help http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/ubuntu/index.html
Is your kernel newer than 2.6.10? The first step is to prepare the firmware with the firmware-extractor http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/...ware-extractor and put the speedtch-{1,2}.bin files in /lib/hotplug/firmware
Let me know how you get on b3nt@ukonline.co.uk

I have followed the instructions provided in the link you gave, but wiith no success.
I tried them several times with both 2.6.8-1 and 2.15.
when the system boots it displays a message saying something like: FIRMWARE_FILE Undefined.

Make sure you have copied your firmware to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware, then run:
modprobe speedtch
dmesg | tail -n 50
post the output

After using the firware-extractor, I copied both files speedtch-1.bin and speedtch-2.bin in the /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware folder.
The commnad :
modprobe speedtch
gave no output while the second:
dmesg | tail -n 50
gave the following:

pciehp: acpi_pciehprm:\_SB_.PCI0 evaluate _BBN fail=0x5
pciehp: acpi_pciehprm:get_device PCI ROOT HID fail=0x5
shpchp: acpi_shpchprm:\_SB_.PCI0 evaluate _BBN fail=0x5
shpchp: acpi_shpchprm:get_device PCI ROOT HID fail=0x5
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:03.3[D] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.3: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.3: irq 10, pci mem e0be1000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
PCI: cache line size of 128 is not supported by device 0000:00:03.3
ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.3: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2004-May-10
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
Aieee - PCI error! status 0x008008, PCI status 0x8290
usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 2
Aieee - PCI error! status 0x008008, PCI status 0x8290
usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using address 3
usb 3-2: bulk timeout on ep5in
usb 3-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_BULK failed ep 0x85 len 512 ret -110
usb 3-2: bulk timeout on ep5in
usb 3-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_BULK failed ep 0x85 len 512 ret -110
usb 3-2: control timeout on ep0in
usb 3-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd speedmgmt rqt 192 rq 18 len 0 ret -110
parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
usb 3-2: control timeout on ep0in
usb 3-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd speedmgmt rqt 192 rq 18 len 4 ret -110
usb 3-2: bulk timeout on ep5in
usb 3-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_BULK failed ep 0x85 len 512 ret -110
input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
ts: Compaq touchscreen protocol output
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
input: PC Speaker
usbcore: registered new driver usblp
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
NET: Registered protocol family 10
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c02c9840(lo)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
NET: Registered protocol family 17
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
NET: Registered protocol family 4
NET: Registered protocol family 3
NET: Registered protocol family 5
usb 3-2: bulk timeout on ep5out
usb 3-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_BULK failed ep 0x5 len 991 ret -110
usb 3-2: control timeout on ep0in
usb 3-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd speedmgmt rqt 192 rq 18 len 0 ret -110
usb 3-2: control timeout on ep0in
usb 3-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd speedmgmt rqt 192 rq 18 len 4 ret -110