Troubles with eciadsl drivers

[desmogiallo]

Hi.
I installed the new Vector distro and it works fine. The problem is I tried to use the eciadsl driver for usb modems (my modem is fully supported) and it didn't work. I saw that the 2.6.18.x kernel wasn't fully supported and there was a patched version of the driver. I tried it, but the modem can't synchronize...
Here's what I get with the eciadsl-doctor tool and when I try to connect

root:# eciadsl-doctor

You are using linux kernel version 2.6.18.5




Support for USB is OK

Preliminary USB device filesystem is OK

dabusb module is not loaded: OK

UHCI support is OK
OHCI support is OK
/dev/ppp is OK

HDLC support is missing... trying to load
FATAL: Module n_hdlc not found.

HDLC support: failed to load

You should check your kernel config with: cd /usr/src/linux ; make
menuconfig and look under Character devices for

Non-standard serial
port support and HDLC line discipline support










root:# eciadsl-start



[EciAdsl 1/5] Setting up USB support...



Preliminary USB device filesystem is OK

Loading UHCI support... Warning: uhci-hcd module doesn't exist

Warning: n_hdlc

support not found in kernel config



[EciAdsl 2/5] Uploading firmware...


Process skipped .. no more needed

firmware loaded successfully



[EciAdsl 3/5] Synchronization...



ERROR can't set configuration 1

ERROR eciadsl-synch: failed

Synchronization successful


Mounting devpts filsystem...

mount: devpts already mounted or /dev/pts busy
failed to mount



[EciAdsl 4/5]

Connecting to provider...


using channel 211
Using interface ppp0

Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1
Modem hangup

Connection terminated.

Script /usr/local/bin/eciadsl-pppoeci -vpi 8 -vci 35 -vendor 0x0915 -product 0x8102 -mode VCM_RFC2364 finished

(pid 18633), status = 0xfc

So...what should I do? Any suggestion?
(I'm not so happy with changing back the kernel to something older..)

thanks

[bigpaws]

After reading your post I found that the modem
should work fine.

Here is the problem and the solution in the
errors:

HDLC support is missing... trying to load
FATAL: Module n_hdlc not found.

HDLC support: failed to load

You should check your kernel config with: cd /usr/src/linux ; make
menuconfig and look under Character devices for

Non-standard serial
port support and HDLC line discipline support

I am guessing you compiled your own kernel, if not then there
are tutorials to compile your kernel and follow the process to
correct the problem using the error.

HTH

Bigpaws

[desmogiallo]

(thank-you Bigpaws)

Well... I tried something different with the synch.bin files, and found the synchronization goes rather well with around ten different settings (with a slight difference in terms of speed).
So forgot the 3/5 step.
But just after that the first troubles: It tries to load /dev/pts/2 and it fails (I checked it and found that in dev/pts there are only "0" and "1").
And then it fails the 4/5 step, so the connection to provider.

I tried to recompile the kernel but in /usr/src there wasn't the sym link to the kernel...where can I found it?
And what should I load/change in my kernel configuration with the hdlc support?

Thanks

[desmogiallo]

Sorry I have to bore you again...but I got no reply.
I tried to recompile my kernel but found that /usr/src/linux doesn't exist..
so whay should I do?  I know it can be a sill question and maybe it will take you few time..
Thanks! 

[rbistolfi]

Hi, the sources of the kernel are optional packages, they will not be there if you didnt choose them on the install process. You can install them from here: http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-5.8/kernels/
The packages are named as kernesl-src-2.6.xx... Be sure you install the same version you have, I guess it is

You are using linux kernel version 2.6.18.5

To be sure just type uname -r in a terminal.
Once you have the sources installed, you can find them on /usr/src/
A kernel howto is here: http://thelinuxlink.net/~fingolfin/kernel-compile/ (I think our hanumizzle wrote it)