jimhandler

Still looking for drivers for Linksys WUSB54G wireless adapter used for Time Warner Roadrunner cable for Mandrake 9.2.... Jim

I removed the win536ep card from the machine and removed it from XP when it showed not connected on "my computer". Then tried Drakconnect again. It Still cannot find the USB linksys wireless connection. By the way, do you know what CICS is ? It's been around longer than Linux and Unix - and I still make a living with it. And they haven't outsourced it to India yet... Browsed around the Phoenix Bios menus but saw no references to a modem. I did notice that the onboard parallel port was disabled. Is this it ? Thanks

How do I use the "bios" to turn it off ? That is, what is "bios." XP has been working since day 1 (Nov). Linux has yet to work. jsh

Did uninstall and disable in XP. Made no difference for Linux. Checked disable and uninstall in 'man' in Linux. No relevance. Loaded drivers for nVidia but got several error messages...Used both tar and rpm. Same errors. Linux still sees the onboard winmodem. Should I tell drakconnect wizard Lan or cable ? Neither seems to help.

Are there any instructions how to set up linux 9.2 for the wireless cable ? XP is on the same machine (different partition) and works fine with it. XP wasn't an easy install but I eventually got through the menus. No such luck with the drakconnect menus in KDE. It seems to think I have a modem and I cannot get the type to change from "modem." I do have a winmodem but gave up on that after a few months. I uninstalled the winmodem in XP. Is there such a thing as uninstall or disable in linux ? I am using one of my 2 USB interfaces with the Linksys WUSB54G wireless adapter. My machine is: AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 512 RAM Nvidia nforce MCP networking adapter Other Nvidia controllers Linksys wireless G USB networking adapter Intel 536 EP V.92 modem (uninstalled and disabled in XP) MAC Bridge miniport COM1, COM2, LPT1 (ECP) ports 2 Samsumg CD's, one R-W Nvidia geforce 2 integrated gpu Standard floppy disk Linux works fine except that I have never been able to connect to the internet. I have installed the matching versions of the kernel. I have the 7 CD version of 9.2 and was forced into reinstalling it from them during my exercises with the winmodem. I also have zonealarm and Pestpatrol as well as Norton antivirus running in XP. Are there similar products for linux ? I am writing this via the XP partition... Thanks, jsh

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comment: I have concluded that winmodems cannot be used with Linux - so says US Robotics and several Network administrators. Thus, for this and other reasons, I had Roadrunner cable installed and am now using a Linksys (CISCO) wireless network (router with remote for my second pc). Everything is installed and running fine with W98 on the router attached machine and XP on the remote. I am sharing files and programs as well as the internet connection over the wireless. Now I am back to the same old issue: I cannot get the linux partition to use this configuration. The Linux partition is on the XP pc. Any suggestions ? jsh

Time Warner Roadrunner installed their cable modem on my "master" pc under W98. Then I installed a Linksys "G" wireless router to the cable modem to network my second pc which contains XP in one partition and Mandrake 9.2 in another. I am in the XP partition now writing this message. Thus everything is set up properly over the wireless. The interface for the wireless receiver on the XP/Linux machine is USB. Also I am set up to share the printer and specific folders on the "master" pc. How do I set up Mandrake to use the wireless network ? Thanks, Jim

BVC, Did all that you suggested, including init 1 and 5. By the way it is kdenetwork kppp now runs but does not dial sucessfully. Went through it's setup and put what I thought was correct, but ng. Even comes back and says modem is ready. Switch to konqueror and can't get out. Noticed during kppp setup: "couldn't find interface ppp0: no such device" Eventually I get modem does not respond. logged out and then it forced me back into an install from cd's of Mandrake 9.2, which I did. Did not do updates since need a modem... Got back to where I was before - modem does not dial (do not hear the dial, ping, etc). Tried the kppp wizard and then did it manually. Off to see a movie - enough for this afternoon. Thanks for the help. Jim

I started up the konsole, switched to su: kppp <enter> "command not found" I got to the directory where 4.62 was. The only 4.60 driver on the Intel download site is for a "Thai" version. Is this what I should use ? I went ahead and tried the commands again anyway since I've never been able to do all of them: I was able to do a make clean, make 536ep, make install as suggested. but rm -f /dev/536ep resulted in "operation not permitted". What else should I try ? Jim ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The 4.60 driver seems to be for the "Thai" version of Linux. Is this what I need to download and use ? Jim

