Mandrake 9.1 With BCM V.90 56K HARDWARE Modem
 

It detects the device but I cannot edit any of the properties. I have found a Driver for Red hat but obviously this would not work on Mandrake.

I have found mutiple threads on this problem...

http://www.modemsite.com/56k/bcm.asp
This has a link to the driver for Red hat including source.

I would dearly love to connect to the internet with linux but I cannot without my modem. I have E-mail the mandrake hardware support but no responce yet.

Thanks in Advance

Well a RedHat package is most likely to work with Mandrake, but it's far better for you to download and compile the source. (It'll run quicker for it too).

Once you have your driver installed, I suggest you try using a seperate dialer like Kppp (from the cds) if the Mandrake Control Centre cant set up your ISP account and connection.

I tried setting it up with the source I got errors from the include/linux/version.h I got rid of the error but it still did not work...

This is the error I get

Did you install the kernel source and header files for the version of kernel you're using? Eg dont install the 2.4.21-0.18mdk source files if you still have 2.4.21-0.13mdk.

What command gives what error now?

yes I did install the source I had to inorder to get some of the other stuff

Seems some links and moving wasn't done when the sources were installed. Try following the instructions given by the error messages. :)

if I may ask what is a symbolic link?
and what is the `uname -r` in
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build

I means run uname -r, it'll give you the exact version of your kernel. Substitute that into the file path.

Symbolic links are like shortcuts which are invisible. They enable /usr/src/linux to always point to the current linux sources on your system, or /dev/modem to mean the same directory as your actually modem etc. :)

thanks I will try it now

Hope it works :)

hrm a problem I can't find
/boot/vmlinuz.version.h
I only have
/boot/vmlinuz
I don't know how to make a virtual link and I can't find the source... where is it usually?

I am also reading the readme it suggests I do
How to build RedHat 7.x RPM packages:

TARGET : one of the linux softmodem targets(i.e opt-linux-pentium-mmx)
RPM_KERNELS : list of kernel versions to build(i.e "2.4.7-10 2.4.7-smp").
KERNEL_DIR : base directory for kernel header files. The header files for
kernel version xx.yy.zz are assumed to be located on
$(KERNEL_HEADERS_ROOT)xx.yy.zz/include
RPM_BUILD_ARCH : the build architecture used for rpm.
Normally set to i386 in config/config.oem.
DEVICE_NAME : the name of the module(i.e BCMSM)
VERSION_NUMBER : modem version number(i.e 3.4.19)
PACKAGE_VERSION : package version number. Normally set to 1 in config/config.oem. Should be
incremented when modem is repackaged and reset to 1 when building a package with a
different modem version number.

Source rpms are built by default. To build binary rpms from top level softmodem dir
execute the following command:

make <TARGET> RPM_KERNELS=<see above> KERNEL_DIR=<see above> [RPM_NAME=<...>] [RPM_BUILD_ARCH=<see above>]
This builds an rpm called
<DEVICE_NAME>-<VERSION_NUMBER>-<PACKAGE_VERSION>.<RPM_BUILD_ARCH>.rpm by default
or <RPM_NAME> if RPM_NAME is redefined. The source rpm is called
<DEVICE NAME>-<VERSION NUMBER>-<PACKAGE VERSION>.src.rpm. The binary rpm includes
the modem kernel modules compiled for the kernel versions specified in
RPM_KERNELS.

To build binary rpms using the Makefile in this directory replace <TARGET> with rpm.

and I just found out that I do not have a kernal source, where do I get that? and where to I get the rest of that info?

I am a big :newbie:

You can install the kernel source from the mandrake cds, just go to the Install Software menu entry/in the Mandrake Control Centre, and search for kernel. Then pick the source package. :)

If you didnt have a /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk then your pc couldnt actually boot, so you must be mistaken somewhere. :confused:

Btw you want a guide for building Mandrake rpms, not RedHat ones-you already gave a link for a RedHat one. There's one on the Mandrake site iirc. :)

ok I found it :) but I'm still lost

So have you got:
Your kernel source files installed
A generic .src.rpm
A guide to make that into a Mandrake .rpm
And a problem? If so, what is it exactly now? :)

well I don't know where the source files are... where are they at default? there for not being able to find version.h causing errors in the rebuild. I can't find my kernel config either I have checked the install and I found kernel sources but not mine... I found enterprise secure and smp which I have none of