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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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327095 2005-02-21 08:23:00 evening,
can someone please give me step by step instructions on how i install my modem under Yoper linux, ive already downloaded the linux drivers but i cant seem to install it. my modem is one of those dse ones, XH1154

the file i downloaded is called XH1154_4.69-mdk10-up.tar
Prescott (11)
327096 2005-02-21 11:30:00 tar xvf XH*.tar

What are the contents of this file?

cat INSTALL
cat README

We'll take it from there...


Chill.
Chilling_Silence (9)
327097 2005-02-22 04:00:00 i am a novice at this so bear with me please :)
do i enter tar xvf XH*.tar in a konsole?

and what about this contents of the file? do you want me to list everything that is in it?

yes there is a readme file in there.
Prescott (11)
327098 2005-02-22 04:26:00 yes enter it in the konsole and the contents of the Install and Readme Files
Is XH1154_4.69-mdk10-up.tar for Yoper it seems to be for Mandrake 10 (mdk10)
Dannz (1668)
327099 2005-02-22 04:29:00 It should be relatively generic... Chilling_Silence (9)
327100 2005-02-22 04:49:00 yeah i thought it would work on any distro of linux on the dse site it only has mention of a linux driver, nothing about which distro Prescott (11)
327101 2005-02-22 05:09:00 Yeah well have you done cat INSTALL
cat README
Can you tell us what they say
It will be mainly the install file though
Dannz (1668)
327102 2005-02-22 05:53:00 I just downloaded that driver and took a look inside. The readme.txt has all the instructions you need.

Check to make sure you have installed Yoper's running kernel source headers first as it will required. You need to be root in a konsole window (bash shell) to do all this.

From the readme.txt
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3. INSTALLATION

Prerequisites:
1. root access
2. bash shell to run install scripts
3. an Intel536ep modem
4. KERNEL SOURCE HEADERS FOR THE KERNEL YOU ARE RUNNING. (found on your distribution's CD)


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

This will create a /dev/modem device file. This file is used as an interface to modem by all applications: minicom, kpppd, efax, etc. Please configure the applications to use /dev/modem if neccessary.

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Jen (38)
327103 2005-02-22 05:58:00 how do i know that i have installed Yoper's running kernel source headers first as it will required?

ive read that readme but i couldnt get it going, ill give it another go right now, time to reboot.....
Prescott (11)
327104 2005-02-22 09:46:00 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.
Tony S. (450)
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