MDK 10 Official + speedtouch usb = 0 internet.
Yes it's the speedtouch usb again:rolleyes:
When I try to configure the internet connection for my st usb modem I get an error 'Sorry, we only support 2.4 and above kernels' Then I get a window popping up where I can select my isp. I'm with freeserve (wanadoo) but that comes under Spain and not UK. Anyway I've tried both and I still cannot connect. I also get a FAILED while booting for eth0: Why the problems? I've copied the micro code for the st usb modem... It all worked in MDK 9.1:confused: Thanks in advance. Btw I don't want to go back to 9.1 cos 10 looks/feels better apart from the IC:rolleyes: |
First thing it's important to choose the right country as the vpi/vci settings vary form country to country. For the UK the vpi : vci numbers are 0 38 whether it's BT or Freeserve/Wanadoo. Next thing, what type of speedtouch is it? If it's a silver, revision 4 one then I can't help but these instructions work for me on mandrake 10 with an old green speedtouch and a purple speedtouch 330, both of which I got from Freeserve. Get the speedtouchconf tarball from http://speedtouchconf.sourceforge.net/ Of course, that's not easy to do if you can't connect to the internet so I would suggest that you use windows as you should be able to drag and drop things from windows into your home folder on mandrake 10. Mandrake mounts the Windows partition automatically for me. Also, save these instructions into a text file with notepad then you can copy and paste them into a terminal to avoid typos.
Before you start you'll need to install the package bc-1.06. It's on the mandrake CD's. If you've used Mandrake 9.1 you should be familiar with grpmi so I won't go into that. Now, open a terminal and tar xzf speedtouchconf-22-04-2004.tar.gz then you'll need to copy the firmware you have (alcaudsl.sys, mgmt.o or firmware.bin) into the speedtouchconf-22-04-2004 folder and then carry on with these commands. Copy and paste the lot as one block. cd speedtouchconf-22-04-2004 && tar xzf speedtouch-1.2-sgp.tar.gz && cp speedtouch-1.2-sgp/src/pppoa3.c{,.backup} && sed 's/ep = -1;/ep = 1;/g' speedtouch-1.2-sgp/src/pppoa3.c.backup > speedtouch-1.2-sgp/src/pppoa3.c && tar czf speedtouch-1.2-sgp.tar.gz speedtouch-1.2-sgp Now become root su password ./speedtouchconf.sh Good luck and god bless all who sail in her... |
Thanks Andrew ;)
I too have the green speedtouch so I think that should work for me too. I don't know/remember what the grpmi is :scratch: I'll do a search to refresh my memory. When installing I did tick every box so I wonder if it's already installed:confused: Right I've got the speedtouchconf file and just about to copy your reply to a textfile for reference:study: and hopefully the next time I post here will be in linux:D Thanks again m8 ;) [EDIT] I've installed bc and followed your advice. Now I get an error No USB Bus found:confused: What do I need to do? I thought stuff like that gets configured when installing:rolleyes: |
Sorry for being slow to reply but I've not been well today.
Do you have pciutils installed? If you open the Mandrake Control Centre and get it to list all the software you can install, look for pciutils-2.1.11-4mdk. The speedtouchconf script seems to use the command lspci to discover what sort of USB controller you have. Mandrake installed pciutils automatically when I installed it but maybe you chose different options. If you kept the speedtouchconf-22-04-2004 folder from before then continue from the ./speedtouchconf.sh If you deleted it then start again from the top. |
I installed pciutils and also usbview. I still get the no usb bus error.
I started usb view and in the list are 5 entries in black text for usb controllers ?? and at the bottom in red text is speedtouch usb. When I clicked it then on configure It pointed me to a file called devices in /proc/bus/usb/ When I looked at this file in vi there is my alcatel speedtouch usb on bus 1. :confused: After installing those packages I didn't restart. Should I have restarted? My bro has a silver usb modem from bt internet. He uses an adsl router now so if he can find the silver modem I might try that. If it still won't work then it's back to mdk 9.1 or forget the whole idea :( Thanks for your time and help Andrew;) |
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T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 3 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 Code:
Vendor: Alcatel |
Me too. Makes me feel like an idiot when it doesn't work.
