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| Thread ID: 54755 | 2005-02-21 08:23:00 | install dse modem in linux | Prescott (11) | Press F1 |
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| 327105 | 2005-02-24 03:51:00 | sorry to keep you guys in susepnse, i havent got around to completing it yet, i was just about to start and then my parents wanted me to take the pics off the digi cam, ill try again with no interuptions :p | Prescott (11) | ||
| 327106 | 2005-02-25 01:06:00 | You will need the headers of the running kernel, and the GCC compiler, and associated utilities at least. These are installed as part of the development system. Have a look at /usr/src/linux (there may be a symbolic link called "linux" which points at a more complicated name. ;) Then follow the instructions with the driver package. It is sometimes that easy. What is sometimes needed is (in /usr/src/linux --- or whatever the the kernel source root is called) to do make oldconfig. This will talk a lot, and produce a configuration file for a kernel compile (which you don't need to do). But it also produces another file or two which help in compiling things like driver modules. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 327107 | 2005-02-25 01:58:00 | 6 steps to install 1 . login as ROOT 2 . extract the archive into a directory with "tar -zxvf <archivename> . tgz" 3 . cd into the directory it created . 4 . Type: make clean 5 . Type: make 536 6 . Type: make install With all due respect Jen, I'm pretty sure step 5 above should read 5 . Type: make 536ep The rest of the instructions look like they should do the trick . I successfully installed this DSE modem in December last year by following the instructions in the readme file . Using Mandrake 10 and the driver from the DSE website . Prescott, have you checked your PM? I sent you one in January about installing this modem . |
Brian B (6530) | ||
| 327108 | 2005-02-25 02:02:00 | Hi folks! I will follow this thread with interest, as I have exactly the same modem and have several so called Linux experts try to make it work with Mandrake 10, but to no avail. It is sold by DSE as being Linux compatible, and have also tried it with Yoper, but it seems it is a great white elephant. Cheers guys, hope someone can give us the solution. My understanding is that the drivers supplied worked fine with Mandrake 9.1 but not with 9.2 and certainly not 10 (as its the 2.6 kernel). I have certainly had the DSE modem running with Mandrake 9.1. To be fair to DSE, the modem is compatible with Linux providing you have the correct drivers for your kernel. :@@: |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 327109 | 2005-02-25 02:14:00 | With all due respect Jen, I'm pretty sure step 5 above should read 5. Type: make 536ep I did a copy & paste directly from the readme.txt bundled with the driver. Possibly a typo on the author's behalf then, in which case well spotted! :D Could also explain why the make fails. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 327110 | 2005-02-26 00:52:00 | I did a copy & paste directly from the readme.txt bundled with the driver. Possibly a typo on the author's behalf then, in which case well spotted! :D Could also explain why the make fails. Jen: sometimes there are different versions, with different names, and the instructions differ.;) Of course sometimes the instructions b]don't[/b] differ, even though the Makefile does, which causes problems for those who can't get past the error message. I always have a look at the Makefile for anything odd. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 327111 | 2005-02-26 01:01:00 | save your sanity and retain your hair growth, just buy a cheap external modem, they just work with no installation drama at all with linux and second hand they are cheap as this example will show www.trademe.co.nz :thumbs: |
robinm (7292) | ||
| 327112 | 2005-02-26 21:06:00 | i did have a external modem but i think i fired it, there is no dial tone, even doesnt work under windows anymore, yes it is pluged in | Prescott (11) | ||
| 327113 | 2005-02-27 01:46:00 | It does appear that DSE supply this on its support site as the "latest driver" for Mandrake 10 and above. So it ought to work. The other approach would be to look at the linux winmodem support site, and see what they can offer. An Intel chip will be supported... even though there have been some "challenges" with the "HAM" ones. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 327114 | 2005-02-27 08:26:00 | alrighty then, i now have some info to share, this is what i got when i done it like this: root@localhost ~# tar: -zxvf XH1154_4.69-mdk10-up.tar.gz.tgz: cannot open: no such file or directory root@localhost ~# tar: error is not recoveravble exiting now root@localhost ~# tar: child returned status? root@localhost ~# tar: error exit delayed from previous errors it says it cannot open file or directory, but the file is there, i think i have missed something.... and then i tried something different: root@localhost ~# tar: -zxvf <XH1154_4.69-mdk10-up.tar.gz>tgz bash: XH1154_4.69-mdk10-up.tar.gz : no such file or directory do i need to manually extract the downloaded file somewhere? if so, where? and is it just a right click then extract? thanks for all the help so far :) |
Prescott (11) | ||
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