no modules for USB product... alcatel speedtouch Mandrake 9.1
 

Hi,

I have the old Alcatel Speedtouch usb modem (not the 330) from BT. I'm running Mandrake 9.1 and all the scripts are set up for connecting it. I used mgmt.o and is working fine. The /usr/share/speedtouch/speedtouch.sh is working fine also. However, I can't connect to the internet. It seems there's a problem with hotplug recognising my modem. I think I've tried everything and I can't find similar problems on web search. I think that it doesn't work because the modem fails to be mapped to a port. Can you please enlighten me who is that possible? Checking on the USB viewer I cross checked that the modem is not plugged in (although it is)!!!

From /var/log/messages it is clear that something is wrong:

Nov 21 12:46:23 linux kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Nov 21 12:46:23 linux kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Nov 21 12:46:23 linux kernel: grsec: mount none to /proc/bus/usb by (mount:16886) UID(0) EUID(0), parent (sh:8499) UID(0) EUID(0)
Nov 21 12:46:26 linux kernel: SiS router pirq escape (99)
Nov 21 12:46:26 linux kernel: SiS router pirq escape (99)
Nov 21 12:46:26 linux kernel: usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xd683c000, IRQ 5
Nov 21 12:46:26 linux kernel: usb-ohci.c: usb-00:02.3, Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (#2)
Nov 21 12:46:26 linux kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Nov 21 12:46:27 linux kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Nov 21 12:46:27 linux kernel: hub.c: 3 ports detected
Nov 21 12:46:27 linux kernel: SiS router pirq escape (96)
Nov 21 12:46:27 linux kernel: SiS router pirq escape (96)
Nov 21 12:46:27 linux kernel: usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xd683e000, IRQ 11
Nov 21 12:46:27 linux kernel: usb-ohci.c: usb-00:02.2, Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001
Nov 21 12:46:27 linux kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
Nov 21 12:46:27 linux kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Nov 21 12:46:27 linux kernel: hub.c: 3 ports detected
Nov 21 12:46:27 linux kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:02.3-1, assigned address 2
Nov 21 12:46:27 linux kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x6b9/0x4061) is not claimed by any active driver.
Nov 21 12:46:30 linux modem_run[26268]: modem_run version 1.2-beta1 started by don uid 0
Nov 21 12:46:30 linux modem_run[26268]: Found ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB modem
Nov 21 12:46:30 linux modem_run[26268]: Best offset 6463 with probability 100%
Nov 21 12:46:30 linux modem_run[26268]: Best offset 526179 with probability 100%
Nov 21 12:46:31 linux /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB product 0/0/0
Nov 21 12:46:31 linux /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB product 0/0/0
Nov 21 12:46:31 linux /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB product 6b9/4061/0
Nov 21 12:46:32 linux kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
Nov 21 12:46:32 linux kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_BULK failed dev 2 ep 0x85 len 512 ret -110
Nov 21 12:46:32 linux modem_run[26268]: BLOCK1 : 991 bytes uploaded : OK
Nov 21 12:46:32 linux modem_run[26268]: BLOCK2 : 511 bytes downloaded : OK
Nov 21 12:46:34 linux modem_run[26268]: BLOCK3 : 526187 bytes uploaded : OK
Nov 21 12:46:34 linux modem_run[26268]: BLOCK4 : 511 bytes downloaded : OK
Nov 21 12:46:35 linux modem_run[26268]: Modem reference : 3EC18607GFAB02
Nov 21 12:46:49 linux modem_run[4281]: Received interrupt, len = 6
Nov 21 12:46:49 linux modem_run[4281]: Sending a signal to notify the adsl up state
Nov 21 12:46:49 linux modem_run[26268]: ADSL synchronization has been obtained
Nov 21 12:46:49 linux modem_run[26268]: ADSL line is up (576 kbit/s down | 288 kbit/s up)
Nov 21 12:46:49 linux modem_run[4281]: Error reading interrupts
Nov 21 12:46:49 linux kernel: usbdevfs: process 4281 (modem_run) did not claim interface 0 before use
Nov 21 12:46:49 linux kernel: usb-ohci.c: unlink URB timeout
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux kernel: HDLC line discipline: version $Revision: 3.3 $, maxframe=4096
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux kernel: N_HDLC line discipline registered.
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Using interface ppp0
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Modem hangup
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Connection terminated.
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Using interface ppp0
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Modem hangup
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Connection terminated.
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Using interface ppp0
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Modem hangup
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Connection terminated.
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Using interface ppp0
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Modem hangup
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Connection terminated.
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister event not supported
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister event not supported
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: ioctl(PPPIOCGFLAGS): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Nov 21 12:46:51 linux pppd[32490]: Exit.

The modules in /etc/modules.conf are ok (I think) and the modules are loaded :

probeall usb-interface usb-ohci
alias eth0 sis900
above snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
probeall scsi_hostadapter usb-storage
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
alias tty-ldisc-13 n_hdlc
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty
alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic

and the /etc/ppp/peers/adsl :

debug
kdebug 1
noipdefault
defaultroute
pty "/usr/local/sbin/pppoa3 -v 2 -c -vpi 0 -vci 38"
sync
user "myusername"
noauth
noaccomp
nopcomp
noccp
novj
holdoff 4
persist
maxfail 25
usepeerdns

I hope there's a solution to this...

Waiting your replies,

Cheers,

donfonvon

Don't suppose it has a slot for an etherent cable as well as USB. I had problems ages ago with an NTL Cable Modem with USB that i couldn't sort. In the end i put in a NIC and ran it through that. From what i have read on the net it seem that this method is better as it provides a more stable conection with less CPU load aswell.

Probably not the answer you are looking for but it sorted me out.