I commented out the section of the code as per the link in your post, and recompiled and installed the kernel but i get the same results as previously. What i dont understand is that according to the messages log, adsl is up so why doesn't pppd call adsl work.

BTW does anyone know the nameservers for tiscali.co.uk ? They have some information on their website but i dont think its right.

If I was in your position I'd start looking at the kernel options. I'm not really sure which ones are crucial and which you can do without but, anyway, if you do make menuconfig and then go to Device Drivers> Character devices, on that menu, select
<*> HDLC line discipline support
Then back on the Device Drivers menu go into the Networking support menu. Here you might want to check you've enabled[*] Networking support[*] Network device support
<*> PPP (point-to-point protocol) support
<*> PPP support for async serial ports
<*> PPP support for sync tty ports
<*> PPP Deflate compression #(not sure if this is really needed but the help notes in the kernel say it is safe to say Y here.)
<*> PPP over ATM
On the Device Drivers> Networking support menu, near the top there's another menu for Networking options ---> here you want
<*> Packet socket
<*> Unix domain sockets[*] TCP/IP networking
<*> IP: AH transformation # (again, not sure
<*> IP: ESP transformation # about these,
<*> IP: IPComp transformation # but the help notes say
<*> IPsec user configuration interface # If unsure, say Y.)
<*> Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) (EXPERIMENTAL)
Hope I've not missed something (what are the chances of that eh?...) Good luck.

PS, for the /etc/resolv.conf , the speedtouchconf always fixes that for me. I use Freeserve and these numbers (put there by the speedtouchconf) work for me

nameserver 195.92.195.94
nameserver 195.92.195.95

Wel same old story! Apart from the HDLC line decipline support which i couldn't find I set everything up as above but the outcome of the modem configuration is the same.

I will be grateful if someone with similar spec as me (see original post) running the 2.6.5 kernel with a successful configuration of the speedtouch 330 (silver) modem pls send me a copy of ther .config file to the following address [l].

Thanks

<*> HDLC line discipline support
is on the Character Devices submenu of the Device Drivers menu and is essential for getting the speedtouch to work.

You must be bored with me by now but i have just gone through the whole menuconfig and specifically the Character Devices and I still can't find < >HDCL line discipline. Maybe it is one of those options that show up dependent on other options being selected.

Talking about options I don't know what i selected but when i went back to the USB device section i actually saw an option to select support for the Alcatel USB Speedtouch (including 330) modem. Exactly what I have.

I chose to build it into the kernel. I haven't yet tried it but i must say i am surprised nobody has mention to me the existence of such an option or is it irrelevant

"Maybe it is one of those options that show up dependent on other options being selected." Yes, you're right again! The <*> HDLC line discipline support option appears when you enable [*] Non-standard serial port support
at the top of the Device Drivers> Character devices menu.

As far as boredom goes, I don't have to type this. I'm doing what I want. This is light relief for me (I should be studying). It's a challenge. Speaking of which, what can I say about the kernel speedtouch module? I've read lots of stuff about how to get it to work and I've tried many times (I tried again last night in fact) but I've never been able to get it to work. Maybe it's just me but it seems to be an order of magnitude harder, if it's possible at all. If you're trying to use the user space driver, don't enable the kernel module or it'll get in the way and stop things working. It's an either/or situation. Either you use the kernel module or you go with the user space driver.

Andrew, Andrew, Andrew my modem is working ! That is what i'm using to post this message thank you sooooooooooooooooooo much. You have been with me every step of the way. This thread became a two man thread. Me with all the questions and you always there to help.

Cheers M8 !! Have some beers on me and send me the bill okay ? You have earned it.
And boy have i learnt a lot about the kernel !

I will miss you on this thread but i will be following your posts on the other threads and forums. One again thanks.

Brilliant! Sound! Well done! Thanks for posting back, it means a lot to me to know that it worked. Good luck with whatever you try next.

The USB system in the 2.6 kernels is changing all the time
(yes, I know it's supposed to be a stable kernel series...).
The uhci host-controller driver is getting a major clean-up,
so breaks from time to time. The usbfs driver stopped
working for a while due to changes in the core, and afterwards
due to a wrong change in the disconnect method. Also, changes
in the way alternate interface settings are handled broke pppoa2/3
(due to a wrong assumption made by the authors of pppoax).
In short, getting your speedtouch modem working with a 2.6 kernel
is not easy. People using fedora core 2 will hit this badly because
the fedora kernel has a buggy usbfs driver... I myself only managed
to get it my modem working reliably a few weeks ago - and I'm the
maintainer of the kernel module! The kernel module itself was never
broken, but was useless because either you couldn't load the firmware
(because usbfs was broken) or you couldn't actually send data to
it (because the core was broken). These and other problems also
hit users of pppoa2/pppoa3. I hope things will be better from now
on. Since I'm now using 2.6 for my day-to-day work, I'm personally
much more motivated to fix 2.6 problems. Right now I'm working on
the usbfs driver, which still has some problems. Hopefully this work
will benefit users of both the kernel mode and user mode drivers.

Thankyou for the info and welcome to Linux Questions. I wonder how many Kernel Maintainers take the time to post in forums. I managed to get your kernel space driver working for the first time about 3 weeks ago and I've had no problems with it since. Thanks for all your good work. A reliable internet connection is so important.

I'm happy to answer questions - I just don't always have the
time. Time spent answering questions is time not spent coding.
On the other hand, what is the point of writing code if no-one
can work out how to use it? I'm sure all kernel hackers face this
dilemna. Anyway, please don't hesitate to ask me for help. If
I don't reply, that usually means that I am busy. Just try again
later. There's also a speedtouch mailing list that I lurk on, see
http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net/in...ntacts.en.html

Happy surfing!

Duncan.

Hello Andrew,

I will like to upgrade to 2.6.7 but I want to find out if there are any issues i should watch out for with regards to getting speedtouch modem to work?

If you are using pppoa3 with a 2.6 kernel, then you should
add -e 1 to the pppoa3 command line switches. I haven't
noticed any special problems with 2.6.7.

Ciao,

Duncan.