On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:56:06 +0100 Azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I installed 9.0 and skipped the network setup. > I then booted into mandrake and placed mgmt.o into /usr/share/speedtouch > Then I went to configure network settings. > > I tried to configure alcatel speedtouch usb adsl modem. > It requested cd 1 and installed files, and then completed. > However the connection wouldn't work. > > Now as mandrake has a specific option to install the alcatel speedtouch > adsl modem, I assume that this works fairly well.. and that therefore it > is something I am missing. > > What should I do to get my adsl connection working? <whoops - slip and Send was pressed too soon!> Did the appropriate piece in the Mandrake Configuration Centre ask you for username, password, country etc.? If all that's been entered the best thing to do is just to ignore all the Mandrake flapdoodle and do two things: i. put mgmt.o in your home directory ii. make a 2-line script, say adsl, there thus: modem_run -m -f mgmt.o pppd call adsl iii. make it executable (chmod a+x adsl) then run it (./adsl). After about 20 seconds the beans will be in a row and the connection will be live. As you can guess from the way this was written I've never bothered with the Control Centre stuff; this method is much more direct. (If the username, password etc. haven't been entered the best thing to do is to run drakconnect as root, which will run a wizard similar to that during installation which will - eventually - prompt for them. Then go back to 'put mgmt.o ...' and continue from there). Alastair
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