superphysics Posted July 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 @ ffi: Yes, the very same. But the part you are mentioning refers to the PPPoA section. Note that the guide itself says: "The Mandriva CDs don't come with the br2684ctl bridging utility so it's not possible to configure a PPPoE over ATM connection with the Mandriva Control Centre." What I have is PPPoE. I think this ISP has conspired against me in every way possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 (edited) @ ffi: Yes, the very same. But the part you are mentioning refers to the PPPoA section. Note that the guide itself says: "The Mandriva CDs don't come with the br2684ctl bridging utility so it's not possible to configure a PPPoE over ATM connection with the Mandriva Control Centre." are you sure? br2684ctl is a part of the linux-atm-2.5.0 package according to this: http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandriva/deve...009.0.i586.html edit: and looking a bit in the repos I even found that the speedtouch firmware is there. ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Man...07.0.noarch.rpm are you sure it just doesn't work out of the box after running the network setup wizard? Edited July 16, 2008 by ffi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superphysics Posted July 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 @ ffi: Actually, it's quite interesting. I'm getting a 404 Not Found error on the link you've given. But that's besides the point. Truth be told, I'm not sure at all. But that's what the dear linux-usb guide says. Moreover, I just checked, the the linux-atm package is not installed on my system. In the end, I think it's all coming down to installing a slew of files, one dependency after another, when I cannot connect to the internet at all. I do have access to Windows, but this mess is just getting too painful... I don't know what I should do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 (edited) maybe this repos or ftp's are of limit for you. iirc all firmwares are installed by default in mandriva one but of course none with the free edition btw that guide is for 3 mdv releases ago (mdv 2007.0 we have had 2007.1 2008.0 and now 2008.1, mdv improved a lot since...) Edited July 16, 2008 by ffi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superphysics Posted July 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 (edited) @ ffi: Sorry, I didn't get what you meant in that last post... (edit: I see what you mean. Ok, then I'll give it a go. Pulling up my socks and going on a download spree for all the packages from my Windows internet) Oh, and I'm very grateful to you people for helping me out here. Edited July 16, 2008 by superphysics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 which version of mandriva 2008.1 are you using: one, free or powerpack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superphysics Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 @ ffi: One. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superphysics Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Ok, finally got the connection working. Had to settle for a very messy way: running the script. Had to download more tiny files than I've ever downloaded. Thanks to all those who helped me: it was a mixture of the advice from all of you. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) glad it worked, I guess there is a bug somewhere because the speedtouch 330 supposedly used to work out of the box in 2008.1 http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=...=speedtouch+330 (from what I can tell the modem works on one computer with 2008.1 but not the other) Edited July 17, 2008 by ffi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superphysics Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 @ ffi: French? Ummm... Google Translations to the rescue... Yeah, it is. It didn't work for me, though. The out-of-the-box support via Connection > DSL > Speedtouch failed miserably. The original reason for trying to find a workaround. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 maybe report it at mandriva's bugzilla ;) https://qa.mandriva.com/index.cgi maybe you could try to get your hands on 2008.0 and see if that works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superphysics Posted July 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 @ ffi: Already tried 2008.0 That one does not even load properly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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