linux with USB cable modem

mystic · 02-27-2003, 12:53 PM

i am goingt o install mandrake 8.1 on my box and i have roadrunner but i can only connect USB which is a SB4200 i belive due to my motherboad not supporting a NIC. i was woundering if this would work

Crunch · 02-27-2003, 04:44 PM

Try this;

Upgrading your kernel to a 2.4.x (x = whatever) {IFFF You need to update the kernel} lol i mentioned this in another thread but i'll explain it again, 2.4.x should be accepting your USB modem, i'm almost positive it will work.

Texicle · 02-27-2003, 04:44 PM

It should work, so long as you've installed the correct module for the modem. I don't know what the modem is, but you can look around on www.google.com/linux for compatibility or at the mandrake hardware compatibility list. Hope this helps

rohang · 02-27-2003, 05:30 PM

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i am goingt o install mandrake 8.1 on my box and i have roadrunner but i can only connect USB which is a SB4200 i belive due to my motherboad not supporting a NIC

Eh? Your motherboard doesn't support a NIC? How old is your motherboard?

mystic · 02-28-2003, 05:23 AM

i have an SB4200 and i have no idea how old my mobo is, i know the nic works, and actually i need to correct myself a nic will work just not the one i have adn i have no idea why, when i have mine in the video wount work also, i did try to install my modem last night but it wants to install a nic which it cant do b/c there is none.

Texicle · 03-06-2003, 07:12 PM

If your video won't work when your ethernet card is installed, it is probably a conflict. Have you tried moving either your NIC or your vid card to different slot and trying again? I'm almost certain this is the problem, but stranger things have happened.

Try leaving your video card in the same slot as you know that it works in that slot. Whatever slot the NIC is in, move it up one or down one and see what happens when you boot up. I bet this will work. Hope this helps.

mystic · 03-06-2003, 09:40 PM

actually i have tried that still it wount work, but that doesnt matter much now b.c linux wount let me oin to the desk top , gives me a login black screen after the screen where u pick what linux base uw ant to use, adn i cant get on.

Texicle · 03-07-2003, 02:51 PM

So you are at the command line interface? It gives you a login prompt for user name and password? Just type the information in (you won't see anything when you type in your password), and when you get to a bash prompt just type startx and it should get you to the GUI desktop. Let us know how it goes and if you get any error messages. Hopefully we'll get you where you want to be. Hope this helps.