USB ADSL Modem Manager for Gnome [Archive]

StevenHarper

May 16th, 2007, 07:02 AM

Hi,

I have been working on a Project

https://launchpad.net/usb-adsl-modem-manager

to make USB ADSL Modems work in Ubuntu (and off live CD's)

This I feel is important for people who have chosen to use there old Hardware to run Ubuntu on
A good senario is for instance: I build my Auntie PC, put Ubuntu on, and didnt want to buy a ADSL router for her house, but she wants to get onto the internet using a USB ADSL Modem

At the moment It only supports Speedtouch 330 USB modems, but I want to expand that to more. Most UK USP's give a Free Speedtouch 330 modem with each Broadband connection : I have 4 of them, so I suspect there are thousands of them out there , not being used.

So : I have a working debain package - Instructions are on my Wiki at : http://www.squeezedonkey.com/wiki/linux/index.php?title=Main_Page

What I want is people to Test it, and see if they can find Bugs.

I also would like any development support and possibly support from the Ubuntu Team to help me take this forward.

My wish would be to get onto the Gutsy Gibbon CD, so that a new non-connected User could install, then connect to the internet using a USB ADSL modem, with just the CD.

Fire away

Steven Harper

rvergarav

May 16th, 2007, 03:44 PM

I have the speedtouch 330 ADSL modem (silver). Your package doesn' t work for me. I will be waiting for new releases.

StevenHarper

May 16th, 2007, 04:27 PM

Cheers for Testing it : I have found the bug, sorry about that

A new release is made - 0.4.2

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/

Please try that one, I have tested it of an Xubuntu Live CD and on a Install of Feisty 7.04.
With v4 and v0 of the modems

I am almost certain this one should work now, However,
If it still doesn't work, could you please open a term and enter
>usbadslmodemmanager
you will get lots of useful debug, please post me that

I really appreciate the feedback

Steve

StevenHarper

May 16th, 2007, 04:39 PM

Hi Just another follow-up: This is a test from a Feisty Live CD 7.04 using the silver v4 speedtouch 330 modem : The 0.4.2 is the best package

rvergarav

May 17th, 2007, 10:09 AM

I have installed ubuntu feisty on my hard disk.
When I run the program, shows a little window that say "Coul not conected - please try again". Then, the program works fine.

PriceChild

May 17th, 2007, 11:03 AM

I always used to use eciadsl for my old usb adsl modem... sure you're not duplicating effort?

StevenHarper

May 17th, 2007, 01:08 PM

I have installed ubuntu feisty on my hard disk.
When I run the program, shows a little window that say "Coul not conected - please try again". Then, the program works fine.

So you got it connected and you can use it?

StevenHarper

May 17th, 2007, 01:13 PM

I always used to use eciadsl for my old usb adsl modem... sure you're not duplicating effort?

It does appear that other people have scripts and packages to do similar things, however my aim is to provide a Very simple and user friendly USB ADSL manager

If you look that the tutorial

http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/tutorial.php

or the screenshot

http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/img/tutorial/capture7_eciconf.sh.png

you can see that

1: its not simple
2: It looks nothing like the current Ubuntu Look and feel

My aim is to make it usable for human Beings

StevenHarper

May 18th, 2007, 06:15 PM

Hi All,

Just a note that Version 0.4.3 is made / tested and available at
http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/

New Features

Now has configure options to
Start as OS boots (RC2)
Auto Start Manager on Login
Do not disconnect when exiting Manager

Works for

LiveCD and Hard Disk Installs
Ubuntu 6.04 6.10 7.04
Xubuntu 6.04 6.10 7.04

Bug Fixes

Will now detect an already dialed ppp session instead of trying to connect on start
Fixed Permission Bug when running off live cd
Fixed not deleting temp files (now in /var/tmp)

Known Bug

After a firmware Extract it may ask you again to re-unplug - Need to code a Grace period after a extract

Justy

May 19th, 2007, 02:33 AM

Great work!

I will test it when I'm home!

rvergarav

May 19th, 2007, 01:02 PM

Version 0.43 works great for me. It conect when the system boots.
Thank you.
I will not use my previous conecting script.

PS. Sorry for my english.

StevenHarper

May 19th, 2007, 01:07 PM

Ok 0.4.4 is made

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/ (http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/)

Its now fully multi lingual : Turkish translation thanks to Abdullah Kahraman

Also thanks to Juan Grande for his code on XML parsing (from google Notifier)

I would really Like more Translations : if you want to help then please follow the instructions at

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/wiki/linux/index.php?title=Instructions_Here

houstonbofh

May 19th, 2007, 02:30 PM

Nice concept. You need to post this in general, and get more users/exposure. This could help a lot of people once it has wider support.

StevenHarper

May 19th, 2007, 04:50 PM

Nice concept. You need to post this in general, and get more users/exposure. This could help a lot of people once it has wider support.

thanks, Its not just a concept, its fully working... I am still in heavy development though, There's a few more features I want to get in it.

Although I don't expect that to take longer than 1 more week, I have only started on the whole thing 10 days ago.

Steve

Showan

May 20th, 2007, 04:05 AM

StevenHarper

May 20th, 2007, 03:14 PM

hello

stupid question: does it support PCI ADSL modems too?

When I first started with ubuntu (At the time of breezy) there was no possibility to connect trough my Alcatel Speedtouch PCI modem.
For me it is too late because I bought a new one, but I can imagine that new users would be glad with it.

Thanks

I cant really say if I can get it working, it definitely wont work at the moment as all the checking for devices is done looking for USB Devices.

But with work it may, However, I can only make it work for hardware I have access to .. and I dont have one of them (PCI ACALTEL) I do however have a Conexant PCI card (just found it in my spares pile.) - I may - if I get time try some PCI cards...

StevenHarper

May 20th, 2007, 05:45 PM

Hi all

A new Release 0.4.5 is now at

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/

Changes are :

A pretty About Page
Translations to : Spanish, French, Polish

See the About page for who helped!

Steve

houstonbofh

May 21st, 2007, 03:03 PM

thanks, Its not just a concept, its fully working... I am still in heavy development though, There's a few more features I want to get in it.
I never meant to imply that it wasn't. :) Just that as a USB ADSL solution, it is quite limited. With some more people involved, you could rapidly support a lot more devices, and other formats. (Like us in the USA) But big props to what you have so far!

StevenHarper

May 21st, 2007, 05:22 PM

The main problem is getting hold of the devices : I can only support what I can get my hands on....

houstonbofh

May 22nd, 2007, 12:32 PM

Not true... You can support a lot more with people helping you, testing init strings, and so on... Try and think about what information you would need to support a modem remotely, and how you could test it. Then ask for help.

sque

May 22nd, 2007, 12:44 PM

:guitar: EXCELLENT! :D
Haven't tested yet, cause now I have a router modem, but it is definitly something I would like to see shipping with ubuntu live cd, and it was missing.

I would be also very pleased if this comes by default with next release (Gutsy)

I would like to support on the translation part for Greek language, but at launchpad, the translation is not setup?

AtrejuT

May 22nd, 2007, 02:07 PM

Yeah, I don't know why it is not launchpadded ;-) - but for translation there was a link from the author one page back which tells you how to do it. that's fairly simple, I just did german...

Sgt. Pepper

May 23rd, 2007, 08:00 PM

Can you add support for the zyxel 630 modem?that would be awesome
Thanks :p

Wise Ferret

May 23rd, 2007, 09:19 PM

I add Hebrew translation.

A request: can you support the modems ALE-70, ALE-130 and ALE-150 (very common in Israel)?

DigitalRanger

May 24th, 2007, 11:44 PM

Ian Edmont

May 26th, 2007, 11:45 AM

I also have an FDX310 and find it to be a bit of a pain to install the FlashTux eciadsl drivers.

Be great if you could offer support for this.

Many thanks.

Ian.

tipu

May 27th, 2007, 02:47 AM

Hi everyone
the modem manager seems to work fine (speedtouch modem detected and line is synchonised). only thing is i get a message cannot connect. i have checked VP VC and user name and password but no use. I am new to ubuntu and installed a fresh copy of 7.04. are there any thing else that needs to be done?

StevenHarper

May 27th, 2007, 06:18 PM

Hi Thanks for trying :

The best way to work out whats going wrong is to run the Program from a terminal

to do this open a Terminal (UBUNTU MENU | Applications | Accessories | Terminal)
http://www.roominside.com/usbadslmodem/term.png

Then type the command

>usbadslmodemmanager

The Modem dialier will then run (in debug mode) and give lots of useful information - into the terminal

If you can copy and paste this into here I can work out whats not working

Thanks

Steven Harper

StevenHarper

May 27th, 2007, 06:26 PM

Oh Just to Check : do you know if your ISP expected PPPoA or PPPoE authentication : if its PPPoE then my manager wont work (yet) : if it is PPPoE then I would Love to work with you (i.e. you test) and get it working with PPPoE (I don't have access to a PPPoE line

Steve

tipu

May 28th, 2007, 05:51 AM

Dear Steve
Thank you very much for the guidance. Yes it is PPPoE. I am doing it from Pakistan. Sure I would love to test it. I have Speedtouch usb modem ver 4.0. I would also love to do urdu translation. unfortunately I am not an IT guy.

weblordpepe

May 28th, 2007, 06:00 AM

My aim is to make it usable for human Beings

And the Great Linux Guru in the Sky said: Whats a human being? :p

StevenHarper

May 28th, 2007, 07:11 AM

Fantastic : Please keep an eye on this forum thread I will start on PPPoE support tonight : All you will have to do is tell me when it works.

