the patch works nice =D
but i have problem with the modem

kppp find the modem but does not initiate

Osvaldo,

I will try it as soon as i can because SuSE doesn't work very well with an older kernel (god knows why!).
The only question i have is if besider untaring the file into the same directory as the intel driver do i have to apply the patch with diff or patch or something like that???
If i have to tell me what to do!

Thanks

Hi Gonto,

You don't need to apply the patch because the changed files are also part of the file.

Good luck!

Osvaldo.

Hi Gonto,

I saw your new thread. Why are you trying to compile 2.6.8? Did you get the vanilla kernel? If "yes", this kernel does not have automount neither the patches Suse put on its distribution.

Osvaldo.

Osvaldo,

Now I'm using your patch with kernel 2.6.11!!!!
Till now, i've been connected for 20 minutes everything works great.
While compilling there were still some warnings but it works, so i don't really care.

If it works, i'll use kernel 2.6.11
I installed kernel 2.6.8.1 but i don't know if it's vanilla or not..... i downloaded it from www.kernel.org
Although the patches Suse applied aren't in the kernel, the RPMs installed should work with both kernels, not just Suse's kernel.

The most important thing is that it's working!!!!

Huge Thanks!!!

Hi Gonto,

I'm glad to know it's working!

Yes, kernel.org is the source for vanilla kernel. This is the name they give to the original kernel source. There are some things this kernel doesn't. One of it is supermount: there is a patch to be applied on the kernel for you read cdrom and read/write floppy without use the command mount/unmount. This kind of customization is what makes on distribution differ from another.

Osvaldo.

Osvaldo,

Thanks for the information.
The only problem i have is that the modem connects with fullzero (free acces) and doesn't acces with a 0610 paid acces (lower price for the call). With the 0610 it says modem is connecting and then it says serial loopback or something like that and it doesn't work........ do you know why????
Anyway, right now i'm using the free access

Bye and Thanks,
Martin

Hi Martin,

I don't know anything about what you are talking. May you explain what is this service and the difference between conventional phone call and the 0610 access? It appears to be some kind of negotiation which is occurring when the system expects ppp protocol up. Generally, when the ppp tells "serial loop back", the other side didn't enter in ppp mode and continues to send text over the line.

Osvaldo.

Osvaldo,

Don't worry! i figured it out. I had to install KPPP because Suse's PPP GUI didn't work.

So problem solved

Bye

For those of you who have the modem with the Intel 537ep chip.

Do any of you have the "Modem on Hold" working, this features is decribed in the README.TXT which is part of the Intel download.

I really would like to know.

osvaldomarques
i instaled the patch very well the modem is installed
but the kppp said it cant initiate the modem and som time it hang up th emachine

Hi Qheolet,
I'm sorry to know that.
Reading my posts you know I have not a modem to test and all I could do was to try to prevent some error, by researching each compilation warning and correct the GPL part of the module to match the kernel specification.
However, the free part of the driver is just 11 C source files and the real driver is a proprietary library with 4MB of compiled code.
Any computer hang up probably is there and all I can do is to hope Intel(R) releases another version of the driver.

Osvaldo.

i will install the previous version od mandriva, mandrake 10.2 (kernel 2.6.8.1)
is there a way to install all updates of mandriva (KDE, Kopete) and keeping the old kernel?

thanks for your help =D i have to learn coding in linux any book that you can recomen me =D

That should work fine for you

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