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Lockup
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 Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 12:43 am Post subject: usb cable modem |
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well, as i expected, gentoo couldnt auto detect my usb modem, so im wondering...
would it be doable to put a kernel's usb device module on a diskette and simply load it during the install process so i can enable my cable modem?
would be damn nice  |
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pjp
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| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 1:38 am Post subject: |
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USB is the only connection it has? No ethernet?
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| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 1:40 am Post subject: |
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| i dont have a network card, im getting one next week but i dont wanna wait:) |
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mountain_hare
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| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 1:48 am Post subject: |
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I believe gentoo probably found your usb modem but didn't know how to deal with it.
To see what I meant, leave your modem unplugged when you boot. At the console prompt, plug your modem back in. You should see gentoo acknowledging a new usb device but not able to link it to a driver. See my post: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=9360
I understand that gentoo generally recognize most usb devices at boot time, but may be unable to do anything about it (as above). More often than not, these msgs fly past the screen too fast for us to catch any of them.
If you ever find out how to link a driver to the usb device, do post it on the forum. I'm sure there are others out there facing similar problems.
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Lockup
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| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 3:33 am Post subject: |
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hub.c : USB new device connect on bus 1/2, assigned number 2
usb.c : USB device 2(vend/prod 0x7b2/0x4100) is not claimed by any active driver
the modem's a motorolla...
so...which would be the "appropriate active driver" then? |
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delta407
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| Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 3:36 am Post subject: |
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Did you ask Google? Or [url=google.com/linux]Google/linux[/url]?
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yeah i did ask google
ive been able to get the cable modem up and running without doing anything in RH 7.3...but for gentoo and the minimal kernel for installation, im not sure which module to load, or which drivers i could use so itd work(if i knew which one they were, id already have 'em on a floppy to try loading them from it) |
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entropy
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| Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2002 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Lockup wrote: | yeah i did ask google
ive been able to get the cable modem up and running without doing anything in RH 7.3...but for gentoo and the minimal kernel for installation, im not sure which module to load, or which drivers i could use so itd work(if i knew which one they were, id already have 'em on a floppy to try loading them from it) |
This may help:
http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x332.html |
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| Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2002 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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hehe thanks for the input but i already got it fixed about 2 weeks ago by getting a real network card =p *giggles*
i guess people having the same prob will know now  |
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