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Old 04-23-2006, 01:22 AM   #1
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difficulty installing Stratitec IC56A PCI Modem in Fedora Core 4


Hi there,

I’m trying to install a Stratitec IC56A PCI Modem. It’s not working the instructions are at the web site I cannot post yet. It didn’t do much for me anyway.

It’s not working and I could use a little plainer English to get it in and going. Anything you can suggest I try.

Thanks,
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Old 04-23-2006, 01:02 PM   #2
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Do you mean this web site???

http://www.stratitec.com/support/doc...tallation.html

Looks like really easy (plain English) instructions to follow.

Maybe this helps; http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installsoftware
 
Old 04-24-2006, 02:22 AM   #3
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Old 04-24-2006, 02:23 AM   #4
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Old 04-24-2006, 02:23 AM   #5
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Old 04-24-2006, 02:32 AM   #6
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CPUBuilders IC56A PCI Modem
Linux Installation Guide
v2.2 062805
Obtaining Drivers for Fedora Core
The easiest installation is done with binary drivers. For popular distributions such as Fedora Core 3 and later, we recommend using the atrpms RPM repository. To do this in the most straightforward manner, follow these steps:
1. Visit fedorafaq.org and download their yum.conf.
2. You will need to be root to do the following steps.
3. Follow the fedorafaq.org instructions to install the yum.conf (replace your existing /etc/yum.conf).
4. Install the binary drivers with the command:
yum --enablerepo atrpms-testing install ltmodem
5. To activate the modem simply type the command:
modprobe lt_serial
6. To activate the modem on boot, add the command above to the botom of the /etc/rc.local file
The device entry for the modem will be /dev/ttLTM0.
To use the modem, go to Main Menu -> System Settings -> Network and click New, select Modem Connection and enter "/dev/ttLTM0" as the modem device. Note: You may receive a message that no modem is found. To correct this, simply enter the device entry (/dev/ttLTM0) correctly.
To easily access your modem after it is configured, right click the panel and select Add to panel..., click on modem lights and click Add. To activate the lights, set the lock file under Preferences to the device entry (/var/lock/LCK..ttLTM0).




The problem with 1



# Note: This file is no longer the entire yum configuration
# for fedorafaq.org. See http://www.fedorafaq.org/#yumconf
# for details on how to set up your system with the new
# yum configuration.

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
# We don't want to gpg-check local, unsigned packages
#gpgcheck=1
# Changed this because some mirrors go down and then
# re-trying takes forever.
retries=1
timeout=10

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d







So you get the new (wrong) one.

No problem with 2 (I am the root.)


No problem with 3 (installing the wrong yum.)


The problem with 4

When you type; yum --enablerepo atrpms-testing install ltmodem
The computer responds with;
Error getting repository data for atrpms-testing, repository not found


The problem with 5

When you type; modprobe lt_serial
The computer responds with;
bash: modprobe: command not found

Aside from the fact that the modem is needed to be able to get on the internet and download the software needed to get the modem on the internet to download the software, to say nothing of having to get the wrong software (that doesn’t work) the instructions do seem simple enough.

Here’s the reply from the manufacturers technical support team;

Hello ,

Thank you for contacting Stratitec's Customer Solution Center.

The downloading of the drivers from the Web will have to be done on a computer that DOES have Internet access and then transfered over to the one that needs the Drivers.

If you have any questions or need additional assistance, please respond to this email or contact us at 888.336.4418, option 1.

Best Regards,

Brad
Customer Solution Center
Stratitec, Inc.




The instructions never said anything about needing another computer with internet access to get the drivers. I’m glad Brad was able to clear that up for me.

Your right about that being the correct web site for the installation instructions though.

Thanks for getting back to me.
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Old 04-24-2006, 03:32 AM   #7
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I saw your useless thread in the Hardware forum and just thought I'd come along to let you know that you're an idiot.

Thank you for reading this and I hope you have a nice day
 
Old 04-24-2006, 06:09 AM   #8
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To bad the folks maintaining the web site fail to update page, but this is life....

