[Ilugc] configuring Connexant BIPAC 7000 USB modem on linux
- From: p_mdriyaz@xxxxxxxxxxx (Mohammed Riyaz)
- Date: Mon Jan 23 14:02:37 2006
Hi,
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:15:52 -0800 (PST), "Shakthi Kannan"
<cyborg4k@xxxxxxxxx> said:
But the modem light is not blinking.
Should I install Mandrake 10.1. I have heard that it
has support for USB modems.
The modem light starts to blink only when the firmware has been loaded
into the modem. For this you need hotplug with firmware loading support.
Infact I think you will find this only in fedora core 2 onwards (by
default). So getting it to work with anything lesser than that would be
a whole lot of trouble. You probably will have to reinstall hotplug and
all that.
It is best to try with fedora core 4, you will have the hotplug support
and you will have to recompile the kernel just once, with
http://accessrunner.sourceforge.net/driver.shtml
once that is done, you will get the lights to blink. This can also be
confirmed by looking at dmesg.
If you use Mandrake 10.1, you will be using a 2.6
kernel, which is definitely recommended. Please follow
the suggestions by Mohammed Riyaz as mentioned below:
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2006-January/023101.html
And morever dont try with the drivers on the billion website.. they just
wont work. Atleast they didnt work for me. The access runner website has
newer drivers and atlest these guys know what they are doing, unlike the
manufactures who give some .o file just to say "Linux supported" on
their catalouge.
-Riyaz
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