If you want to do me a translation, the instructions are easy : they are here
http://www.squeezedonkey.com/wiki/linux/index.php?title=Instructions_Here

Ill post soon when I have a PPPoE version to test - I know what needs to be done.... I just have code it

Steve

TheFlamingBush

May 28th, 2007, 01:06 PM

steve!

im about to have an orgasm!!!!

for 6 months ive been trying to get this modem up and working, im a bit of a novice....so last week i tried it again, and no effect, then for some reason i checked the forum again, and found your package....downloaded it with trepidation....and VIOLA!!!.....im now surfing with UBUNTU!!!!

im the happiest camper on the planet right now mate....thankyou, thankyou, and thankyou again!.....so long windoze, i can see the dawn arising and its Ubuntu!!!!

everything seems to be working....i will test it out, but firefox, thiunderbird, and the download packages seem to be fully functional at present.

i shall keep you all posted.....THANKYOU STEVE!!!!

by the way im using a black 330, with a virgin connection, dapper drake, and a toshiba satellite laptop.

TheFlamingBush

May 28th, 2007, 01:21 PM

just as an aside, my firewall, firestarter seems to be taking a lot of hits at present. I wondered why this was?

StevenHarper

May 28th, 2007, 02:34 PM

That because when you use a USB modem the actual, PC is actually on the internet (with a router you go via the Routers ip) so the firewall is detecting normal Traffic on the internet (some are malicious some not) - However the Firewall software is just doing its job.

Steve

StevenHarper

May 28th, 2007, 02:38 PM

steve!
by the way im using a black 330, with a virgin connection, dapper drake, and a toshiba satellite laptop.

If you want to see if it all works with Feisty, then download the DEB file, put it on a USB pen, then make a Feisty CD and boot from that - it all works well in LIVE CD mode - and testing it won't effect your hard-disk

TheFlamingBush

May 28th, 2007, 06:32 PM

will try this when i get some CD's in the house and get time to burn one off....i thought i might skip feisty, and go straight to gibbon. Ive been looking at the ubuntu studio distro as well, which i think is formatted on feisty. I'll let you know steve what happens.

im writting this from ubuntu.....totally stoked! :)

StevenHarper

May 28th, 2007, 06:58 PM

OK : drum roll........

0.4.6 is ready http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/

==Whats new==
Translations to
German
Hebrew
PPPoE Support (untested)

Now I need people to Try the PPPoE connection Type.
I do not have access to this kind of line, so I have had to develop blind here,
What that means is : I have checked that all the steps needed to make a PPPoE connection have been applied correctly, but I can't test it.

So what I really need is Testers - If you Have a PPPoE line (some ip's support both PPPoE and PPPoA), then I could really do with you following the instructions at ttp://www.squeezedonkey.com/wiki/linux/index.php?title=PPPoE_Instructions_Here and giving me feedback.

Thanks all

Steve

StevenHarper

May 28th, 2007, 07:23 PM

I'm currently tinkering with the FlashTux eciadsl drivers to try getting my Fujitsu FDX310 USB ADSL modem to work.

I'm one of those people who is currently stuck with old hardware and is just trying to make the best of what I've got.

I'm just working off of Live CD's at the moment (alternating between 7.04 Ubuntu and Kubuntu), installing extra drivers from a USB stick.

I'm downloading your 0.4.5 and I will try it as soon as I get a chance, just on the off chance it'll talk to my modem's chipset.

If you can let me know what I must do to get the data you need to support the FDX310 please let me know.

Best wishes.

I have just looked at the FlashTux eciadsl drivers, its a very complicated process isn't it...

The way I get Speedtouch to work so simply is to distribute the 2 firmware files (for Speedtouch 330 modems )and an Extractor with the Package - these work with all Types of Speedtouch 3330 modems.

How to get FDX310 support working : I would need similar files for the other Modems...

So (i'm guessing here) I presume the eciadsl drivers, detects your modem, them drops the relevant firmware into /lib/firmware, then just uses ppp connection like I do...

So Maybe if you can find the bin file in there and send it me I can try to make 1 that works for you.... However the problems is that I am looking for connection strings in the System log (/var/log/syslog), I would need to know what output arrives in the log when - Your modem, is connected & syncronizes

Finally I also need a dump of (more /proc/bus/usb/devices) when your modem is plugged in - so I can detect that your kind of modem is plugged in.

Finally as you can imagine : I am going to have to work pretty close with you - as I dont have a FDX310 modem. So I cant Test any of the code.... What I really need is more hardware - If I can get my hands on a modem - I will do my best to make it work.

Steve

StevenHarper

May 29th, 2007, 05:44 PM

Hi Again, Thanks to all the Translators for the updated files...

OK 0.4.7 is ready http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/

Changes are

Updated all Languages
Added New Translation : Finnish

if your interested about the history of the App you can read a wiki page http://www.squeezedonkey.com/wiki/linux/index.php?title=Release_History_and_Notes

Last of all, I really need someone to Test the PPPoE connectivity of the Application, I don't have a PPPoE line, so if anyone could give it a try that would be great.

Thanks

Steve

spaarks

June 1st, 2007, 08:06 AM

Is there any way this utility could be added to the Live CD so that it runs on boot?
PCLinuxOS does something similar but I prefer Ubuntu for other reasons.
I have tried several other LiveCD distros and PCLOS is the only one that works with Speedtouch on boot.

spaarks

June 1st, 2007, 03:17 PM

I'm surprised this issue has not been addressed in Ubuntu itself as Speedtouch is a very popular modem.

StevenHarper

June 1st, 2007, 05:34 PM

I'm actually trying to get onto the next Ubuntu Release : Gutsy Gibbon : I have to switch to a different Style f Packaging before I can submit it : I'm Just learning it now

Steve

StevenHarper

June 1st, 2007, 05:58 PM

Great News : PPPoE works - first time too

I'm so happy that even though I coded it blind (no PPPoE line to test it) I have had a confirmation that it works :P

Many Thanks go out to Alexandru Eftimie who Actually tested the PPPoE and also made me a Romanian translation too!

Also thanks to Nikolaos Romanos for a Greek Translation.

So to thank Alexandru, I have made a 0.4.8 Release so that he can use it in his native language

You can get it here http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/

Thanks again

Please pop me a mail, or post here if you try the Application and it does/doesn't work - I have had over 100 downloads of the Package, so i suspect a few people are using it.

Steve

StevenHarper

June 1st, 2007, 06:12 PM

Scratch that, PPPoE still has bugs.... Perhaps I was too fast in posting :P

However I'm working with people with PPPoE lines to solve it

Steve

spaarks

June 1st, 2007, 07:53 PM

I booted 7.04 from a Live CD and ran the Modem Manager. It seemed to install OK, into Applications/Internet, but I can't do anything with it except to copy the icon to the desktop.
Am I doing something wrong?

Cheers
Denis

StevenHarper

June 1st, 2007, 07:59 PM

When you run the .deb file it should install into your menu

MENU | Internet | UsbADSLModemManager

Click on that then in the Tray you should see a new icon, right click on it then configure it

Steve

spaarks

June 2nd, 2007, 03:18 AM

I did that, right clicked the icon and selected "Open", but nothing happens.
In Properties I tried selecting "Run files as program" but still nothing happens.

mAkKoOo210

June 2nd, 2007, 05:49 AM

hightails

June 2nd, 2007, 07:53 AM

Just wanted to add my thanks, as the latest member of your admiration society.

I have quite a lot of Windows experience, but am new to Linux. I'm trying two or three flavours at the moment including Ubuntu.

Spent several hours trying to get my Speedtouch 330 to work. The following links did NOT work for me
http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/ubuntu/index.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Us...dem/SpeedTouch
although the Mandriva version of the linux-usb link worked for my Mandriva installation.

Then I got pointed to your little app. I installed version 0.4.8 and it worked first time.

I'm not sure that the community at large appreciate how important this is. When you're trying something new out and you don't know if you will continue with it, you don't want to buy new hardware. But without a working internet connection you can't get on the forums or google or access the repositories without rebooting into Windows. A real pain!

Many thanks, and well done.

Showan

June 2nd, 2007, 08:03 AM

Yeah I completely second that

I think one of the most important goals should be that as much as possible modems should work right out of the box... I'm glad to see that winmodem-support is one of the high priority goals for Gutsy

StevenHarper

June 2nd, 2007, 08:21 AM

Hi:D
I'm a new Ubuntu user, and I've been disappointed seeing that my USB modem doesn't works under Linux.
Is it the program I'm looking for?
I tried to read everything, but due to my english level, I wasn't able to understand everything.
Would you mind helping me?
Please:)

If your USB modem is a Speedtouch 330 modem then this is for you

You can check by reading the label on the bottom of the modem.

ok just download the DEB file and double click on it

get the latest from here

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/

Once you have Installed it will appear in your Ubuntu menu

Click on Internet then click on USB adsl modem Manager you will then see a new Tray icon
http://www.squeezedonkey.com/wiki/linux/images/e/e6/Screenshot.png

now right click on it and open the Configuration Screen

You need to put in your connection details now

On that screen you need to enter your USERNAME, PASSWORD, VC , VI and select either PPPoE or PPPoA (please not that PPPoA is teh most stabe at the moment.

Now once thats done decide on wich tick boxes you want.

Then click OK

Now plug in your modem and follow the instructions

You should then be-able to right click on the icon and choose Connect

Hope this Helps

Steve

p.s for a list of VC and VI values (by country) check this page http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/faq/index.html#q12

StevenHarper

June 2nd, 2007, 08:23 AM

I did that, right clicked the icon and selected "Open", but nothing happens.
In Properties I tried selecting "Run files as program" but still nothing happens.

