So close but still so far

[shustudent]

I've noticed in this forum that there's a few posts about Mandrake 10.1 and the Speedtouch modem. I am in the same pool as those guys.

I've managed to install installed the correct source code and firmware, gone through all the setup and get so close, but this happens:

[matt@localhost speedtouch-1.3]$ speedtouch-start
You must launch this script with root privileges.
Enter root password.
Password:
Uploading Speedtouch firmware ...
Starting ADSL connection...
Plugin pppoatm.so loaded.
PPPoATM plugin_init
PPPoATM setdevname - remove unwanted options
PPPoATM setdevname_pppoatm - SUCCESS:0.56
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 <--> 0.56
LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Connection terminated.
connect(0.56): Address already in use
[matt@localhost speedtouch-1.3]$

I well that i'm really close to solving the problem, does anyone know what may be causing this error, as i'm certain it's got the correct username/password/VP[0]/VC[38].

Any help much appreciated
Matt

[shustudent]

I did speedtouch-setup again from a terminal and re-entered my info and then tried speedtouch-start i've been getting this error:

Modem hangup
Connection terminated.
using channel 1892
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/3
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x7f <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4df82b61>]
Script pppoa3 -vpi 0 -vci 38 finished (pid 972, status = 0xff
Modem hangup
Connection terminated.
Couldn't get channel number: Input/output error
Couldn't get channel number: Input/output error
Couldn't get channel number: Input/output error
using channel 1893
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/3
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x80 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xa890cbb6>]
Script pppoa3 -vpi 0 -vci 38 finished (pid 9746), status = 0xff
Script pppoa3 -vpi 0 -vci 38 finished (pid 9747), status = 0xff
Script pppoa3 -vpi 0 -vci 38 finished (pid 974, status = 0xff
Script pppoa3 -vpi 0 -vci 38 finished (pid 9749), status = 0xff
Modem hangup
Connection terminated.

I've run speedtouch-start several times and i keeps checking the channels, but has failed each and every time.

Is a channel like a port? Should i just keep on running speedtouch-start until it finds the correct channel?

Any help much appreciated and needed.

[shustudent]

I turned my pc off and then came back after a while. Thought that i'd keep running speedtouch-start and 'search' some more channels. But when i did speedtouch-start this time i got:

[matt@localhost speedtouch]$ speedtouch-start
You must launch this script with root privileges. Enter root password.
Password:
Uploading Speedtouch firmware ...
[matt@localhost speedtouch]$

I get this consistantly now, I thought that maybe it'd connected with saying so, so I tried to browse the internet with Mozilla, it just said something like website not availible.

Please help
Matt

[Xenon]

Have you tried using this bit of software to connect with your Speedtouch modem. Unless of course that is what you are using:

http://www.230volts.co.uk/~mbaldwin/...06-2004.tar.gz

I'm assuming you know how to un-tar this, if not then just post and I will be happy to guide you though. Once in run:
# sh speedtouchconf.sh