I have a new motherboard, a ECS K7S5A Pro which has USB 2.0 ports on board and USB1.1 requiring you add the connectors themdsleves.

Mandrake 8.2 (kernal 2.4.18.MDK6) detects the USB 1.1 OK but not the USB 2.0. Anyway I can get it to set up to recognise these USB devices so my Speedtouch will work once again?

Here is the relevant part of the log

Jun 26 13:41:40 linuxbox net_cnx_up: Starting ADSL connection:
Jun 26 13:41:40 linuxbox net_cnx_up: I'm sorry, I didn't find your ADSL modem!
Jun 26 13:41:40 linuxbox net_cnx_up: Tips: check that you are running this program as root and your device is seen by your OS
Jun 26 13:41:40 linuxbox net_cnx_up: Linux users : check /proc/bus/usb/devices
Jun 26 13:41:40 linuxbox net_cnx_up: BSD users : check your ugen and usb entries in /dev
Jun 26 13:41:40 linuxbox net_cnx_up:
Jun 26 13:41:40 linuxbox internet: Checking internet connections to start at boot failed

thanks

David

Just have a quick search and try the instructions, after all isn't the usb 2 supposed to be backwardly compatible??

There are also a few similar (to the search results that you will get) threads at here the replies don't tend to be as quick but, they are distro specific.

Oh, and I should also say that you could try upgrading to 9.1 - if you got yourself a "boxed set" then the driver etc for speedtouch modem's is already compiled into the distro, and it should be just a case of configuring it.

regards

John

p.s. I actually got shot of my speedtouch (that I managed to get going under 8.2 and 9.0) because as I dual boot, it used to really piss me off, having to wait for the modem to disconnect and then re-initialise between OS's. I now use a modem router device and an NIC card - with no waiting, delay or hassle most distro's would see the NIC on install and it takes the connection responibility away from the OS.