When you start it : it should appear in the Tray as a small icon (top right of screen)

Just right click on it for all the options you need

StevenHarper

June 2nd, 2007, 09:58 AM

OK 0.4.9 is now out

I have fixed PPPoE, it turns out that MY ISP supports a PPPoE connection, so I am my own tester again ;)

Go get the 0.4.9 release at http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/

Steve

spaarks

June 2nd, 2007, 10:29 AM

It seems so simple maybe I am doing something stupid. Here is my step to step actions:

Right click on DEB file v.8
Open with GDebi Installer
Install Package
Package installs OK :)
Select Applications/Internet/USB ADSL Modem Manager
(left click does nothing)
Right Click USB ADSL Manager
Add Launcher to Panel
Icon appears in Panel :)
Right click on Icon
Window comes up with: Launch; Properties; Remove; Move; Lock. (No config option).
Left-Click Launch - nothing happens
Right-click Launch - window closes but nothing else happens

I am using Ubuntu 7.04 AMD 64 and usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.8.deb

AtrejuT

June 2nd, 2007, 11:06 AM

can you open a terminal and type

usbadslmodemmanager

and see what happens?

(sorry steve, for jumping in here... :-) )

spaarks

June 2nd, 2007, 11:47 AM

Thanks.
Run at command line propmt gives error:

File "/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py, line 14, in <module>
import pytrayicon
Import error: /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/pytrayicon.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32

Sorry but I do not undersatnd any of this!

StevenHarper

June 2nd, 2007, 12:33 PM

Ahah ! A bug - the problem is that i'm using a 32bit Python modules (the thing that handles the top right hand corner icon).

So the problem is that the module /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/pytrayicon.so which is part of my deb file is not 64bit ready.

Ill have to make a deb that is for your 64 bit system - your in luck my home PC is a 64bit AMD, but I use UBUNTU 32 bit (its more stable) what I will do is grab a live CD 64bit AMD and work out a way to get it working.

You may (a a temp fix) be able to simply replace the /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/pytrayicon.so file on your system with a 64 bit one...

Ill go have a hunt for one now.

Steve

spaarks

June 2nd, 2007, 12:42 PM

It wasn't me after all! I'll cancel my appointment with the psychaitrist and go down the road for a pint.
Cheers Steve

StevenHarper

June 2nd, 2007, 04:51 PM

Ok go collect your very own 64bit version...

usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.9-i686.deb

its at http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/]

Please tell me if it works, its untested - I have just swapped out the pytrayicon.so as thats the only bit that's pre-compiled..

So it should be good - do try it in a terminal if your having problems so you can send me (any) errors

Steve

brickbat

June 3rd, 2007, 03:50 AM

Steven,

I don't even have a Speedtouch 330 modem but after reading through this thread out of general interest, I just want to say you are a champion.

spaarks

June 3rd, 2007, 01:12 PM

Thanks Steve, but sorry to report it doesn't work on my system.
I tried it also in terminal and came up with the same error.

StevenHarper

June 3rd, 2007, 04:12 PM

Thanks Steve, but sorry to report it doesn't work on my system.
I tried it also in terminal and came up with the same error.

Cheers for trying Ill Download a 64 bit Live CD and get onto it : I may lose pytrayicon and make it all myself : more things to learn :P

alexef

June 3rd, 2007, 04:40 PM

Thank you Steven, good work!
I'm having a PPPoE with SpeedTouch 330 black connection, and since 6.06 LTS setting up internet connection was hard and buggy and time consuming. Now, all I have to do is double click a .deb, then start the manager, follow a quick set-up and that's it!

The sad thing about including this package into Gusty distribution is the firmware included which isn't free software and contradicts the Ubuntu philosophy. Same as the 'restricted drivers' it won't be soon accepted, my thought.

Good luck

StevenHarper

June 3rd, 2007, 04:45 PM

The sad thing about including this package into Gusty distribution is the firmware included which isn't free software and contradicts the Ubuntu philosophy. Same as the 'restricted drivers' it won't be soon accepted, my thought.

Good luck

Yeh I know all this : I'm actually onto Thomson to try to GNU the firmware it appears that its abandon ware as they don't even link to the download page anymore - I work for a Major UK ISP and I am doing all I can to GNU it... I'm going to try and get it on our next CD and at the same time get Speedtouch to let us have it

Steve

Claus7

June 3rd, 2007, 08:03 PM

Hello,

I'm using a telindus 1133 adsl modem/router which has both usb and ethernet support. Because my hardware is a little bit old, I do not have an ethernet card. So I try to configure my modem via usb. I downloaded the USB ADSL Modem Manager (version 0.4.9.deb) and I run the command :

usbadslmodemmanager

In the outcome of this command I get the following error :

File " /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py", line 817, in ?
exit(0)
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

When I point my mouse in the bar, where the icon of the Manager is displayed after the installation, I get that no Firmware was installed and that no modem was detected. That is not in the outcome of the above command though.

My modem is not a speedtouch modem propably. Yet, while I was executing the aformentioned command I didn't get any such kind of error. Especially about the Firmware it said something like it was installed correctly. My version of ubuntu is 6.06.
I also got the message : We are not alone! I mention this because I do not know what it means.

Is it possible to configure my modem via usb-adsl-modem-manager?
And if the answer is affirmative which is the problem that I have to overcome?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Keep up the good work!

Regards!

StevenHarper

June 3rd, 2007, 08:16 PM

Im sorry to say I only support the speedtouch modems at the moment, I can only make hardware I actually own work, and I don't have your modem, so I can' t make it work..

I hope soon to start getting more hardware then i can start supporting more, but for the moment its Speedtouch 330 only i'm afraid

Steve

Rui Pais

June 4th, 2007, 06:48 AM

Hi steve,

I've tested here (its an old "green manta" Alcatel USB Speedtouch that is detected as 330 v0.0) on a Xubuntu liveCD Edgy 32b. My Adsl provider uses pppoe. It all work perfectly, not a single issue.

Congratulations, good work.
:)

StevenHarper

June 4th, 2007, 08:04 AM

Thanks Steve, but sorry to report it doesn't work on my system.
I tried it also in terminal and came up with the same error.

OK I have made a new 0.4.9-i686

Sorry it has the same name - but it has changed

So please re-download it http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/

I have Tested this one and it works, the hardest bit was finding a 64 bit firmware extractor (I found tons of people trying to find one) in the end I nicked if from an RPM package)

However I have tested it and it all works, Please tell me if it does for you

Steve

spaarks

June 4th, 2007, 08:59 AM

MichaelSM

June 4th, 2007, 09:11 AM

Hi everyone looking at this thread.
I have a small difficulty in Australia (PPPoE) with Steven's program and he has taken some trouble to address it via swapping e-mails. It seems to revolve around two issues:
1) I probably don't know what I'M doing, and
2) a slight uncertainty with IP name.
I just thought I'd say that we're DEAD LUCKY to have a bloke like Steven working on the SpeedTouch matter.
Anyone who has had anything to do with SpeedTouch USB modems knows that it's hard to find a fix-everything solution, going by the volume of posts on the subject. What works with one set-up theoretically ought to work with all, but that's obviously not the case.
Most of you would have followed a thread I started a week or so ago. I have a box filled with SpeedTouch software from various sources, the one I'm using right now, by the way, WITH the SpeedTouch modem, and I have no idea which program is 'working' at the moment.(That's on Edgy by the way.) The new (Feisty) box has nothing on it apart from Steve's software which is the one being worked on.
It's probably just a local authentication issue for me, and I'm just amazed that a busy man like Steven has been taking the time and trouble to figure it out.
Great forum, fantastic people.
Regards,
Michael.:p

StevenHarper

June 4th, 2007, 10:33 AM

That gets the modem up and running, showing "Speedtouch 330 v4.00 - Synchronised - 576/288KB/s".
But Firefox won't access the Internet. I set Firefox connection setting to "Direct connection to the Internet" and tried various known URLs.

Have you filled in

Your Username, Password VC and VI values?

Then if it doesn't work please start the manager from a console

>usbadslmodemmanager

Then send me the output

Steve

purdy hate machine

June 5th, 2007, 03:17 AM

Any chance of putting the source up for download?

StevenHarper

June 5th, 2007, 05:06 AM

Any chance of putting the source up for download?

It's always been available : here

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/

purdy hate machine

June 5th, 2007, 05:46 AM

It's always been available : here

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/

Thanks, dont know how I managed to miss that >.<

spaarks

June 6th, 2007, 05:10 AM

Great job Steve. It works fine once I CONNECT!
I assumed when the modem icon said synchronised at 572/288 that meant it was connected. Not so!

After entering user id, password, VP=0, VC=30, PPoA, you have to right click the icon again and click Connect. Easy when you know how eh?

Great job Steve, I hope you will be able to get this into the next release. It will be a major step forward in making Ubuntu user friendly. But as it is open source is there any way the individual can incorporte this in the existing boot CD? I am thinking here of a unix equivalent of autoexec.bat. Which I guess shows my vintage!

MichaelSM

June 6th, 2007, 08:28 AM

Hello. Again. Steven has done a marvelous job with his package. I had a few dramas with Speedtouch. Maybe it was just a weird scenario with Australia and PPPoE. In the end I used the SpeedTouch.ng package wich worked well enough in Edgy and is just as good in Feisty. Steven has made it a lot easier to utilise the SpeedTouch USB modems which, from my point of view, are a special gadget for those like me living in the boonies on a variety of power sources, where the slightest voltage fluctuations completely flummox the generic ADSL modem/routers as in D-Link and Siemens garbage we get supplied here with our semi-broadband deals.
The only difficulty seems to be, once the SpeedTouch USB is working in Feisty, that the Network Manager applet cannot acknowledge a connection, since it can only understand LAN wired stuff.
This means that, for instance, when one accesses Evolution Mail, one is by default 'off-line,' since there is no LAN connection. How silly is that? Anyway, either go File>Online or click upon a little pair of bar-bells in the bottom left corner of screen with a red X in the middle. Click on it and off we go. Wow.
This wasn't an issue in Edgy.
Not only has Ubuntu made it almost impossible since Dapper to utilise dial-up, now it's booby-trapped for USB modems as well.
Hopefully Steven will get his software up on Gutsy. It's a better gui and manages the splitting required and the bridging facility for PPoE as an anecdote. so that isn't a separate download necessity . It's there in Synaptic if anyone needs it anyway.
Mike.

