PCTel Modem vs. Debian 2.2r3
Hello users (and hopefully developers) of Debian,
For the last couple of weeks I've been unsuccessfully trying to connect to
the Internet on my Debian 2.2r3 (potato) distribution, running kernel
2.2.19pre17, using a PCTel modem. For those who don't have the time to read
big messages, I'll go straight to the point:
1) If anyone managed to connect a PCTel HSP56 PCI Micromodem to the
Internet on a Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r3, please write a mini-HOWTO. I'm not
the only one struggling with this.
2) Developers: I think what happens is that pppd sets off a kernel bug
when trying to connect to an ISP (I was told that from /var/log/messages
analysis). I don't know if it's the kernel's fault, or if it's PCTel
module's fault (it is a 2.2.18 precompiled module), but I thought I should
say this so you guys would decide if it's something worth taking a deeper look.
Sending this message is my last act of hope. I'm already considering
buying a real modem, something I should have done since the very beginning.
Things I've already tried:
-> PCTel's module (link available from Rob Clark's site and Linmodems.org)
-> Jan Stifter's module (http://www.medres.ch/~jstifter/linux/pctel.html)
-> Configuring with pppconfig and calling pon/poff.
-> Installing ppp and wvdial package and using wvdial.
-> Sean Walbran & Marvin Stodolsky's Linmodem-HOWTO
-> Searching the web (found many mailing list archives about this)
-> etc (don't remember right now)...
I read that PCTel used to work on Debian 2.1, but doesn't on 2.2. Some
user updated his Debian distro and pppd started crashing. If anyone knows
*exactly* what to do, or want to exchange ideas, please email me.
Thanks,
______________________
Vítor Estêvão Silva Souza
vitor.souza@terra.com.br
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