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SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It turns out that Bulldog use PPPoA not PPPoE (like on mobile networks). Re-installed Mandriva - followed the instructions and made a directory (mkdir /etc/rc.d/init.d/shorewall) when it says use mv /etc/rc.d/init.d/shorewall /etc/rc.d/init.d/shorewall.old and says file does not exist. I also had to remove the "#" from DEBUG in /etc/ppp/peers/speedtch with kwrite. Yee Ha Tommy

I reinstalled Mandriva and followed the instructions from http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/mandrake/index.html. There was no error messages when eth0 was connecting at boot this time but the modem lights failed to flash because the firmware binary (firmware-extractor last time) itself had been corrupted. I used a different copy of the firmware on the floppy and this time the files extracted properly I rebooted and just as modem lights finished flashing/verbose boot list had finished and it was a millisecond away from starting the KDE DE, everything froze totally (unable to even enter RAW mode[Alt+Sys Rq+r]). I restarted manually ( (:-( ) and went back in safe mode and removed the speedtouchtch files from /lib/hotplug/firmware and rebooted and everything was fine. However, I remembered that every time I had used kwrite to amend/add script, when I closed kwrite after saving etc. and wemt back to the terminal window, the text in the terminal window kept scrolling (mainly error/warning messages for almost every application by the looks of it) and I had to close terminal and re open to carry on in terminal. I therefore changed the DE to GNOME and tested it doing the above procedures and found kwrite did not produce the same problem when I closed it this time. I also re installed the firmware succesfully and restarted properly. Unfortunately - at exactly the same point (on initiation of DE) there was another complete freeze. I restarted and opened windows which did exactly the same thing when (after achieving the desktop) I selected my dialler and tried to connect. It did this several times before allowing me to connect and then freezing at random points. Without my changing anything (except several manual restarts) Windows seems to have become pretty stable again (hence I am able to write this ;-) ). Do you think this is a problem with linux or with the instructions I am using? Thanx Tommy

Just one quick question.... It says in the instructions on page http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/mandrake/index.html that the mgmt.o file sometimes works better on revision 0 models (which mine may be). Do I just put the mgmt.o file (extracted from Speedmgmt.tar.gz) in /lib/hotplug/firmware (and do i need to extract it or make it executable?) as it directs you to do with the extracted firmware(speedtch1.bin and speedtch2.bin extracted from file Speedtouch330_firmware_3012.zip) or does it need to be placed in /usr/devices as it says when I try to configure the modem with the Mandriva network configure tool? I can just use the trial and error method I have been using so far to find out I guess but I'm a little wary as I'm starting to wonder if the previous Mandriva network configuration attempts together with a different Speedtouch configuration program attempt may be causing problems for the instructions and scripts I am now using. All I know is there are some files flashing in RED in my directories which never used to be there - lol - and I think they are asking me to resolve a conflict. If only I could.... Quote: "One day I'll look back at all this and laugh long and hard.... by Tommy - 31st March 2006"

I removed the old br2684ctl.txt file and replaced it with a freshly downloaded and renamed file using the same command as before. Everything seemed ok (checked with ls -l to make sure it was on list etc). Rebooted to same effect. The root directory has(had) a file in it called et@ which was highlighted in red and another called xorg.conf which was not highlighted but had 0 bytes and seemed out of place. I was unable to access et but the properties for it said :- General... Type : Unknown Location : /hda5(media) Size : 0 bytes Points to : ../init.d/dial (which is in the command line ln - s ../init.d/dial /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/s96dial near end) Modified : Blah Accessed:Blah Permissions... This file is a link (possibly the symbolic link that is supposed to be elsewhere from above command line) User : Root Group: Root I deleted removed et and re entered the command : ln -s ../init.d/dial /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/s96dial then ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/dial /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/s96dial (thinking the 2 dots may indicate the rest of the file path) No error message.... The "et" has not reappeared yet. The modem or network is still not operational. It seems as tho the modem is trying coz of the lights blinking at boot but i cannot get it to try again manually. I went into configure ----> Services and discovered the follwing:- ADSL (Set not to start at boot) :- Manual start prompted following message/result ... "Shutting down ADSL link [FAILED] "Bringing up ADSL link .... TIMED OUT [FAILED] Iptables (firewall i think) (Set to start at boot) Network Manual start prompted the following... Shutting down loopback interface [ok] Setting network parameters [ok] Bringing up loopback interface [ok] Bringing up interface sit0 [ok] Bringing up interface ppp0 :cp :cannot stat '/etc/resolve.conf'. No such file pppd: unrecognised option 'No' pppd version 2.4.3 Usage : pppd [ options ] where options are : <device> <speed> <loc> plus many others See pppd [8] for more options [FAILED] This is also the message i see when i reboot in verbose mode as it flashes by. Does any of this information give you an idea what may be wrong? Cheers Tommy