You should learn to think beyond the problem, a quick visit to the ATrpms website is all that is needed, here let me help;

http://atrpms.net/dist/fc4/ltmodem/

So download the ltmodem-8.31b1-9.rhfc4.at.src.rpm file and use rpmbuild;

rpmbuild --recompile --rebuild ltmodem-8.31b1-9.rhfc4.at.src.rpm

Then install;

rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/ltmodem-8.31b1-9.rhfc4.at.i386.rpm
 
Old 04-25-2006, 12:43 AM   #9
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Hi Lenard,

I know what you mean. I'm getting use to help that is not what it says it is, that's ok. You seem to be trying.

I did what you said still the rpmbuild --recompile above came back with a bash: rpmbuild: command not found.
Next I tried the rpm --Uvh part and it came back with no such file or directory.

I can make the directory and move the file ltmodem-8.31b1-9.rhfc4.at.i386.rpm into it and then try again if this is the correct thing to do?

I appreciate the link for the atrpms.net. I did do a Google for it and came up with the site but I wasn't sure which file to get. It kind of reminds me of which kind of water would be more appropriate to drink, there are so many kinds. One of them might do the trick but rather then try them all in the hopes of getting a drink I'm afraid I'll drowned trying to find the right one. It's all water to me. By now you can tell I’m really new at this.

It seems like I’m getting closer even if it’s not working yet. Thank you for your suggestions. At this point I’m thinking I’m not in the right directory or the files are in the wrong place. So if you want to continue with more that would be great.

Thanks again,
Carl
 
Old 04-25-2006, 08:57 AM   #10
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Both the rpm and rpmbuild commnads need to used by some user (like root) with the permissions and pathing to use them. So try again, this time;

$ locate rpmbuild
/usr/bin/rpmbuild

/usr/bin/rpmbuild --recompile --rebuild ltmodem-8.31b1-9.rhfc4.at.src.rpm

And before I forget, make sure you have the tools needed (the version numbers will differ);

$ rpm -qa 'rpm*'
rpm-devel-4.4.2-15.2
rpm-build-4.4.2-15.2
rpm-4.4.2-15.2
rpm-python-4.4.2-15.2
rpm-libs-4.4.2-15.2
rpmdb-CentOS-4.3-0.20060315
 
Old 04-26-2006, 12:04 AM   #11
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Hi Lenard,

Tonight was a little more telling. I tried to find the rpmbuild and it came back with warning: locate: /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db: No such file or directory. I tried the following in several places (including /usr/bin/rpmbuild) which came back with bash: cd: rpmbuild: No such file or directory.

Then I tried the tools needed. The numbers were different, they are 4.4.1-21 on the three I have. There are three missing. The build one being the most obvious and if my thinking is correct, that’s why nothing is working. The list follows.

This one worked.
$ rpm -qa 'rpm*'

Do not have rpm-devel-4.4.2-15.2
Do not have rpm-build-4.4.2-15.2
Have rpm-4.4.2-15.2
Have rpm-python-4.4.2-15.2
Have rpm-libs-4.4.2-15.2
Do not have rpmdb-CentOS-4.3-0.20060315

I’ll Google them (unless you have a better way to do it.) Do they go into the /usr/bin directory? And I think they are installed with, yum install filename.

I only have dial-up so it’ll take me some time to get them (I don’t know how big they are) and move them to the other machine to install.

Your doing great. I wish there was something I could do for you.

Thanks,
Carl
 
Old 04-26-2006, 07:20 AM   #12
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Do not worry about the rpmdb-CentOS-4.3-0.20060315 package, it is part of the distro I use [Centos-4.3]. And you are right they can be installed via yum, but they should also be on your installation media (the CD's or DVD). You can always get them from the Fedora website also.
 
Old 04-28-2006, 11:02 PM   #13
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I'm still not finding anything with rpm-build in the name on the disks.
 
Old 04-29-2006, 09:14 AM   #14
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It is not hard to find or install. The question is are you FC4 or FC5???

Reason, FC4 rpm version is at 4.4.1-23 and FC5 rpm version is 4.4.2-15.2 and you stated that you "Do not have rpm-build-4.4.2-15.2" so I am unsure......

For either the rpm-build package can be installed by using yum;

yum install rpm-build

Or by downloading the package and installing, links to where you can locate the package;

FC4; http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...ore/updates/4/

FC5: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu.../linux/core/5/
 
Old 05-01-2006, 11:02 AM   #15
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I'll try for them this afternoon at the university where I can get them at a higher connect speed.
 
  


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