[Gllug] green thing...and beer?

[Nick Hill]

Try the open source driver by benoit pappilaut!

It does not require patching the kernel. It does not require installing a broken pppd.

An RPM is available from Mandrake. 

I have used both. The open source version is much easier to install.

HTH.

Nick.

On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 00:33:37 +0100
"Alex Marchwiak (Leming/Onslaught)" <leming at space.pl> wrote:

> Hiya... I definately got enough...cant run this bloody green Alcatel at all.
> Ive checked all those howtos and everything seems to be alright for me but when I plug it in, keeps on saying 
> 
> kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 3
> kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1614
> kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 (error=-110)
> kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 4
> kernel: usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x6b9/0x4061) is not claimed by any active driver.
> 
> and in /var/log/messages it says
> 
> Oct 13 15:17:46 tech3 Speedmgmt[10188]: Alcatel SpeedTouch USB Management daemon started.
> Oct 13 15:17:46 tech3 Speedmgmt[10188]: (C) Alcatel 2001, Version 1.3.4
> Oct 13 15:17:47 tech3 kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> Oct 13 15:17:47 tech3 kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_BULK failed dev 4 ep 0x85 len 512 ret -110
> Oct 13 15:17:47 tech3 Speedmgmt[10188]: Preceding (timeout) error messages are normal.
> Oct 13 15:17:51 tech3 kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
> Oct 13 15:18:05 tech3 Speedmgmt[10188]: Modem initialised at 576 kbit/s downstream and 288 kbit/s
> upstream
> Oct 13 15:18:41 tech3 pppd[10191]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
> Oct 13 15:18:41 tech3 pppd[10191]: Using interface ppp0
> Oct 13 15:18:41 tech3 pppd[10191]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1
> Oct 13 15:18:41 tech3 pppd[10191]: Child process /usr/local/bin/pppoa2 -vpi 0 -vci 38 (pid 10192)
> terminated with signal 2
> 
> Maybe Im handicapped or so, but it really gets on my nerves...Im just stuck at this point, and no idea what to do next.... using Mandrake 8.1 ... does anyone fancy couple of beers, for little help with this bloody thing?? I live in Hayes/Bromley ... somebody help me... What shall I buy Stella, Guiness, or Fosters? Ive got some vodka in the freezer aswell...;)
> 
> desperate Alex...
> 
> 

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