Hi and thanx for takin the time to look at this highly interesting topic ... ];¬] I ran through the instructions from http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/mandrake/index.html from the start again. I used the firmware KQD6_3.012 firstly as i thought the other (ZZZL_3.012 ,which i tried previously may be wrong). The modem failed to start on boot and i noticed that the green light that usually flashes 15 or so times did not flash this time at boot. I then went back in and removed the KQD6_3.012 firmware and the files i had extracted to /lib/hotplug/firmware and replaced them using the previous commands with the ZZZL_3.012 firmware. On each occasion i went into the directory to double check that the file had been placed as it was supposed to be. This time the modem light flashed 15 or so times (as it does on my working connection setup on windows which makes me think I am using the correct firmware now[ZZL_3.012]) but still failed to connect. I just managed to catch a glimpse of the error message as it boots up in verbose mode which was : "pppd unrecognised option lots of scrolling stuff see pppd (8) for details" Is there an event/error viewer where i can see what pppd (8) is? When i was going through the section ... " Kernel Modules To enable the kernel to perform certain functions you'll need to load some modules into the kernel. A simple way of doing this is to add them to the list of modules that get loaded when the kernel boots. As root, open /etc/modprobe.preload in a text editor. kwrite /etc/modprobe.preload Now add these (copy and paste) ip_tables iptable_filter ip_conntrack ip_conntrack_ftp ipt_state pppoatm br2684 amd - k7 - agp(<-- this line on my pc not in given instructions) The last one on the list (br2684) is only needed by people using PPPoE so you can leave that one off if you're using PPPoA." ( i believe i'm PPPoE, as that is the info I reeived from Bulldog to set up email on my mobile phone) there was an extra line that had been added underneath br2684 called "amd - k7 - agp" which maybe something to do with my amd athlon processor but thought it may be causing some problems. Also, as the file i downloaded was called br2684.txt, do u think i should use that in the above list of modules or leave it as br2684 as i have done so far (as above example). Most of the time when i use KWrite, the terminal window scrolls loads of text behind the window i am using (which i was told not to worry about) but when i save and close KWrite window and go back to terminal - the text continues to scroll even when i type "su" and try to go back to the command line cursor. It also then usually displays a KDE crash message. When i close it all and start a new terminal window all seems fine but maybe there is another problem with KDE itself which is not helping the situation. The section starting :- "Secrets You'll need to put your username and password in a file called either pap-secrets or chap-secrets so that ppp can look them up when it's negotiating with your ISP. If you don't know whether your ISP uses pap or chap authentication, put your details in both files. Become root then open the files with a command in the terminal kwrite /etc/ppp/chap-secrets Or kwrite /etc/ppp/pap-secrets Then add one line like this 'username@isp' * 'password' " concerned me because the words seem strangely spaced as shown below:- "#Secrets for authentification using CHAP Client. server.secret. . . IPaddress 'bddsl100100@bulldoggsl.com' * 'rhubarb' " the username and password were repeated (i think from a previous installation attempt) so i deleted the second repitition but I thought it looked strange having 6 line spaces between top and bottom text and the spacing of the 2nd line itself. Does your /etc/ppp/CHAP or PAP-secrets file look like this? Near the end of the instructions in the sections entitled "br2684ctl" and "Tidying Up", I again wondered if I should have used the full filename of the bridging module (br2684ctl.txt) rather than just br2684 as I have done below:- "br2684ctl As root install the br2684ctl binary in /usr/sbin install -m 700 br2684ctl /usr/sbin " "Tidying Up to create a bootscript, /etc/rc.d/init.d/dial kwrite /etc/rc.d/init.d/dial Now copy and paste this into it but change VP.VC for the VPI/VCI numbers for your country/ISP. #!/bin/bash count=0 while [ $count -lt 40 ] do sync=$(dmesg | grep 'ADSL line is up') if [ ! -z "$sync" ] then br2684ctl -b -c 0 -a VP.VC sleep 3 ifconfig nas0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 sleep 10 pppd call speedtch exit 0 fi sleep 1 count=$((1+$count)) done echo "The Speedtouch firmware didn't load" Do you think I should substitute br2684 for br2684.txt wherever it uses it in the instructions? On the final section of "Tidying Up" theres is a command line :- " ln -s ../init.d/dial /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S96dial " Are the 2 dots between "-s" and "/init.d" correct and should there be a space between "dial"and "/etc"? Also in the next command line :- "chmod 600 /etc/ppp/{*secrets,peers/speedtch} " does the "*" indicate it will include all files ending in "secrets" or do i need to put in "ppp/{CHAPsecrets,peers/speedtch}"? A final thing i noticed on a verbose reboot (and something I had noticed on previous occasions) was that it says: "Stopping NFS locking : FAILED" Where all the other tasks are "OK'd". Could this cause a problem perhaps? Any comments gratefuly recieved :-) Tommy