Colin Lenton

June 6th, 2007, 03:09 PM

I've installed Steven Harper's usb adsl manager yesterday, and my speedtouch 330 is working perfectly in ubuntu feisty fawn. It was really easy to install, even for a total linux newb like me.
Many thanks, Steven.

StevenHarper

June 6th, 2007, 07:41 PM

Hi all,

For anyone who's having problems I have written a Troubleshooting Guide at

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/wiki/linux/index.php?title=Troubleshooting

Please email me with any corrections / suggestions

Steve

henac84

June 7th, 2007, 10:15 AM

Hi Steve

I am running ubuntu 6.06 at the mo. I installed your adsl manager. I saw a window asking for username and passwortd the first time but since then, I cant access the program at all.
I pasted the usbadslmodemmanager command in the terminal and this is the output:

hc@hc-laptop:~$ usbadslmodemmanager
USB Adsl Modem Manager V0.4.9 (2007/06/07 06:59:41)
Setting Path to : /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager
xmllangs: XML file succesfully parsed
Language selected is : English
The New Firmware has been installed
Please unplug, then re-plug in the Modem
Status Started
checking : ps -ef | grep "pyt[h]on /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py"
We are not alone!
hc 4808 1 0 06:57 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py --prefix=/usr --pkgdatadir=/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager --bindir=/usr/bin
hc 5478 5411 0 06:59 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py --prefix=/usr --pkgdatadir=/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager --bindir=/usr/bin
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py", line 817, in ?
exit(0)
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

my modem is a usb speedtouch 330 thomson model.

also, i get two dialogue boxes saying firmware files need to be copied to /lib/firmware and that root privileges are needed for that. the second one asks me to plug in and unplug the modem.
i went into the /lib/firmware directory and couldnt see any speedtouch bin files.
i also tried a locate on the aforementioned bin files and couldnt see them on the system.

HELP!!!

thanks!!!
Hena

MichaelSM

June 8th, 2007, 08:36 AM

Get back to you asap.Mike.

StevenHarper

June 8th, 2007, 08:38 AM

We are not alone!

This message means that a manager is already running

Kill them all with (in a Terminal)

pkill usbadslmodemmanager

next I think that your running a 64bit version of Ubuntu, so you will need the

i686 version

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/

The ONLY difference is that the firmware extractor (bit that writes them files to /lib/firmware)
is either 32bit or 64 bit

if it isn't working, but the message is shown to say it has, it's usually because your on a 64bit Ubuntu build, but have downloaded a 32bit DEB

Steve

StevenHarper

June 8th, 2007, 08:41 AM

Hi All

Version 0.5.0 is out

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/

The only change is to remove the pre-compiled PYTrayIcon and use the

TrayIcon egg provided by the package PTK+ (python-gtk2 + python-gnome2-extras)

This should make it more stable

Steve

StevenHarper

June 8th, 2007, 04:08 PM

Hi all,

0.5.1 is out
In both 32bit and 64bit

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/

Please ensure you get the right version

Changes are : Synchronised code
Added : Portuguese Translation

Please post if you find it ok / have issues

Steve

henac84

June 8th, 2007, 04:49 PM

Hi Steve

I did this with the i686 version. This is the output

hc@hc-laptop:~$ pkill usbadslmodemmanager
hc@hc-laptop:~$ usbadslmodemmanager
USB Adsl Modem Manager V0.4.9 (2007/06/08 13:15:22)
Setting Path to : /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager
xmllangs: XML file succesfully parsed
Language selected is : English
The New Firmware has been installed
Please unplug, then re-plug in the Modem
Status Started
checking : ps -ef | grep "pyt[h]on /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py"
We are not alone!
hc 4768 1 0 13:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py --prefix=/usr --pkgdatadir=/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager --bindir=/usr/bin
hc 8538 5857 47 13:15 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py --prefix=/usr --pkgdatadir=/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager --bindir=/usr/bin
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py", line 817, in ?
exit(0)
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

I also tried the new version 5. The output was

hc@hc-laptop:~$ pkill usbadslmodemmanager
hc@hc-laptop:~$ usbadslmodemmanager
USB Adsl Modem Manager V0.5.1 (2007/06/08 13:26:27)
Setting Path to : /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager
xmllangs: XML file succesfully parsed
Language selected is : English
The New Firmware has been installed
Please unplug, then re-plug in the Modem
Status Started
checking : ps -ef | grep "pyt[h]on /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py"
We are not alone!
hc 4769 1 0 13:23 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py --prefix=/usr --pkgdatadir=/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager --bindir=/usr/bin
hc 6148 5925 47 13:26 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py --prefix=/usr --pkgdatadir=/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager --bindir=/usr/bin
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py", line 817, in ?
exit(0)
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

Hope yu can help
Thanks again.Once its up and running I'd love to do a Hindi and Bengali translation..

Hena

StevenHarper

June 8th, 2007, 07:44 PM

We are not alone!
Hena

This bit means that there is already one running

can you try the Troubleshooting guide here please

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/wiki/linux/index.php?title=Troubleshooting

Steve

Bleak Outlook

June 8th, 2007, 10:01 PM

im a complete novice and have been wanting to use linux for ages
but gave up due to not being able to get my speedtouch to work
ive just tried this with the live cd and it worked perfect

i wanted to let you know that i am really greatful
and its people like you putting the time and effort in
that helps people like me(that is thick and lazy) get on in life

while your doing nothing to improve the ubuntu user gene pool
i'll be forever thankfull

=D>=D>=D>

chappell101

June 9th, 2007, 03:57 AM

Hi I'm the listed Ubuntu PPC user, I'm using a refreshed G3 iMac the blue and white one! I set out to give the unused box gathering dust a new lease of life with Linux. While not as fast as os 9.2 it does now have a lot more usability with the software options of linux and is still very usable!

The computer specs are CPU: 350 MHz PPC 750, RAM: 376.1MB, HD 10GB and GPU: 2x AGP 8MB

The only let down is the GPU capabilities really but it still runs!

Anyways I tried Setting up the speedtouch modem with version 0.5.0 following some very quickly emailed instructions from Steven which are now posted on his site and they worked flawlessly! The manger starts correctly and works just as it does on my Wubi installation on my laptop!

I found Python 2.5 was already installed with Ubuntu Feisty PPC, and i copied the two bin files from the firmware folder in the libraries to a flash stick from my i386 HP laptop and sudo copied them into place after installing the latest .deb (0.5.1) on the mac and then upon launching the manger and pluging in the modem the firmware loaded and i was away!

I'm using the silverish speedtouch usb modem!

Anyways i can't thank Steven enough for making version 0.5.0 onwards compatible for us recyclists and encourage any of you wanting to use Ubuntu PPC without a router that syntactics package manger is available to you to play! The internet is very responsive and works just as it should and i'm posting this in firefox on the iMac right now!

M M Chappell

MichaelSM

June 9th, 2007, 06:02 AM

Me again!
I'm using a box I'm building for my Mum with 6.06 LTS at the moment. Mum only has dial-up so I gave up with later Ubuntu versions and I'm not being awful saying she won't notice the difference...
Why should I bother configuring Speedtouch on it? Well, it means that I can complete a lot of updates at a fast speed before she receives the unit! Fair enough.
Also,if and when she gets broadband, everything's set up.
For anyone who's interested, the speedtouch-ng didn't work on this box and 6.06 LTS. So I uninstalled it, and I'm using the 0.5.1 version of Steven's software right now.
It's just funny/weird in that it seems to take a few re-starts to get it into gear, but that's hardly an issue.
I didn't have to kill any other pppoe stuff in terminal, just went to synaptic and cut out speedtouch-ng there.
Everthing is hunky dory and the world's a better place for Steven's efforts.
Back to installing all the nice stuff with a fast connection.
Thanks again!
Mike.

StevenHarper

June 9th, 2007, 08:35 PM

Hi Everyone : I think I am 99% into the correct Packaging format

What this means is that I am almost Ready to Submit my Package to The REVU (review) server
for the MOTU's (Masters Of The Universe - People) to review my humble Package

However, I want to do more testing before I make a final 0.5.2 as I want to be certain that isn't not going to break anything

I have tested on a 32bit 7.04 LIVE CD and have tested on a 7.04 install (32bit)

However I want to test Xubunu 7.04 and Ubuntu 6.04-6.10

as a note I have discovered that you cant use PPPoE off a live CD, this is because libatm1 is not included in the live CD , so here's a snippet from my troubleshooting page

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/wiki/linux/index.php?title=Troubleshooting

If you using PPPoA and you keep getting can't authenticate, then you need to see whats happening

So setup the manager to use PPPoE then close it

then type (replace 0.38 with your VC and VI settings)

br2684ctl -b -c 0 -a 0.38

This may give you the error

br2684ctl: error while loading shared libraries: libatm.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

if this is the case then you need to get the library

sudo apt-get install libatm1

unfortunately this can only be done on an internet connected PC, you can do it on another PC then take the file from

/var/cache/apt/archive

StevenHarper

June 11th, 2007, 04:36 AM

Hi Everyone

0.5.2 is now in the correct Ubuntu Packaging Style

I have Submitted it to the Ubuntu REVU http://revu.tauware.de/

This means that I'm on the first step to getting on Gutsy

What this means is that stuff has moved about

Python files live in /usr/lib/usbadslmodemmanager
Other files (XML, Graphics) /usr/share/apps/usbadslmodemmanager/data
Startup Script usr/bin/usbadslmodemmanager

This means that some of the instructions in the Troubleshooting will have old paths in, I will fix that soon

A 64bit version will be made soon (and possibly PPC)

Please Try this new Package, if you have problems I'd love to hear them

Steve

rvergarav

June 11th, 2007, 05:09 PM

Versión 0.5.2 works good for me. Thanks again.

