did your friend get suse/adsl working, because i must say I am wasting plenty of time without any such success... were there any special instructions?
is he/she using ppp over atm? thanks jonathan ----- Original Message ----- From: "v" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 9:29 PM Subject: [speedtouch] Re: problems with alcatel modem and suse 8 > > On Sunday 07 Jul 2002 4:20 am, you wrote: > > On Sunday 07 Jul 2002 1:01 am, you wrote: > > > On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, v wrote: > > > > My friend has got suse 8 and a speedtouch modem from alcatel, > > > > > > > > He has installed everything and configured it, everything was working > > > > but decided to reinstall after reinstall, > > > > > > > > the following happens: > > > > >after i've added the next lines to the /etc/modules.conf > > > > > > > > > >alias char-major-108 ppp_generic > > > > >alias tty-ldisk-14 ppp_synctty > > > > >alias tty-ldisk-13 n_hdlc > > > > > > > > > >the adsl0 is added to eth0 and lo during rebooting process, but i stil > > > > > have the same message > > > > > > > > > >modprobe: cannot locate module tty-ldisk-13 > > > > > > > > > >and don't have access to the Net... > > > > > > > > > >thanks, > > > > > > > > does any one here have the answer because i cant figure it out, > > > > > > I don't know what is wrong - maybe n_hdlc isn't found. Have you tried > > > depmod -a? > > > > > > However, if you add -a to the pppoa3 commandline then you don't need > > > the n_hdlc module so if the module had got corrupted or won't load > > > you can at least get onto the net. > > > > > > (I get a more reliable connection with the -a option and it doesn't > > > seem to up the load on the box measurably but I also have a buggy > > > usb chipset and a patched(hacked) pppoa3 so my results should be > > > taken with a pinch of salt :-) > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Tim. > > > > > > Just spotted the problem - ldisc - not ldisk! > > > > that may be a spelling mistake on the part of my friend, when he emailed it > > through to me, ill confirm with him > > > > but thanks ill see if i can get it working using the method u wrote. > > > > v > > > > Yes indeed it was the typo, instead of putting ldisc he had put ldisk, lol, > > Excellent pick up on the mistake, > > Thanks a lot for the help > > v > > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