Well i managed to make the firmware extractor executable in the end and extracted the firmware - but the method didn't work (error 235) so i tried following the instructions on this page http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/mandrake/index.html. I then realized i had made a few mistakes so went back and put in the correct command lines, made executable certain files but not necessarily in the right order.... I also noticed that the br2864ctl/[1/] had a 1 after it so maybe it would be worth renaming that file aswell. I think i'll re install mandriva and start again with this second set of instructions now i know what to put in first time (hopefully). :-) Tommy

Ok thanx I tried following the script on webpage http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/mandrake/index.html but was unable to make the firmware extractor executable. Here is what i did :- [tommy@localhost ~]$ ls br2684ctl[1].txt* Desktop/ Documents/ Download/ firmware-extractor[1].txt* GNUstep/ KQD6_3.012 mgmt/ Music/ Pictures/ screenshot_1.bmp screenshot_2.bmp SpeedTouch330_firmware_3012.zip* speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/ speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006.tar.gz* speedtouchKQD6_R204.zip* Templates/ tmp/ Video/ ZZZL_3.012 [tommy@localhost ~]$ chmod +x firmware-extractor[1].txt && ./firmware-extractor[1] ZZZL_3.012 bash: ./firmware-extractor[1]: No such file or directory [tommy@localhost ~]$ ./firmware-extractor\[1\].txt ZZZL_3.012 bash: ./firmware-extractor[1].txt: cannot execute binary file [tommy@localhost ~]$ I know its probably a silly mistake but could you look at what i entered and offer any comments (constructive ones please - lol) Cheers Tommy

Well I tried to see the error message on the boot up but it went by too quickly for me to catch all of it (is there a command to show the boot text one page at a time?) however i think i only missed one error which comes immediately after the error i did catch and may be known to you anyway :- ...... Starting netprofile: Checking for new hardware [OK] Setting network parameters [OK] Bringing up loopback interface [OK] Bringing up interface eth0 [OK] Determining IP address for eth0 FAILED XXXXXX FAILED I don't know if this stems from the code 235 error message i received when running speedtouchconf.sh or the mandriva configurer or if it is set up correctly. I wonder if eth0 refers to the PCI 56k dial up modem i have installed and is incorrectly trying to connect through that modem? Any ideas anyone?

OK I went to the speedtouch home site, got the mgmt.o file ( the network configurer requested on previous attempts to set up network), and managed to copy it into the /share/usb/devices/speedtouch directory manually. I then went through the network set up again (via the network configurer) and set options to start connection at boot and to start connection now. The connection failed and now mandriva boots very slowly coz it is trying to run the modem at boot and failing. I'll see if i can go into verbose mode at start up and pause it on the screen showing the error messgaes RE:modem and copy and paste them here to see if it gives anyone an idea what might be wrong. Tommy