I'm back now - was on vacation. I installed 2 out of 3 of the available kdnetwork packages using the the rpm in the gui console. The one that would not install was: kdnetwork-3.1.3-37mdk with the message: "...due to unsatisfied kdnetwork-ktalk[==3.1.3-37mdk]" I then installed wvdial. I have no icon yet for either of these packages. The ones that installed no longer display in the gui. What's next ? Thanks, Jim

:unsure: Getting closer... I downloaded the matching kernel-source and successfully did the rpm Uvh on the rpm file. I tried the make-dist-clean but it didn't do anything. Then went to the driectory created by the rpm and executed make 536ep make install They finished with "done" Then I went to the configuration wizard: autodetect normal modem (windmodem resulted in: "you don't have any winmodem.") /dev/modem came back with "connected" Having put the phone number, id and password of the server in during the wizard process, I told it to dial. I could hear it dial and get the pings back. When I tried to go to mandrakeclub, hal-pc.or or yahoo, I got: "the system doesn't seem to be connected to the internet. Try to reconfigure your connection." After a while, it said: Problems occurred during configuration. Test your connection via net monitor or mcc. If your connection doesn't work, you might want to relaunch the configuration." I did relaunch it several times, eventually getting so the modem was locked up and would not dial at all... I then restarted Linux and eventually got back to the above same status where it thinks it is connected but cannot reach the internet. ???? Incidentally, the wizard created no icon. The only way I could dial is to go through the wizard ... Jim

I think it is time to regroup. Here is the history of how I got where I am: 1. I purchased the computer from EPO the beginning of Nov. with XP, including the Us Robotics modem (winmodem I now know). 2. I went to hal-pc where one of the members installed Mandrake 9.2 - which was a copy from the hal-pc.org network computer that he had on cd rom's. I assume that this is what I see on my system 2.4.22.10 He also split my system into 2 partitions, XP and Linux. 3. After US Robotics told me they do NOT support Linux and did not have drivers, I got EPO to swap out the modem for a generic Intel536ep device which they said was supported by Linux.. 4. I went back to hal-pc and was again assisted with what I thought were the drivers. We got up to an error message which he had seen before (I don't remember what it was). 5. I went down to hal-pc one more time but concluded it was time I purchased my own Mandrake license. 6. I purchased PowerPack 9.2 with the 7 CD's and manual. They air shipped it to me within a week. 7. I got off the web - with the 536ep drivers - a readme file that got me to the "missing autoconf.h" message. I searched the cd's but concluded this file was not on the cd's. 8. I downloaded the kernel source 2.4.22-22.10 from a web mirror site and burned the 40 mb onto a CD so I could go from XP to Linux. The KDE installer did something and said "already installed". 9. I have just looked at my purchased cd's from mandrake. The version I see on the source cd 1 is: kernel-doc-pdf-2.4.22-1mdk.i586.rpm Perhaps a total reinstall of Linux with my cd's is in order ? ??? Jim

On the real question, I installed kernel-source-2.4.22-21mdk.i586.rpm - the entire thing I assume. Again I used the software install from the kde menu on the cd where I had burned this 40.2 mb file from the web. It came back and said "already installed". I get confused since I am not familiar with Unix commands and architecture yet. In the last 37 years I have made a living programming on every platform except Unix: IBM 360 OS,DOS, 370 OS, 3090 MVS, NCR 100-200, PDP 11, Vax VMS, PC DOS, Varian (octal), DOS telephone answering systems. The languages were: ALC, Neat/3/RPG,COBOL, Fortran and various pc scripts. I have designed and programmed databases and maintained tp monitors. Linux reminds me of NCR in the 60's when their SE's told us: "when you find out, let us know." Of course they are Unix now, having gone the way of all the 7 "dwarfs". In the early 80's I had to return to big blue to make a living. I owned an Altos Xenix machine for a few months then - intending to help a friend with a large contract. But when the large contract vanished, I couldn't figure out how to make money with it. So I considered myself lucky to sell it for 75 % of what I had paid for it. I only spent a few months looking at the friend's C/Informix manufacturing system. I am trying to move over to Linux/Unix so that I can contract when I retire. I will be 61 in January. I have a lot more time now ... Jim

I used the "software install" under the "file" menu within the kde window. I highlighted "Intel536ep-462-M91-smp.tgz" on the floppy and executed the install. I do not know which files were installed but the reply said "already installed". Jim

