Installing ADSL on Mandrake 8.0

[nabbs]

Hi There,

I'm a newbie with Linux and have installed Mandrake 8.0 on my machine. I've got dual boot with win xp and I have no problems running both systems.

I have a problem with installing an adsl modem. I have a SpeedTouch USB ADSL Modem. I've got the necessary drivers for linux, but am having difficulty in installing them. It was recommended to me that I should intall HotPlug, which I have done and it seemed to install itself when I opened the .src.rpm file.

Can anyone help me install my modem ?

I would appreciate your help.

[JimH]

I have a problem with installing an adsl modem. I have a SpeedTouch USB ADSL Modem.

I didn;t think that modem was supported under Linux.

I've got the necessary drivers for linux, but am having difficulty in installing them. It was recommended to me that I should intall HotPlug, which I have done and it seemed to install itself when I opened the .src.rpm file.

Where did you get the drivers? I need to see the docs for them.

src.rpm's only contain source code necessary to create a binary rpm. They need to be compiled to use them.

Jim H

[nabbs]

I got the driver for the modem at www.speadtouchdsl.com and the hotPlug drivers from http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/

[JimH]

What kernel does Drake 8.0 use?

To find out type this at a shell prompt:

uname -r

If you have the hotplug source rpm you can try and rebuild it with:

rpm --rebuild filename.src.rpm

I don't know where Mandrake will place the binary rpm. Red Hat puts them in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS. Mandrake probably does something similiar.

When you find where the binary rpm is :P you can install it with:

rpm -Uvh filename.rpm

Then you just have to compile the driver and tools for your modem.
Did you see this Howto?
http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/howto.html

Jim H

[nabbs]

Jim

I've tried doing what you told me and I followed the instructions in the HOwto.. but i still can't get the modem to worK!!

Linux is very hard to configure.. why cant it be straight forward??

How can I solve the problem.

I found out what kernel mandrake 8 uses.. i compiled the rpm.. but i couldn't find the binary file.. i looked where linux is installed.. but still no luck!

HELP!!!!!!

[Spot]

From what I've been reading, you might want to install a later version of Mandrake. According to most usenet posts, that modem will work with 8.1+
these links might be of some help:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...readm=a968h5%2
49ji%241%40knossos.btinternet.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3De
n%26lr%3Dlang_en%26selm%3Da968h5%25249ji%25241%254 0knossos
.btinternet.com

http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q...B+Modem+linux&
num=30&as_scoring=r&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_ep q=&as_oq=&
as_eq=&as_ugroup=&as_usubject=&as_uauthors=&as_ums gid=&lr=lang
_en&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=12&as_minm=5&as_miny =1981&as_
maxd=22&as_maxm=5&as_maxy=2002

(not linked due to icky wrapping - copy/paste into your browser)

http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/spe.../index.en.php3

HTH