Ok - I got a bit brave and tried the following. . . [root@localhost tommy]# ls / bin/ dev/ home/ lib/ mnt/ proc/ sbin/ tmp/ var/ boot/ etc/ initrd/ lost+found/ opt/ root/ sys/ usr/ xorg.conf [root@localhost tommy]# ls /home/tommy br2684ctl[1].txt* screenshot_1.bmp Desktop/ screenshot_2.bmp Documents/ SpeedTouch330_firmware_3012.zip* Download/ speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/ firmware-extractor[1].txt* speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006.tar.gz* GNUstep/ speedtouchKQD6_R204.zip* mgmt/ Templates/ Music/ tmp/ Pictures/ Video/ [root@localhost tommy]# cd /home [root@localhost home]# cd tommy [root@localhost tommy]# rm -r/speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006 rm: invalid option -- / Try `rm --help' for more information. [root@localhost tommy]# rm -r speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006 rm: descend into directory `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006'? y rm: descend into directory `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/po'? n rm: remove regular file `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/TODO'? n rm: remove regular file `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/Makefile'? n rm: remove regular file `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/README'? n rm: remove regular file `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/configure'? n rm: remove regular file `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/speedtouch-init'? n rm: descend into directory `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/speedtouch-1.3.1-sgp'? n rm: remove regular file `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/speedtouchconf.sh'? n rm: remove regular file `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/undo.sh'? n rm: remove regular file `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/ChangeLog'? n rm: remove regular file `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/COPYING'? n rm: remove regular file `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/speedtouchKQD6_R204.zip'? y rm: remove regular file `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/KQD6P1.eni'? y rm: remove regular file `speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006/KQD6P2.eni'? y [root@localhost tommy]# cd speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006 [root@localhost speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006]# ls ChangeLog* Makefile speedtouch-1.3.1-sgp/ TODO* configure* po/ speedtouchconf.sh* undo.sh* COPYING* README* speedtouch-init* [root@localhost speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006]# cd / [root@localhost /]# cd home [root@localhost home]# cd tommy [root@localhost tommy]# cp SpeedTouch330_firmware_3012.zip speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006 [root@localhost tommy]# cd speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006 [root@localhost speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006]# ls ChangeLog* Makefile speedtouch-1.3.1-sgp/ speedtouch-init* configure* po/ SpeedTouch330_firmware_3012.zip* TODO* COPYING* README* speedtouchconf.sh* undo.sh* [root@localhost speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006]# ./speedtouchconf.sh © Steve Parker, 17 Oct 2002 - 2005 (http://steve-parker.org) speedtouchconf comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type: ./speedtouchconf.sh -gpl This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. See the included file COPYING for more details. ************************************************ * * * speedtouchconf.sh by Steve Parker * * * * [url=http://speedtouchconf.sourceforge.net/]http://speedtouchconf.sourceforge.net/[/url] * * based on speedtouch.sourceforge.net project * * * ************************************************ If you have any problems with this script, mail me (steve at steve-parker dot org) with the files /tmp/speedtouch.txt and /var/log/messages for diagnosis. Linux kernel version 2.6 okay. /home/tommy/speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006 ******************************************* * * * Please select your ISP Settings * * * ******************************************* Country/ISP VPI VCI Belgium, ? 8 35 Denmark, Orang 8 35 France, Wanadoo 8 35 France, ? 8 67 Italy, ? 8 35 Netherlands, ? 8 48 Netherlands 0 35 Poland (NeoStrada) 0 35 UK, Any 0 38 Austria (AON) 8 48 US, BellSouth 8 35 Singapore Pacificnet 0 100 Please type your VPI VCI numbers (eg, 0 38 for UK) 0 38 Please enter your ISP Login ID (eg another@hg1.btinternet.com) bddsl@bulldogdsl.com Please enter your ISP Password Settings: VPI / VCI : 0 / 38 Login : bddsl@bulldogdsl.com Password : Are these correct? (Y/N) y No further user interaction is required. Configuring SpeedTouch Driver... Software Configuration - SUCCESS Building SpeedTouch Driver... Software Build - SUCCESS Installing SpeedTouch Driver... Software Installation - SUCCESS Creating ppp files in /etc/ppp You can ignore any insmod hints here... 2.6.12-12mdk *** Configuration finished. Starting the connection *** Sat Mar 25 06:36:50 GMT 2006 The modem lights should start flashing for approx. 60 seconds... You might see some messages about USBDEVFS_BULK failed - you can ignore this. Sat Mar 25 06:36:50 GMT 2006 The modem_run command failed (code 235) modem_run results: Mutex value not OK FAILED because of modem_run error 235 [root@localhost speedtouchconf-2.0-09_Jan_2006]# Mar 25 06:36:50 localhost hald[3276]: Timed out waiting for hotplug event 1004. Rebasing to 1034p So what do u think? I tried using the mandriva network configurer thinking it may have the required microcode now and could sort out the rest but it still wants an mgmt.o file to be placed in /usb/devices/speedtouch. I also discovered that the firmware files had also extracted to the speedtouchconf directory together with the zipped firmware file (which i must have done accidentally at an earlier time) so I took the above steps which I think may have deleted all the previous firmware files (zipped and unzipped) and replaced them with the (hopefully) correct firmware (the 3012 version) altho I'm starting to wonder if my modem is even newer than the silver version mentioned and would therefore need the firmware directly from the manufacturer. Anyway, Heres hoping .... Tom

