I've recently decided to change to Fedora Core 3 after becoming very frustrated with Mandrake 10.1's screen resolution problems. I've recently installed the speedtouch drivers for the Speedtouch 330 (Silver) USB Modem via http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net/ and I can create an ADSL connection with speedtouch-start. However, Fedora Core fails to recognise this connection, and when I look at the various internet settings, I only see an option to connect via Ethernet.

Can anyone help me by telling me how I can get fedora core to use this modem as the default internet connection? Thanks in advance.

Hello

Have you looked at this site:
http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/ ? Click on Fedora Core 3

Bye

Koen

Well, I've decided to run Speedtouchconf to install teh package, and while it all runs well and the firmware is installed, there are one or two problems.

The following files cannot be found by the SpeedtouchConf script (v. 25b-02-2005):

• /etc/init.d/speedtouch
• /etc/rc.d/init.d/speedtouch
• /etc/resolv.comf
• /etc/ppp/resolv.conf

The lack of /etc/init.d/speedtouch or /etc/rc.d/init.d/speedtouch service means that the ADSL connection cannot be started at bootup.

One other problem comes with the testing of the connection. I can connect to the ISP alright, but when the script pings www.google.com, it instantly fails, saying "The Network is unreachable".

I'll just do another run now and post what the console shows.

Here's the console output. I've highlighted the keyerror lines in red.

************************************************
* *
* 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-1.3-sgp
The kernel speedtch module is loaded. This is not
compatible with the speedtouch usermode driver.
Removing the speedtch module
microcode is rev4fw.zip
PPP version 2.4.2 okay.
Linux kernel version 2.6.9 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
Netherlands 0 35
Poland (NeoStrada) 0 35
UK, Any 0 38
Austria (AON) 8 48
US, BellSouth 8 35
Singapore Pacificnet 0 100
Please type your VPI VCI numbers (eg, 0 38 for UK)
0 38
Please enter your ISP Login ID (eg another@hg1.btinternet.com)
REMOVED
Please enter your ISP Password
REMOVED
Settings:
VPI / VCI : 0 / 38
Login : REMOVED
Password : REMOVED
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
Creating ppp files in //etc/ppp
Please ignore any 'FAILED' messages here...
cp: `/etc/init.d/speedtouch': specified destination directory does not exist
Try `cp --help' for more information.

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

Sat Mar 5 16:54:08 GMT 2005
The modem lights should start flashing for approx. 60 seconds...
Sat Mar 5 16:54:44 GMT 2005
The lights should both be solid green now.
Running : pppd call adsl
inet addr:81.151.33.217 P-t-P:213.123.109.122 Mask:255.255.255.255
Looks like we're online...
ping: unknown host www.google.com
Cannot ping www.google.com - trying steve-parker.org by numeric IP
Looks like DNS might be iffy ... sorting it out
ping: unknown host www.google.com
Looks like /etc/ppp/resolv.conf is wrong.
You need to check the DNS configuration.
Look in /var/log/messages to see if DNS was configured.
cat: /etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory
cat: /etc/ppp/resolv.conf: No such file or directory
Configuration finished.
Any potential problems are listed below:
The connection is established, but there seems to be some
problem with DNS (looking up the names of internet hosts)
To automatically dial-in when the PC boots up :
/usr/lib/lsb/install_initd speedtouch
Do you want to set this up now? (Yes / No)
y
error reading information on service speedtouch: No such file or directory
init command failed
You can still stop and start the interface with
/etc/init.d/speedtouch stop
/etc/init.d/speedtouch start
You are now connected. There is no need to run this
speedtouchconf.sh script again.
Congratulations.