StevenHarper

June 12th, 2007, 06:08 AM

Versión 0.5.2 works good for me. Thanks again.

Thanks for the Feedback

Steve

miggyfan

June 12th, 2007, 02:21 PM

danohuiginn

June 12th, 2007, 03:38 PM

Latest version is working for me on Gutsy, Steve. Great work!

In terms of getting it into Ubuntu: are you aware of the vague plans at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EasyUsbAdsl?

13thMonkey

June 12th, 2007, 04:42 PM

What a fantastic idea! I've got a Speedtouch 330 (rev 3 I think - the burgundy one courtesy of freeserve a few years ago) and for somebody new to Linux at the time it took me a few attempts to get it working on my home server PC. When I have a chance (in a week or so) I'll plug it in to this PC and find a partition to install Fesity and Gutsy on a-fresh to test it out and let you know how I get on.

Most of the people I know (in the UK) that use broadband have a USB ADSL modem so this is a brilliant project and I wish you tons of luck and thank you very much!

MichaelSM

June 13th, 2007, 03:23 AM

One handy thing about usbadslmodemmanager is that if for some reason the USB cable is disconnected at start-up; a simple error if you're in a hurry, then Steve's program allows a connection to be established without having to re-boot. I reckon that's excellent. Cheers, Mike.

StevenHarper

June 13th, 2007, 02:59 PM

Hi Steve,

I had everything working beautifully on my Fiesty Fawn, then I did something stoopid. I deleted the system tray icon. I then did something even more stoopid. I deleted the icon from the internet sub menu. I have tried reinstalling but I cant get either of them back. Is there a way to uninstall and start from scratch?

Incidentally, when I debug I get a message saying something like "changing the system tray icon....change not needed". I seem to have a connection but this phrase keeps on cycling through the terminal window.

I'd like to buy you a pint at the very least for the effort you have put in on this.

Cheers,

Andy

OK here we go

First to get your tray icon back

right click on the top panel

choose add to panel

Scrolld own to Utilities

click on Notification Area

choose Add to Panel

Next the Menu Item

Ok RIGHT click on the Ubuntu logo on the applications menu and choose edit menus

browse to the Internet [/B Folder

Browse to [B]USB ADSL Modem manager then Re-tick it Click OK

Ok you should be all fixed

Steve

SnakeHips

June 14th, 2007, 02:31 PM

Hi, i'm new to Unbutu (today) and spent all morning trying to "firmware-extract" ,found your thread and hey presto.......... 0.4.3. works fine (after i worked out i had to press "connect" doh!)

Let me have some commands and i'll send back sysinfo etc ,off to buy "unix for dummies" now.

Thanks for your work. rgds Pete :D

StevenHarper

June 14th, 2007, 02:37 PM

Great to hear it works...

I think I may popup a message to say now click Connect, its just a pain as I have to get all the translations done again

By the way , the place I got started with Ubuntu is

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty

I also used these forums

Steve

miggyfan

June 14th, 2007, 02:59 PM

StevenHarper

June 14th, 2007, 03:02 PM

I managed the first bit, so this message comes from my Ubuntu set-up :)

However, I'm having problems with the second part.....

S'cuse me for being a thick but does the [b]Internet [/B folder bit relate to the key presses needed to get to a hidden menu, 'coz the USB ADSL Modem manager is not an option in the Internet menu list?

To be honest, I can live without it as long as I have the tray icon with which to connect.

Thanks for getting me this far,

Andy

OK Try again

Right Click on APPLICATIONS menu

Choose EDIT MENUS

IN the new Window, On the right side choose INTERNET

then in the right window TICK the USB ADSL MODEM MANAGER

Now click CLOSE

steve

miggyfan

June 14th, 2007, 03:39 PM

StevenHarper

June 14th, 2007, 04:03 PM

Yep, tried that,

But as I said before, the USB ADSL Modem Manager is not an option in the right hand pane when I click on the internet icon in the left hand pane. I guess I must have deleted it. It's my own stupid fault. Not to worry though, I have a connection.

Thanks for trying.

Ps. Is it possible to make a finanical contribution towards your efforts? It may not be terribly big but you could, perhaps, buy that pint?

Andy

Hmm I think I re-install of the DEB may fix it, it wont do any harm.

As for a financial contribution, I don't really want / need it, the reason I made application is because I use Ubuntu at home and work, and therefore think I should put effort back in - As I am a Software Developer as a job, the best way I can help is my filling Needs, the Need I saw was that USB Modems are in abundance, but not supported.

Thanks for the offer thou, I do enjoy feedback in my efforts, especially if you have a bug or gripe on how something works..

Steve

lenzino

June 15th, 2007, 03:26 AM

I got a USB ADSL Modem UTSTarcom UT-300u . chipset conexant e-tech v2. I live in Sri Lanka. can u add support to use this modem? my ISP encapsulation is - pppoe

Good Luck
Julian Leonardo

miggyfan

June 15th, 2007, 12:49 PM

Hi Steve,

Just so you know that I'm not completely useless, I managed to add the icon and the command manually to the menu. All sorted now.

Thanks again,

Andy

John CCC

June 16th, 2007, 03:29 PM

Absolutely brilliant!!!! Thanks a million! Just got it to work on Dapper, but I'm going to upgrade and run it again.. Cheers for the effort!
:D

redwinder

June 16th, 2007, 05:45 PM

hello i installed the package but it doesn`t work, here is what it says when i run it in a terminal:

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i297/redwinder/Pantallazo.png

please help, i dunno what`s wrong, i am using ubuntu 7.04

Cybercon III

June 16th, 2007, 07:37 PM

It looks like the Modem has synchronised, have you tried pressing connect on the tray icon once you have the line scyncronised?

redwinder

June 16th, 2007, 07:55 PM

It looks like the Modem has synchronised, have you tried pressing connect on the tray icon once you have the line scyncronised?

yes, it says it can`t connect, could be a problem with the firmware?, because when i was installing it, it said it needed root permit for copying a file.

StevenHarper

June 18th, 2007, 03:57 AM

yes, it says it can`t connect, could be a problem with the firmware?, because when i was installing it, it said it needed root permit for copying a file.

That's normal,

The modems fine, it has Synchronised, so the firmware is working

What you need to check is that your

USERNAME
PASSWORD
AUTHTYPE (PPPoE / PPPoA)

are correct, then try a connect, you change these by clicking on the Tray icon
Most ISP have XXXX@yyyy as your username
If you get a HANG when your connecting, please open another TERM and enter

>sudo kill pppd

That will unfreeze it - the reason it freezes is that the pppd hasn't finished properly, because it hasn't authenticated

If you can't connect then please start the Manager in a terminal and send me the debug (include the bit where you try to connect)

Thanks

Steve

SnakeHips

June 18th, 2007, 11:25 AM

Hi Steve , i'm getting a little more used to the command window now! What would you advise with the following?

usbadslmodemmanager

pete@myplace:~$ usbadslmodemmanager
/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py:14: RuntimeWarning: Python C API version mismatch for module pytrayicon: This Python has API version 1013, module pytrayicon has version 1012.
import pytrayicon
USB Adsl Modem Manager V0.4.3 (2007/06/18 16:00:25)
Setting Path to : /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager
Status Started
Hijacking PID : 5578
checking : ps -ef | grep "pyt[h]on /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py"
We are not alone!
pete 5329 5234 0 15:25 ? 00:00:03 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py --prefix=/usr --pkgdatadir=/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager --bindir=/usr/bin
pete 18982 18933 14 16:00 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py --prefix=/usr --pkgdatadir=/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager --bindir=/usr/bin
pete@myplace:~$

Q Pyatrayicon mismatch - what should i do

Q. "we are not alone" - if I read this right it suggest I have two *sessions* open ??

Everything works fine with the exception of one nag , when I right click "connect" it brings up the password window.............and the same on disconnect.

however....

pete@myplace:~$ sudo ps -ef | grep ppp
Password:
root 5578 1 0 15:25 ? 00:00:00 pppd call usbadslmodem
pete 22043 18933 0 16:08 pts/0 00:00:00 grep ppp

Would an uninstall and upgrade to the latest version (current 0.4.3) be the best option? I checked the troubleshooter for "uninstall" ,couldnt find a recommended way , i'm quite new to this so sorry if its a kind dumb question.

cheeers ,you are making a lot of Speedtouch300 users very happy!

laura_glow

June 18th, 2007, 01:09 PM

Hi, i just installed kubuntu feisty fawn, and i want to test your pkg, because my connection worked on dapper drake, but not anymore.

but!

i go to the link you posted, and i find this:

# usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.0.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.1.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.2.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.3.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.4.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.5.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.6.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.7.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.8.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.9-i686.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.9.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.5.0.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.5.1-i686.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.5.1.deb
# usbadslmodemmanager_0.5.2-0ubuntu1_i386.deb

so, if you want to get to the heart of human beings, why not start with the page you put your distros in? which one to download? this is not clear at all!

after that, i will be a happy tester for you, i'm a programmer (i do that for a living) but new to linux, and i'm very VERY angry at how user-unfriendly linux is.

i would like to help.

redwinder

June 18th, 2007, 01:36 PM

laura_glow

June 18th, 2007, 03:36 PM

ok, i'm trying...

i get this:

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w49/imagenesdelala/python.jpg

i don't think i have those packages in my cd, i checked with the package manager. where can i download them?

