Mandrake 9.1 modem connection

[VHockey86]

I just installed dual-boot mandrake linux 9.1 (first time using linux) with Win XP Pro. I was playing around in Linux a little and I cant get my internet (56k) connection to work. It seems that the modem isnt setup correctly?

I went into Configuration and went to network connections then used the Wizard to try and set it up. There is a large list of devices, "dev/modem" and thena bunch of like "dev/SV00" (not sure on that exactly). After going through a few of them I found that the SV01 device found a modem but it seems to get stuck at the initilizing when I try to connect.

Can anyone possibly try to explain how to set this up?

[cunokyle]

what brand of modem? Is it a hardware modem or a Winmodem?

[VHockey86]

Its pretty generic PCI V.92 modem, i believe the chipset is made by Intel

---Edit---

Windows Hardware manager says
"Intel(R) 536EP V.92 Modem"

You have a host accelerated controllerless modem, in other words a Winmodem. After installing Mandrake 9.1 on my notebook the other night, I have learned that this distro includes no Winmodem drivers.

You will need to install the proper Winmodem module for Linux, then configure the networking layer to use dev/modem.

Check out these links for more about Linmodems:

http://www.modem-help.co.uk/chips/int536.html
http://www.linmodems.org

Intel supplies a compiled Mandrake 9.1 driver for you modem.

http://developer.intel.com/design/mo...rt/drivers.htm
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...7&DwnldID=6092

Good Luck,
Robert Richmond

[Xeroid]

Also look and see if you have choices like /dev/ttys0 and such when you run the Connection Wizzard in Mandrake Control Center. Then look to see which COM you modem is assingned to in Windows. My modem (USR hardware modem) was on COM5 in Windows 98, which was /dev/ttys4 in Linux.

/dev/ttys0 . . . Com1 in windows
/dev/ttys1 . . . Com2 in windows
/dev/ttys2 . . . Com3 in windows
/dev/ttys3 . . . Com4 in windows
/dev/ttys4 . . . Com5 in windows
etc . . .

Mike

[VHockey86]

Hmm... I tried Rob's method but without any luck.

I dunno why I keep getting all these errors. For example, I created a 5gig FAT32 partition so that i could read/write in at least 1 partition from both linux and windows, but when I;m in linux if i try to copy a file/ paste/ delete anything in that drive it tells me access is denied. It seems that my users are screwed up... so I tried to goto the mandrake control center, went to System and then the UserDrak or whatever it was called, and it told me "invalid password" (when it never even prompted me except for to enter the control center in the first place where I put a correct password in).

More specifically.. the installation procedure of the links RobRich gave said to

1. Login as root (took me a long time to figure this out)
2. extract the archive into a directory with "tar -zxvf <archivename>.tgz"(didnt really know how to do that from a command prompt but I had already extracted the files earlier)
3. cd into the directory it created (went into the folder where I extracted the files)
4. Type: make clean (seemed to do that ok)
5. Type: make536ep (it went through a ton of comamnds but i thought i caught a few "file does not exists" while watching it fly by)
6: Type: make install
last command says initiating a few things then...
rm: cannot remove '/dev/536ep': Operation not permitted

So more or less after 3 hours of screwing around in linux managed to figure out how to play a few mp3s....

[cunokyle]

I have the same modem...
let me find the driver and I will give you the link and instructions...


http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/Intel/

The file you want is Intel536-460-M91.tgz
After you download it, open a terminal window and cd to the directory where you downloaded it to.

tar xvfz Intel536-460-M91.tgz
Then, switch to the directory you created and do the following as root...
make clean
make 536ep
make install

Now run the connection wizard and the modem will be dev/modem

After it is installed, try connecting with the ppp program...on the first attempt it usually says modem does not respond, click cancel and connect again, it should work.

If this does not work, post back and let me know what happens and I will try to reinstall mine and give you instructions.



Oh...and do not worry about the unable to remove thing....mine said that too.

[VHockey86]

Well thats what I tried before, however when I tried to use /dev/modem it just says "unable to open modem"

[cunokyle]

Did you hit cancel and try it again? Mine gives me that message everytime I try to connect. After I select cancel...and do not close the ppp dialer, I hit connect again and it works.

Also, are you trying to connect in the setup wizard? I had problems doing that...I just set mine up, did not try to connect when prompted, and then opened the kppp dialer and went from there...you may have to check in the settings in the ppp dialer to make sure it is set up correctly too if you did not do so.

KPPP is the definite choice for Mandrake 9.1, most other methods have proved unreliable for my installation.

Wish I could offer more info on the Intel modem install, but I am using a Lucent chipset modem. Installed the module via a RPM, then pointed Mandrake's network settings to dev/modem. Worked perfectly.