Sorry, I meant autoconf.h instead of config.h. I am trying to finish a script provided to me with the tgz file: Originally I tried (a few weeks ago): 1. su into root 2. extract archive into a directory with "tar -zxvf <arname>.tgz I did this with the supplied file (on a:) "Intel536ep-462-M91-smp.tgz file 3. cd into the directory I did this 4. make clean I did this and it seemed to work 5. make 536ep /lib/modules..."autoconf.h does not exist, please install kernel source". 6. make install never got to this step After the kernel install - from a Cd I burned after downloading tonight it with XP - step 4 above does not work at all now. does anyone have any suggestions now ? Jim Handler

My learning curve is presently 10 hours - over a month) and I still cannot connect to the internet via mandrake 9.2. My other partion is XP and it is fine. I need config.h in order to proceed. Where is it, how do I get it and how do I install it. I have found several answers about this topic in several forums but none of them worked. Since 9.2 does not come with kernel sources, I was instructed to download them. I don't think downloading 40 mb over a 56 kb modem is practical... I've located several config.h files but they seem to be package specific. Help. Jim Handler

The last thing that happened after executing "make 536ep" was "autoconf.h does not exist,please install kernel source." I have XP in one partition and Linux in another, installed at hal-pc in Houston. Since I have a winmodem- intel536 - the driver needs to be installed. I downloaded the driver from Intel - as another member adivsed. I have looked in the "Starter Guide" and Nemeth's "linux Adminstration Handbook." But I cannot figure out how to install a kernel source. I assume it is on one of the 9 CD's from Mandrake. By the way, which of the 3 numbers on the box is the license number ? Thanks, Jim Handler On to the next step... When I did the urpmi autoconfig, the message came back: "no package named autoconfig or autoconfig.h". I found the option that lists all packages with config in it, none being autoconfig.h. Then I browsed all the CD's that came with 9.2 but none had autoconfig.h on it. I then tried to install Intel-536ep-4.51-47.src (RPM) directly from the floppy to which I had downloaded it previously (remember, I cannot access the internet using Linux. I thus browse the internet from windows at my work - which has a high speed network connection). The install package (in Konqueror) came back with: "The following packages have bad signatures: /mnt/floppy/ : invalid signature (MD5 (GPG) (MISSING KEY) GPG #9C800aca NOT OK) Do you want to continue installation ? I click on the ok bar and the light flickers for while and than quits. I have also downloaded to a floppy INtel536ep-462-M91-SMP.tgz. This is where i followed the readme instructions and eventually was told I needed autoconfig.h... Perhaps I need to throw away the winmodem and get another ? EPO in Houston said they didn't support Linux. Guess I should have taken them more seriously when I had them build the computer for me a few weeks ago...They changed it out once from the original US Robotics version - who refuses to support Linux at all. Jim Handler ******************************************************** 11-25-03 9:30 Found autoconfig.h source ! did what I should have done first - a google search for autoconfig.h came up with "Source File autoconfig.h" at www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/cxref/ doc/autoconfig.h.src.html I downloaded it to a diskette. I assume that I put this in /usr/src/linux and I can continue ? Or do I have to do some kind of install of this file ? Or do I have to have a Mandrake specific version of this ? Jim Handler

The "make 536ep" resulted in: /lib/modules ... autoconf.h does not exist please install kernel source make: ***[check] Error 1 I assume this means I need to find autoconf.h and install it before doing trying the make again ?

Mandrake comes back with "not connected" when I try to configure the internet. Install seemed to go ok with CD's. It is an internal INTEL 536EP V92 in a new AMD pc. Pc has 2 partitions, one XP and one LINUX. XP works with the modem...how I'm talking now. Any suggestions on what to do next ? Thanks, Jim Handler

I think I found the problem already and it is sitting in the chair...I found the hardware install in KDE. It auto located the modem but the wizard needs cd 3 to do the install. When I get the cd's, I'm sure I'll have no more problems (this issue any way). Thanks, Jim - a real newbie

I swapped an internal USRobotics Winmodem for a generic(spec in description).I read one of the messages in this forum that the install is easy - done by the wizard. Where is the wizard invoked. I am set to come up in KDE under Mandrake 9.2. I cannot seem to invoke the setup.exe on the CD used to install the modem under XP (other partition). Can anyone te ll me where the wizard can be found ? Thanks, Jim Handler