Rui Pais

June 18th, 2007, 03:50 PM

laura_glow

June 18th, 2007, 04:35 PM

hi,
you can download those packages from here:
http://packages.ubuntu.com

python-gtk2 (http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/python/python-gtk2)
and
python-gnome2-extras (http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/python/python-gnome2-extras)

thanks a lot, but it seems this never ends :frown:

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w49/imagenesdelala/python2.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w49/imagenesdelala/python3.jpg

is a kubuntu version possible? :redface:

Rui Pais

June 18th, 2007, 04:52 PM

thanks a lot, but it seems this never ends :frown:

...

is a kubuntu version possible? :redface:

uhmm, i see, you use kubuntu... i thought it was strange that you don't had that packages by default...

well you can try to install the 0.4.9 version (http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/usbadslmodemmanager_0.4.9.deb). It has dependencies only on python so you should manage to install normally.
Later versions has been made, if i'm not mistake, to integrate in to Ubuntu main repertoire, so it's been tuned to Gnome.
But, as you can read, a lot of people had report successful installations with previous versions.

Or you can wait for StevenHarper and see what i can advise. You seems to be the 1st Kubuntu user.

StevenHarper

June 19th, 2007, 02:50 AM

Your Right 4.9 packages it own Trayicon and therefore is more likely to work,

However it wont, the problem being is that im using >gksudo do do all the important jobs as root,

for Kubuntu the kdesudo is the command to use, so the only sensible job is to make you a special package.

I am making & testing it now : I have downloaded KUbuntu 7.04 32bit and am on with it

Please tell me if this is not the distro you use - as I will need to build you another if you on 64 bit

Ill update you soon

(I am testing now)

Steve

StevenHarper

June 19th, 2007, 04:14 AM

StevenHarper

June 19th, 2007, 04:16 AM

Q Pyatrayicon mismatch - what should i do
Q. "we are not alone" - if I read this right it suggest I have two *sessions* open ??

Would an uninstall and upgrade to the latest version (current 0.4.3) be the best option? I checked the troubleshooter for "uninstall" ,couldnt find a recommended way , i'm quite new to this so sorry if its a kind dumb question.

1. The python module is older than yours : I fixed this in 5.2

2. You can only run one at once : if there's one in the tray, you can't start another on command line

3. Just go get the latest DEB from
http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/
and double click on it

Steve

laura_glow

June 19th, 2007, 03:56 PM

Ok, a bit of a change round

Releases are still at

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/

however there is a tree structure under that to make sure you get the right build

For you (1) Kubuntu users you have a required libs directory in your version
You must install them all, I have put them in order to make you life nice

I have tested a PPPoA line on 7.04 i386 Kubuntu and it works
Please note that the default browser integrates too tightly with the KDE network manager, and it thinks that its not connected
I don't use kubuntu and I don't know how to fix that; however if you install Firefox (once your connected) it works fine

Hope this helps

Steve

wow, you are amazing! this is incredibly great! i will test this right now and let you know :D

and:
[snip]KUbuntu 7.04 32bit and am on with it

Please tell me if this is not the distro you use [snip]

yes, that is the one i'm using.

xD I had to hit refresh in my firefox so it showed your latest work in http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/ just letting everyone else know just in case somebody does not find it at first like happened to me =P

StevenHarper

June 19th, 2007, 04:24 PM

wow, you are amazing! this is incredibly great! i will test this right now and let you know :D

and:

yes, that is the one i'm using.

hum... i just peeked at your svn branches =)
is the kubuntu release ready yet? post here when it is, i'm guessing is not built yet. keep the good job :)

It is there

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/kubuntu/32-bit%20i386/

its in Releases

Steve

heri

June 19th, 2007, 04:57 PM

Hello,

I am using Ubuntu 7.04 live cd and modem manager v. 0.5.2 (the deb package)
Modem is the silver modem, pppoa.

Glad to confirm that it WORKS flawlessly!
Can't believe it's so easy.
The applet icon also very nice.

Thank you very much for your wonderful effort.

Hopefully this important package will manage to be included in Ubuntu 7.10

Wish you all the best.

StevenHarper

June 19th, 2007, 05:05 PM

Hi all Release 0.5.3 is now out main change is the inclusion of Dutch translation

Its currently Ubuntu 32bit only
http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/ubuntu/32-bit%20i386/

I plan to make Xubuntu and Kubuntu versions soon
My latest push is making the Packaging perfect so that I can get onto the Ubuntu Universe Servers

Then it will start to Auto update through the standard update manager.
And hopefully get onto the Gutsy CD

However today I tested lots of Builds and Tidied up the Releases so that they are ordered by Distro

This means that I have tested any releases in a Given Distro directory

I am aware that some of them are getting a bit old, and My next push is to get a 0.5.4 in all branches.

Thanks for other users helping new people on the forums while I have been busy for the past 2 days

See you soon

Steve

laura_glow

June 19th, 2007, 06:30 PM

it worked!!! =D

i think i had wrong my VP.VC numbers X)

thanks a lot for your nice script, i'm connected from my feisty fawn kubuntu ^_^

Carlos Santiago

June 19th, 2007, 06:42 PM

I have a Novatel Merlin U630 Modem and it would be nice if it could work out of the box.
It is a PCMCIA card for UMTS/3G Wireless networks.

I have it working now, but only after some config.
If you need some help on testing this modem, plz email me.
I would be glad to help.

StevenHarper

June 19th, 2007, 07:29 PM

Hi Thanks for all the feedback

The problem usually is that there is a clash between my App and an existing installation

It is likely that because nas0 and ppp0 have been created by a previous script, then my app wont run because they are already in use

The IDEAL test to see that this is it, is to put the 4 libs and the main DEB onto a USB pen, boot off a live cd, then try my app - if this works then you need to clear out the old scripts (and the links in init.d) and reboot
this should prevent them from making the nas0 and ppp0 adaptors. you can list current adaptors with ifconfig

If you are getting hangs you can kill the pppd with

sudo pkill pppd

Also if your doing PPPoE you must ensure that the package

libatm1

is installed, to check it isnt run this command (replacing 0,38 with your vc and vi) as root

br2684ctl -b -c 0 -a 0.38

This may give you the error

br2684ctl: error while loading shared libraries: libatm.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

if this is the case then you need to get the library

sudo apt-get install libatm1

unfortunately this can only be done on an internet connected PC, you can do it on another PC then take the file from

/var/cache/apt/archive

and put it onto a USB pen then place it on your PC in the same location, then re-run the apt-get command

Hope this helps, by the way I have a Trouble shooting page with this info on it at

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/wiki/linux/index.php?title=Troubleshooting

Please tell me how you get on..

I bet that a LIVECD test works (check that libatm1 is there if your using PPPoE)

Steven

laura_glow

June 19th, 2007, 07:43 PM

great! your last post explains it all very clearly.

to continue the feedback, i'm running usbadslmomdemmanager from console, and it froze here:

Modifying Resolve Conf
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py", line 659, in attemptToAuth
self.modifyResolveConf()
File "/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/USBAdslModemManager.py", line 670, in modifyResolveConf
change_resolve= commands.getoutput("kdesu \"ln -sf /etc/ppp/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf\"")
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/commands.py", line 44, in getoutput
return getstatusoutput(cmd)[1]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/commands.py", line 54, in getstatusoutput
text = pipe.read()
KeyboardInterrupt
Updating Status!

I was connected all the same during that time, but it just stopped there in the line "Modifying Resolve Conf" for a long time. i hit control-c after a while, here is the output. /etc/ppp/resolv.conf looks fine anyway, and its link in /etc looks fine too.

StevenHarper

June 19th, 2007, 08:04 PM

Hi again

Trying a Live CD would rule out any code issues (it worked today for me)

I'm almost certain that its clash on an existing script.

you can also try calling the pppd yourself

don't have the app running from a terminal enter

kdesu pppd call usbadslmodem

that will attempt to make the connection, it probably wont work if the nas0 is bound to one of your other connections (speedtch)

Steve

StevenHarper

June 19th, 2007, 08:07 PM

Could you please try this

Open the App

Open a Terminal

Type this

kdesu ifconfig nas0 up

then try to connect using tray icon

Steve

ricster

June 21st, 2007, 03:35 PM

Hi, new to ubuntu (7.04) and was worried my speedtouch wouldnt be supported but this worked for me straight away! (UK, virgin,net)

niggles:

1. when you start the app it "syncs" but does not connect, there doesnt seem to be an auto-connect option (aside from the "connect on boot" option)

2. so that my wife could connect from her profile i had to give her admin rights. Otherwise it would (on attempting to connect) ask for an admin password to modify something in "secrets" on the system.

anyway, thanks it works a treat just my 2 cents of feedback. After googling and finding a lot of howtos involving scripting and firmware hacking it was good to see someone take the time to put together a proper GUI app to handle it

ricster

benanas

June 23rd, 2007, 10:30 AM

Hiya, brand new to Linux systems (Feisty Fawn KDE). I use a SpeedTouch 330 USB ADSL modem. I have run the USBADSL Modem Manager and the firmware seems fine as the modem is recognised, synchronises and displays up and down rates. However, I cannot figure out how to log onto my ISP, Tiscali (UK). I believe their connection is PPPoA through dialing 0, and i have attempted to setup a connection using KPPP, but I cannot find the correct modem device. Is this the right way to go about attempting to connect? I have tried pretty much everything else that has been suggested in this thread. Nothing happens when I click connect after the modem is recognised and synchronised, except sometimes the icon disappears and modem manager fails to restart. I have attempted to run the program from the live CD. The terminal reported DET:Firmware not found and then DET: Stage 1 Firmware found and DET: Stage 2 Firmware found, the modem was found synchronised and the ADSL line was up. However, when I hit the connect button I receieved a long string of Failed to open device and X Error Baddevice. Am I leaving out an integral step in the process? I'm not sure how using the .deb packages works and whether I have placed them in the correct locations. I would assume so as the modem synchronises... just something wrong with the dialing? Any help, or a step by step starting with installing the 4 lib packages and the manager package would be very much appreciated.