The Speedtouchconf thing isn't working so lets go a different way. The two options we could try are to either make the speedbundle work or just forget these packages altogether and put the scripts together ourselves. Both ways look long and complicated but either should work. If you cd into the speedtouchconf-22-04-2004/speedtouch-1.2-sgp folder and run ./configure and make it will make modem_run and pppoa3 which, along with the firmware, just needs the configuration scripts setting up. It's going to take some typing and this thread may go to a few pages but we should get there. What do you think? |
I'm up for it if you are m8 ;) I really appreciate your help :)
I'll boot to mdk and do the ./configure bit in a mo. Btw I'm with Freeserve (Wanadoo) Or should it be Wanadont in my case :p I thought they use PPPOE :confused: I have tried PPPOA also and neither made any difference. Thanks again Andrew |
Ok, so, first thing, it's important to do the
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cd speedtouchconf-22-04-2004 && Code:
# Secrets for authentication using CHAP This one is also a plain text file and it goes in /etc/ppp/peers and you can call it what you like but I'll call it adsl as I'll need to refer to it later Code:
debug Now, you'll need to put the firmware (mgmt.o) somewhere convenient./etc/ppp/mgmt.o works for me. To get the kernel ready to work we'll need to load some modules. Add these entries to /etc/modprobe.conf Code:
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate Next, you'll need to create /etc/resolv.conf to connect to a domain name server. Put these entries in a plain text file called resolv.conf in /etc Code:
nameserver 195.92.195.94 Code:
/usr/sbin/modem_run -s -f /etc/ppp/mgmt.o Code:
/usr/sbin/pppd call adsl |
Hey! Hey! forget all that crap, that'll never work. To test all that I've just tried installing Mandrake 10 on the kids computer upstairs and of course that bollocks didn't work so I tried the speedtouchconf script and I got the No USB Bus found error message. This computer is different to mine as it has an ohci usb controller. Maybe that's the difference. Anyway, I just did a quick hack into the speedtouchconf script and it worked like a charm. Open speedtouchconf.sh with gedit or somesuch text editor and go to line 233 which looks like this
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else Code:
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Lmao :D
I just got back into xp to let you know how I got on too. When it came time to :- /usr/sbin/modem_run -s -f /etc/ppp/mgmt.o I got both lights flash once then the left stayed green and the right stayed amber (not flashing) Before all of this both lights were green. OK I'll try what you've done above. Should I write back the original files first? Some already existed so I backed them up. Fingers crossed.... Reboot to linux again...... [EDIT] I've done that and it almost worked. I got this error :- Code:
Software Installation - SUCCESS |
Just to keep you up to date, it seems one of the changes I'd made was important, I'd added this line to /etc/fstab
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usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0 Try adding that line to /etc/fstab and see if it helps you. |
Well I decided to go round the houses again and this time I gave the internet connection tools in the Mandrake Control Centre a good try. When I put Mandrake 10 on my computer I tried the Mandrake Control Centre but not very well, I didn't really pay attention to it as I didn't expect it to succeed - it never did in Mandrake 9.2 - but I though maybe if I tried it it might install some things that would help the speedtouchconf script to work. Perhaps that was the reason the speedtouchconf script worked on my computer. Anyway, I paid attention, did what it said ( copied the mgmt.o to /usr/speedtouch) and when I rebooted it connected. I didn't find out straight away though as by then I was into a prolonged battle with the Nvidia installer and XFree86. But anyway - Success! The Mandrake Control Centre works!
Open the Mandrake Control Centre, click new connection> ADSL connection> Alcatel Speedtouch USB modem> United Kingdom> British telecom (the company doesn't matter - it all goes through BT)> PPP over ATM (PPPoA)> fill in you details> Yes, connect at boot> No, don't restart the network> No, don't try to connect now> Reboot. Good luck. Sorry for wasting your time with all the nonesense above. |
I'll try that tomorrow ;)
You haven't wasted my time at all m8. If anything you've given me a good lesson in konsole ;) j/k Trying your suggestions did get me a little further. I was going insane when it said I had no usb bus. I'll let you know how I get on :) |
I decided to reinstall mdk 10. I've copied the mgmt.o file to /usr/speedtouch and rebooted. When it reboots and the kde pops up with the icons, then modem lights start flashing for a few seconds until they stay green. But I cannot connect to any webpages. :(
At the bottom right of the desktop is an exclamationmark icon which says network is down press configure or something like that. I've been going in circles. One thing concerns me though. I have a network card eth0: and adsl modem. I have a home network (both on xp). Is my internet trying to connect through my nic? How should I set them up? |
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