hello people...
i'm new to Linux and i'm having some problems installing my VIGOR 318 USB ADSL modem...

My modem works fine on Windows...

However,when i installed Mandrake 8.2,my modem was simply not there...
The directory dev/usb is completely empty...

I also updated my linux kernel (keeping the old one) compiling and installing kernel 2.6.6 with all suitable modules about USB Support...

However,in my "new linux", dev/usb doesn't even exist!

Let me mention that my "old" linux finds an "unkonwn" usb device...

Also,there is a specific page about my modem.Here is some of its text...

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Run Vigor 318 Control panel (or ask your provider) for these parameters:
VPI, VCI
Modulation type
Encapsulation type




Applying patch to kernel
Copy and unpack kernel to some directory (example: /usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-custom)
Edit Makefile in this directory

VERSION = 2
PATCHLEVEL = 6
SUBLEVEL = 8
EXTRAVERSION = .1-custom

enable the following modules with "make gconfig", "make xconfig" or "make menuconfig":


Device Driver -> Networking Support -> Networking Options -> ...
<M> Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
<M> Classical IP over ATM[*] Do NOT send ICMP if no neighbour
<M> LAN Emulation (LANE) support
<M> Multi-Protocol Over ATM (MPOA) support
<M> RFC1483/2684 Bridged protocols[*] Per-VC IP filter kludge

Device Driver -> USB Support -> ...
<M> Support for USB
<M> Alcatel Speedtouch USB support (NEW)

Replace existing driver with patched driver located in this directory
/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-custom/drivers/usb/misc

Compile kernel:
make
make modules
make modules_install
make install

Reboot machine with new kernel

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In that page,it says somewhere about some modules that have to be compiled and installed...

Are these modules necessary for the modem to only work or also be detected at first?
Also,at which step do i install my original driver(not the patched one)?
Before or after i install my kernel and modules and reboot my machine?(i suppose before...)

Any help would be higly appreciated...
Thanks a lot.

law-order; u may need another driver try this site: www.tldp.org/
HOWTO/DSL-HOWTO/speedtouchusb.html

thanks a lot for your suggestion penguin.

but before trying to install a driver,shouldn't i be sure that linux "physically" recognizes my device?

law-order; u r correct which u didnot mention in original post or may have misunstood. never the less by all means get linux to id,
locate & install device then see if it preforms to ur expectations, if not then config it to ur specs if still not satisfied then may be driver may help. only as last resort. question? does os recoqnize
modem? that is where i suggest doing search via google.com/custom for guidance, also use LQO,s HOWTO,s

@penguin....
i'm really sorry but i don't think i underestand...

if linux recognizes the device,shouldn't an entry exist in the /dev/usb directory?(which doesn't even exist now...)

i mean shouldn't linux recognize my device before i install any driver?

i'm really sorry,but i don't know how else to express what i want to say...

So..What i have right now,is...

My modem connected to the usb port

NO /dev/usb/ directory....

What should my next step be?


Again...i'm truly sorry if i misunderestood something...

thanks a lot.

law_order; apperently os system not recognizing device or it is not within that directory . it may be easier to let system find & recognize the usb port along with the modem. seems doing it manually is not getting it done. advice take time to read some of howto,s to ease that without problems. the more u learn & knowledge the easier it becomes. also take time to feel & control
the way linux works by working the basic config of hardware & tweeking software, slow & easy,step by step to avoid mistakes which will cause more problems than u may shake a stick at it.
read the readme,s ,the manuals that came with the cd bundles,
lots of vital information in them.