benanas

June 23rd, 2007, 12:57 PM

well, I'm connected to the internet through my Kubuntu connection, and I suppose I should be ecstatic now that I've finally gotten it working. But I'm not. Because I have no idea why it's working now. I have not loaded modem manager, nor does it appear in my tray, and the tray is quite convinced that I am disconnected. I just restarted from my windows partition without pulling the modem, is it still connected from windows somehow? I went through and uninstalled the modem manager packages (though the USBADSLmodemmanager folder still exists and looks complete) and then all of a sudden adept started working and download a whole bunch of updates and firefox was able to look at web pages. I am happy. But confused. Sorry for all these long winded messages, I guess one reason I'm not so pleased, is I reckon this won't work the next time I restart Kubuntu and because I've switched to Linux to try to get a better understanding of how computing works ... and this has just baffled me.
Cheers!

benanas

June 23rd, 2007, 02:10 PM

StevenHarper

June 25th, 2007, 04:41 AM

Me again! :D that went pretty much exactly as i thought it would. I downloaded and installed a few packages from Adept, restarted my system and there was no more internet. The modem manager program had disappeared (as i had uninstalled the packages) i reinstalled them, but still no connection (though now it is telling me that it cannot connect when i hit "connect" not just freezing and disappearing). i get a feeling that I haven't moved my firmware to the /lib/firmware, but i cannot do it through the gui and don't know where to find the usbadslmodemmanager in the terminal.
Before there was a folder marked by that name with all of the information, including a firmware subfolder, but i cannot find it again after i reinstalled the packages. I'm so, so confused.

Hi sorry about the late reply I have just got back from a 4 day trip

Firstly can I confirm that you are using the KUbuntu version?

Right next : the best way to work out what happening is to start the Manager in a Terminal

just type

usbadslmodemmanager

and you should get some decent errors, I can start helping you from there

Steve

FFuser

June 26th, 2007, 06:35 AM

I wanted to try it on my AMD 64 bit computer.

So I downloaded the 0.5.4 branch

nathan@nathan-laptop:~/Documents/sources/usb-adsl-modem-manager/USBADSLModemManager$ sudo dpkg-buildpackage -tc
Password:
dpkg-buildpackage: source package is usbadslmodemmanager
dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 0.5.4
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Steven Harper <StevenHarperUK@gmail.com>
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture amd64
dpkg-buildpackage: source version without epoch 0.5.4
debian/rules clean
test -x debian/rules
test "`id -u`" = 0
/usr/bin/make -f debian/rules reverse-config
make[1]: Map '/home/nathan/Documents/sources/usb-adsl-modem-manager/USBADSLModemManager' wordt binnengegaan
make[1]: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'reverse-config'.
make[1]: Map '/home/nathan/Documents/sources/usb-adsl-modem-manager/USBADSLModemManager' wordt verlaten
if [ "reverse-patches" = "reverse-patches" ]; then rm -f debian/stamp-patched; fi
patches:
if [ "reverse-patches" != "reverse-patches" ]; then touch debian/stamp-patched; fi
if [ "reverse-patches" != "reverse-patches" ] ; then \
/usr/bin/make -f debian/rules update-config ; \
fi
for dir in debian/patches ; do \
rm -f $dir/*.log ; \
done
dh_clean
rm -f debian/usbadslmodemmanager.substvars
rm -f debian/usbadslmodemmanager.*.debhelper
rm -rf debian/usbadslmodemmanager
rm -f debian/files
find . $ \( -type f -a \
\( -name '#*#' -o -name '.*~' -o -name '*~' -o -name DEADJOE \
-o -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*.bak' \
-o -name '.*.orig' -o -name .*.rej -o -name '.SUMS' \
-o -name TAGS -o -name core -o \( -path '*/.deps/*' -a -name '*.P' $ \
\) -exec rm -f {} \; \) -o \
$ -type d -a -name autom4te.cache -prune -exec rm -rf {} \; $ \)
dpkg-source -b USBADSLModemManager
dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field `Version' in input data in package's section of control info file
dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field `Installed-Size' in input data in package's section of control info file
dpkg-source: warning: source directory `./USBADSLModemManager' is not <sourcepackage>-<upstreamversion> `usbadslmodemmanager-0.5.4'
dpkg-source: building usbadslmodemmanager in usbadslmodemmanager_0.5.4.tar.gz
dpkg-source: building usbadslmodemmanager in usbadslmodemmanager_0.5.4.dsc
debian/rules build
make: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'build'.
debian/rules binary
make: Er hoeft niets gedaan te worden voor 'binary'.
dpkg-genchanges
dpkg-genchanges: failure: cannot read files list file: Bestand of map bestaat niet
nathan@nathan-laptop:~/Documents/sources/usb-adsl-modem-manager/USBADSLModemManager$

Last line is partly dutch (I don't know how to configure the terminal to be english) it means: "File or directory doesn't exist"

Any idea how to fix?

StevenHarper

June 26th, 2007, 09:20 AM

I wanted to try it on my AMD 64 bit computer.

So I downloaded the 0.5.4 branch

Last line is partly dutch (I don't know how to configure the terminal to be english) it means: "File or directory doesn't exist"

Any idea how to fix?

Ah right : the problem is that 5.4 isnt 64bit yet

I'm actually going to make a ALL hardware (32bit, 64bit and PPC) version next.

However whats different is the firmware extractor file (gets installed to /usr/share/apps/usbadslmodemmanager/firmware/)

So at the moment you can either get the supported binaries from

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/trunk/releases/ubuntu/64-bit%20i686/

Or to make your own

attach to the 5.4

then swap the firmware-extractor fine (in the src/firmware directory) with the one here

http://www.squeezedonkey.com/svn/linux/branches/0.4.9-64bit/usb-adsl-modem-manager/src/usr/share/usbadslmodemmanager/firmware/

then run

cd USBADSLModemManager
debuild -S -sa

You should get a DEB file then

Steve

SnakeHips

June 26th, 2007, 12:13 PM

update / bug ?

I've been running for over a wek or so on 0.5.3, my connection drops out after 10 mins or so when using frostwire (says something about "you firmware has been extracted do you want to re-extract it"?.....and does the same on ktorrent.

Only does this when using a p2p client ,everything else seems fine.

pete@myplace:~$ usbadslmodemmanager
./USBAdslModemManager.py:14: DeprecationWarning: the module egg.trayicon is deprecated; equivalent functionality can now be found in pygtk 2.10
from egg.trayicon import TrayIcon
USB Adsl Modem Manager V0.5.3 (2007/06/26 16:58:57)
Root is /usr/share/apps/usbadslmodemmanager
about to load path : /usr/share/apps/usbadslmodemmanager/data/langs.xml
xmllangs: XML file succesfully parsed
Language selected is : English
The New Firmware has been installed
Please unplug, then re-plug in the Modem
Status Started
checking : ps -ef | grep "pyt[h]on ./USBAdslModemManager.py"
Updating Status!
DET : Stage 1 Firmware Found
DET : Stage 2 Firmware Found
DET : Modem Found : 4.00
4.0
DET : synchronising found
DET : ADSL Line is up
332
0
0
Modem Speedtouch 330 V4.00
Line status: Synchronized
(2272 kb/s down | 288 kb/s up)
Changing tray to : /usr/share/apps/usbadslmodemmanager/icons/modem_synced.png
Updating Status!
DET : Stage 1 Firmware Found
DET : Stage 2 Firmware Found
DET : Modem Found : 4.00
4.0
DET : synchronising found
DET : ADSL Line is up
332
0
0
Modem Speedtouch 330 V4.00
Line status: Synchronized
(2272 kb/s down | 288 kb/s up)
Changing tray to : /usr/share/apps/usbadslmodemmanager/icons/modem_synced.png
Change not needed

StevenHarper

June 27th, 2007, 07:55 AM

update / bug ?

Hi, I just saw exactly the same thing, I only changed the package layout from 0.5.2 to 0.5.3

hmmm I'll look into this one tonight (i'm at work now)

Steve

neilq101

June 27th, 2007, 10:52 AM

SnakeHips

June 27th, 2007, 01:02 PM

Hi, I just saw exactly the same thing, I only changed the package layout from 0.5.2 to 0.5.3

hmmm I'll look into this one tonight (i'm at work now)

Steve

P2P clients............well ,I'm happy to report as i write that the problem i wrrote about yesterday *may* have gone. In a nutshell frostwire and ktorrentt bombed out after about 10 mins with a message box saying "do you want to reconnect your firmware etc" ,anyways ,I removed both programs from terminal eg: sudo aptitude remove frostwire then downlaoded the package (frostwire) to my desktop and run the install (not installed over the net). interestingly i have no icon in applications/internet for frostwire and so run this straight from terminal......so ,maybe this might help others that have this error.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Some more info........ran this adsl line test just now

ADSL 300 Speedtouch on 2meg broadband.

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/

Download Speed: 1921 kbps (240.1 KB/sec ) Upload Speed: 246 kbps (30.8 KB/sec )

Just curious if the upload speed looks right ,when compared to the download speed ,is the difference normal?

StevenHarper

June 27th, 2007, 04:44 PM

Hey, thanks a lot for this app, it is proving very useful while I wait for my router to be fixed. However, while Web browsing and and the repositories work well on my Kubuntu 7.04 laptop, with a black Speedtouch, for some reason IM fails to work altogether. Neither Gaim or Kopete will sign in, both simply hang at the connection stage. Any idea how this can be fixed?