Hi Qchem So much for 1500 hrs - lol (workin nights atm ... ) The firmware i copied into the speedtouchconf directory was one i got from another site for installing the speedtouch 330 modem so i would like to replace it with the firmware they recommend on the site i am using now. The old firmware is called speedtouchKQD6 R204.zip and the new (recommended) is called speedtouch3012.zip. Can you give me the command lines to remove the old firmware and copy in the new ( i am still confused about that copy line they use cp speedtouchKQD6 R204.tar.gz.speedtouchconf-2.0-09 Jan2006 because it is a zip file and it didn't work the last time i entered the above code. Do i enter cp speedtouch3012.zip.speedtouchconf-2.0-09 Jan2006 Would copy and pasting the file via window based file manager do the same? The only problem is i need to be root to remove the old firmware as when i try to move/delete it it says permission denied (not owner) so i guess i need to remove it with the terminal commands. I ran the other codes u gave me and grep -i alcatel /proc/bus/usb/devices did nothing that i could see (no error message but just went to the next line), however /usr/sbin/lsusb -v Gave the following info Bus 003 Device 003:ID 06b9:4061 Alcatel Telecom Speedtouch ISDN or ADSL modem Bus 003 Device 002:ID 0f62:1001 (Acrox Technologies Co. Ltd) Bus 003 Device 001:ID 0000 0000 Bus 002 DEvice 001 ID 0000 0000 Bus 001 Device 001 ID 0000 0000 I'm thinkin remove the speedtouchconf directory with rm -r/home/tommy/speedtouchconf and start again or would this mess anything up do u think? Thanx again Tommy

Hi Qchem I put the firmware in the speedtouchconf directory initially using cp speedtouchKQD6 R204.tar.gz.speedtouchconf-2.0-09 Jan2006 but it failed to execute - i can't remember the exact error message but i'm sure it was something objecting to the fact that it was a zip file so i then ran cp speedtouchKQD6 R204.zip.speedtouchconf-2.0-09 Jan2006 which seemed to execute and the firmware was in the speedtouchconf directory with the rest of the untarred files in there (not sure if they the firmware was still zipped tho). I am unfamiliar with terminal commands but the line cp speedtouchKQD6 R204.tar.gz.speedtouchconf-2.0-09 Jan2006 doesn't make sense to me because the "tar.gz" bit surely refers/applies to the preceding file in that line which is the firmware( speedtouchKQD6 R204.zip) and this is obviously a zip file. Does this matter or is the "tar.gz" bit referring to the speedtouchconf directory and telling the pc to leave the firmware file tarred as it copies it to the speedtouchconf directory? I'll double check to see whether the firmware file is in the speedtouchconf directory and whether it is still zipped and run the rpm -qa | grep -i speedtouch as u suggested and post the results here. Could you also tell me if the grep -B1"THOMSON ALCATEL" proc/bus/usb/devices looks ok to you because i couldn't get it to run in a terminal window as root (it should tell me which speedtouch modem i have allegedly) There is a space between "grep" and -B1 and also a space between "...ALCATEL" and "proc/usb/dev". I did try various permutation with/without spaces but none seemed to work. I also didn't comment out the lines stated in the first webpage in my first post above which were omitted in the instructions in the second page i mentioned. The lines were :- # if [ -z "${USB_TYPE}" ]; then # echo $"No USB Bus found!" | tee -a $LOGFILE # error=`expr $error + 2` # fi Would this have affected matters? P.S. I checked that stuff b4 i posted this so... 1. The firmware is in the speedtouchconf directory and is still zipped, together with the untarred gz file (files called "po" etc). 2. I tried using the code rpm -qa | grep -i speedtouch and just this second realised that i omitted to put the word"speedtouch" in, which explains the error message i received - lol. I gotta sleep now but i'll reboot this afternoon around 1500 and run that code properly and post the results Thanx very much for your time mate (and hope u don't have to sit thru too many more 4 hour lectures -lol)

Hi there :) This is my first week of ever using linux so I was hoping that someone with a GREY speedtouch 330 modem could tell me which firmware they are using for Mandriva 2006, KDE or something similar which they think might work and how to install it. I've tried installing the "drivers" (sorry i'm still using windows terminology) using the instructions in https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=16970&st=0 and also https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=16970&st=30 but as a total noob have had some difficulties. I managed to run the scripts but had a problem where, right at the end as it finished configuring the modem, it said it was unable to find the firmware. I would like to know if it is possible to overwrite the firmware in the folder/script i created or is it best to just delete everything i created earlier and start again substituting the firmware for 2 or 3 other possible candidates i have found. Also when following the instructions from https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=16970&st=30 i was concerned that may have done something wrong because the firmware i had was in the form of a zip file rather than the tar.gz file he refers to in the script. Can i convert this zip file to a tar.gz file and if so how/with which common application i am likely to have in the mandriva 2006 limited edition distro. Thanx in advance for your help :D Tommy