[Nelug] Speedtouch USB modem

[Martin Ward]

I am replacing an ancient, and dying, laptop which I use as
gateway/firewall etc. by a slightly less ancient laptop.

The old machine (Compaq Presario) runs Mandrake 9.2 with kernel 2.4.27
and  my speedtouch modem (old green version) runs fine with it.

On the newer machine (Compaq Armada V300) I have installed 
Mandrake 10.1 (kernel 2.6.8).

When I plug in the modem, I get these syslog messages:

May 16 12:04:03 kate kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 
12
May 16 12:04:11 kate modem_run[7472]: modem_run version 1.3 started by root 
uid 0
May 16 12:04:11 kate modem_run[7495]: modem_run version 1.3 started by root 
uid 0
May 16 12:04:11 kate modem_run[7506]: modem_run version 1.3 started by root 
uid 0

If I run it from the command line:

modem_run -v 2 -s -m -f /usr/share/speedtouch/mgmt.o

it returns immediately: no flashing lights on the modem,
no messages in syslog (despite the -v 2 options) and
no background modem_run process created.
If I try to run pppd I get this:

May 16 12:37:28 kate pppd[7630]: Using interface ppp0
May 16 12:37:28 kate pppd[7630]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
May 16 12:37:28 kate pppoa3[7870]: pppoa3 version 1.3 started by root (uid 0) 
May 16 12:37:28 kate pppoa3[7870]: Control thread ready 
May 16 12:37:28 kate pppoa3[7870]: pusb_claim_interface 1 failed 
May 16 12:37:28 kate pppd[7630]: Modem hangup
May 16 12:37:28 kate pppd[7630]: Connection terminated.
May 16 12:37:28 kate pppd[7630]: Exit.


I found this web page: http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/UKSpeedtouchDSLHowTo
which says to add the line "speedtch" to file /etc/hotplug/blacklist

Now, modem_run still returns immediately, but "pppd call adsl2" 
gets a bit further:

May 16 12:45:57 kate pppd[8704]: Using interface ppp0
May 16 12:45:57 kate pppd[8704]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2
May 16 12:45:57 kate pppoa3[8889]: pppoa3 version 1.3 started by root (uid 0) 
May 16 12:45:57 kate pppoa3[8889]: Control thread ready 
May 16 12:45:57 kate pppoa3[8889]: host  --> pppoa3 --> modem stream ready 
May 16 12:45:57 kate pppoa3[8889]: modem --> pppoa3 --> host  stream ready 
May 16 12:46:02 kate kernel: usb 1-1: bulk timeout on ep7out
May 16 12:46:02 kate kernel: usb 1-1: usbfs: USBDEVFS_BULK failed ep 0x7 len 
53 ret -110
May 16 12:46:08 kate kernel: usb 1-1: bulk timeout on ep7out
May 16 12:46:08 kate kernel: usb 1-1: usbfs: USBDEVFS_BULK failed ep 0x7 len 
53 ret -110
May 16 12:46:13 kate pppoa3[8889]: Received signal 15 (thread 1075118208)  
May 16 12:46:13 kate pppoa3[8889]: Woken by a sem_post event -> Exiting 
May 16 12:46:13 kate pppoa3[8889]: Read from usb Canceled
May 16 12:46:13 kate pppoa3[8889]: Write to usb Canceled
May 16 12:46:13 kate pppoa3[8889]: Exiting
May 16 12:46:13 kate pppd[8704]: Terminating on signal 15.
May 16 12:46:13 kate pppd[8704]: Modem hangup

Any suggestions?

My guess is that modem_run is not finding the modem for some reason.

I can bring the laptop and modem to the meeting tomorrow, if that will help.
Without a phone line connected, the working machine can at least
get the modem to flash its lights, so we could try to get that far with it.

-- 
			Martin

Martin.Ward at durham.ac.uk http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~mward/ Erdos number: 4
G.K.Chesterton web site: http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~mward/gkc/