Yes the problem is that the network manager (the thing in your tray) needs to think its online

You will see that because you don't have a network connect through it, it thinks that you arn't connected, programs that arn't working are using the status of the Network manager to determine if they are online or not.

What you need to do is find a way to force it to think it's online.

Post it if you find it: and I may try to put it into my app

Steve

neilq101

June 28th, 2007, 06:57 PM

Hmm, well i have found that setting gaim to offline, then to online again, seems to work around the problem, don't know if that's any help but I'm no good with *nix voodoo, so no other ideas unfortunately.

daimac

July 8th, 2007, 12:55 AM

Hi guys, Have a slight problem ,have searched the forums and haven't come up with the answer yet. I installed the 5.3 deb last week ,installed fine ,it launched ok ,all was looking good. But when i got back to it after a day and a pc restart it would not launch. Have tried the recommended procedures and a uninstall/reinstall but it will not launch ????. Have Ubuntu 7.04 /Speedtouch536 . Thanks for any help here as its just the app i need.

MichaelSM

July 8th, 2007, 04:00 AM

I don't know if it matters, but the SpeedTouch536 is not a discrete USB-powered modem like the 330. The 536 is another USB/LAN router with a separate power supply, in which case why not just use the LAN Ethernet.......?:)
That way the Network Manager knows what's going on, too.

ricster

July 12th, 2007, 04:26 AM

0.5.3 i386 32 bit

ubuntu

worked fine until i switched OS's (dual boot) andused the modem from windows 2000, which i'm connecting through now). The manager now takes a very long time to get up to syncronized state but 9 times out of 10 wont connect (or even report back to say it's attempted to connect but failed for $Reason, which i think would be handy). Tried re-extracting the firmware unplugging, replugging, rebooting, sometimes a combination of all that will help.

anyway, booting back into W2000 it works fine immediatley on boot.

any ideas what the problem is?

oh and BTW Azereus is dog slow but i dont know if that's azereus (i use utorrent on windows) or the java it's running on or what. net generally seems ok though

thanks

ricster

Mr.mouse

July 13th, 2007, 11:29 AM

does this driver support

1. rotal: ALE-070 , EA 103, ALE-150 ,ALE-130

2.Dynamode: Dynamode C , Dynamode C 50 , Dynamode A360

3. eci : Eagle1 160 . Eagle1 150

4. Alcatel: manta

?

thanks

ricster

July 15th, 2007, 06:28 AM

re: my old problem : seems that turning the pc off for a few minutes then rebooting into ubuntu works, perhaps the line was still up from windows and there was confusion at the other end!

New Problem

two users on my ubuntu system. Me and the wife. Seems that the wife connected last night and the usbadslmodemmanager stored some things in var/secrets (or thereabouts) (which it annoyingly prompts you for your login password when you connect to do so) but they were still there when i booted up myself today. i had to switch users, log in as her, delete them, switch back to myself THEN connect for it to work. (because the permissions on the files were locked to her)

we're both admin permissioned to the max and in the admin group (just to get the connection to work originally) but this is still anoying!

redwinder

July 19th, 2007, 11:23 PM

can someone install the library libatm1 and pass the file located in /var/cache/apt/archive to me?, because it looks like i need that file to connect.

require libatm1 package

If you using PPPoA and you keep getting can't authenticate, then you need to see whats happening

So setup the manager to use PPPoE then close it

then type (replace 0.38 with your VC and VI settings)

br2684ctl -b -c 0 -a 0.38

This may give you the error

br2684ctl: error while loading shared libraries: libatm.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

if this is the case then you need to get the library

sudo apt-get install libatm1

unfortunately this can only be done on an internet connected PC, you can do it on another PC then take the file from

/var/cache/apt/archive

and put it onto a USB pen then place it on your PC in the same location, then re-run the apt-get command

MichaelSM

July 20th, 2007, 04:14 AM

find libatm1 attached. install it and see what happens. Mike.

redwinder

July 20th, 2007, 07:43 PM

find libatm1 attached. install it and see what happens. Mike.

Holy crap!, THANK YOU SO MUCH I CAN CONNECT NOW!!!, i wrote this from ubuntu!, wow if only i have figured this out earlier.....:lolflag:

MichaelSM

July 21st, 2007, 05:21 AM

redwinder

July 22nd, 2007, 01:03 AM

Hi Redwinder. Thank you for the 'THANKS!' Fortunately I had the same problem myself a couple of months ago and it's just a dependency issue where something like br2684ctl needs that lib file which for all sorts of reasons is not on every Ubuntu distro.
Cheers,
Mike:)

if the creator of the software is hoping to get usbmodem manager in a distro he better make sure that lib is in there too.

Icehawk

July 22nd, 2007, 02:22 AM

MichaelSM

July 23rd, 2007, 08:48 AM

Hi Icehawk. Mr. Harper's program was written for Ubuntu users. You mention that you are Feisty/Knoppix/Mac. That's a big mix. Which one? If you need to use your Mac address, then get on to Apple forums to see what they can do about it. I don't know if they support SpeedTouch modems but that's up to you to find out.
It's a pre-requisite with an adsl modem to enter user-name and password for isp connection. If you don't have that information then you are in trouble. Why not just stick with the Mac? If I could afford one I'd have one too. Cheers, Mike.

StevenHarper

July 23rd, 2007, 10:23 AM

HELP!!!
I cant connect using usbmodem manager since my isp doesnt gives out the password for connecting, but it authenticates by MAC address

My line says its synchronized and everything with even the speed, but i cant connect :(

Any suggestions, or do i have to continue stealing my neighborgh wireless connection?

Ok, time to cheat.

I'm presuming that you have a PPPoA connection

What you need to do is change the MAC address on your Adaptor (ppp0)

You will have to spoof your MAC address, please not that this will not survive a reboot and you will either have to re-run the script after each reboot, or find a way to make it permanent.

Make the connection (let it fail)

open a terminal

sudo su
ifconfig ppp0 down hw ether <MAC HERE> up

This will change the MAC address of the ppp0 adapter to have the MAC address you need

Then try to connect

No garentees with this, we may need to tinker with the

/etc/ppp/client/usbadsl config to make it not need chap authentication
but try this for now

Steve

StevenHarper

July 23rd, 2007, 10:28 AM

if the creator of the software is hoping to get usbmodem manager in a distro he better make sure that lib is in there too.

Yes the problem is that the PPPoE needs that, and Kubuntu doesn't have it, In my troubleshooting guide on my wiki I have highlighted that, I also provide a link to it in my releases.

If it gets to getting on the CD, then I will make sure it's in the dependencies for the DEB.

note : I'm on holiday for 12 days soon, I'll be putting a bit more time into this project after then

Steve

Deathlight

July 23rd, 2007, 05:19 PM

Hi, I have the same problem of my isp, don't want to give me the username either the password, So I don't know what can I do, I only have the mac address, I will try to do what you said stevenharper. If you wonder, my speedtouch silver 330, just I install the cd in windows and then plug the modem, and works, but when I used your program, was ok, shows the speed and says syncronized, but it don't connect at all.

[Edit]
I have no luck, it didn't work, and my connection is PPPoA as far as I know.

StevenHarper

July 24th, 2007, 07:34 AM

Deathlight

July 24th, 2007, 01:26 PM

Here is the output:

Plugin pppoatm.so loaded.
using channel 14
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 <--> 0.38
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0x247593a9>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0x247593a9>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0x247593a9>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0x247593a9>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0x247593a9>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0x247593a9>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0x247593a9>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0x247593a9>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0x247593a9>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0x247593a9>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0x247593a9>]
LCP: timeout sending Config - Requests
Connection terminated.

using username: default
password: default one
Like i Said, I don't have the username either the pass I only have in the modem box the mac number and S/N number.

oh btw I'm using this system rfc1483 atm

The Exorcist

July 25th, 2007, 12:17 PM

Hi Steve....Steve Harper, that is :)

First of all, many thanks for your efforts here. I'm using Kubuntu 704 and the silver Speedtouch 330 is connecting fine, just a couple of points...

1. When I select Connect from the menu in the tray icon, I'm always asked for the root password about 5 times...is this normal?

2. After I have connected OK, the menu in the tray icon then refuses to show. Hmm, don't reckon that's normal.

Most of the time, I use a wireless router, so that means I can't use the autoconnect type options for your Modem Manager, I just bring it up, as required, from KMenu.

I can live with the 2 'problems' above...the main thing is that it works, which is great. But I wondered if you hand any advice on those.

Thanks. :)

cupis

July 29th, 2007, 05:56 PM

Download Speed: 1921 kbps (240.1 KB/sec ) Upload Speed: 246 kbps (30.8 KB/sec )

Just curious if the upload speed looks right ,when compared to the download speed ,is the difference normal?

Yes, ADSL is Asyncronous. You have 2Mbps download but only 256kbps upload. Your measured speeds are completely fine for the service you have.

Icehawk

August 1st, 2007, 12:23 AM

Ok, time to cheat.

I'm presuming that you have a PPPoA connection

What you need to do is change the MAC address on your Adaptor (ppp0)

You will have to spoof your MAC address, please not that this will not survive a reboot and you will either have to re-run the script after each reboot, or find a way to make it permanent.

Make the connection (let it fail)

open a terminal

sudo su
ifconfig ppp0 down hw ether <MAC HERE> up

This will change the MAC address of the ppp0 adapter to have the MAC address you need

Then try to connect

No garentees with this, we may need to tinker with the

/etc/ppp/client/usbadsl config to make it not need chap authentication
but try this for now

Steve

the MAC address is ok, since is the one in the speedtouch 330 modem and i can connect using windows fine.

Guess it needs not to require chap auth... im