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i have an old laptop - NEC versa aptitude PIII (850MHz) with 128 MB ram and 10 GB HDD
i used tazusb(on windows) to make a live usb with the loram flavor which works really well
the laptop doesn't have a working ethernet port but luckily my adsl modem has a usb port
the driver cd for the modem contains two options, rpm or source
i used the rpm -i command and made a conf folder and a binary file in /
i used insmod './VKGEther' but it returned
insmod: cannot insert './VKGEther': Cannot allocate memory
i looked up the hardinfo and said that it was an unknown usb 1.1 device
ive uploaded the boot log
the drivers:
http://hotfile.com/dl/116841459/cd400b4/USB_RPM.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/116841623/67f3324/Linux_USB_Driver_-_Source.rar.html
the worst part is that i can't reboot. the filesystem doesn't get saved to the flashdrive even though i use home=usb when i shut down (selecting save filesystem)it says that it cannot execvp tazusb because it does not exist
Open xterm.
1. Verify computer hardware recognize USB ethernet in modem.
Connect the modem to computer USB port
Post output from command:
lsusb
If no lsusb command then:
Install libusb.tazpkg libusb-compat.tazpkg and usbutils.tazpkg
2.Identify linux kernel version:
Post output from command:
uname -a
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i have kernel version 2.6.30.6 but the lsusb command doesn't work even after i install the necessary packages insted it says
root@slitaz:~# lsusb
lsusb: /usr/lib/libz.so.1: no version information available (required by lsusb)
lsusb: relocation error: lsusb: symbol gzopen64, version ZLIB_1.2.3.3 not defined in file libz.so.1 with link time reference
Which route did you originally take? Did you go and download libusb, libusb-compat and usbutils and install their packages manually with tazpkg install command or did you download them all using tazpkg get-install while online?
I ask because it seems you're missing the zlib package.
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i manually installed them
It looks like lsusb is missing zlib. The strange thing is that zlib and libusb should have come with SliTaz, meaning that you only really needed the usbutils package to get access to the command. But it can't be helped. Try downloading the zlib package like you did the others and try installing it, maybe even using something like tazpkg install zlib-version-number.tazpkg --forced to do it.
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i made a liveusb with a 1GB flashdrive (same loram iso but without home=usb) and didnt need to install zlib
it returned
root@slitaz:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp. Transcend JetFlash Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0915:0005 GlobeSpan, Inc. LAN Modem
home=usb appears to be broken
Use home=/dev/sdXX instead, determine correct XX with fdisk -l or GParted
My Toshiba PCX2500 cable modem has a usb port.
No downloads were necessary for setup,tested on slitaz-3.0 and cooking core.
Modem connected to computer and powered up.
Open xterm,su,password is root.
#modprobe rndis_host
dmesg output:
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
eth0: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:00:1a.1-1, RNDIS device, 00:00:39:2e:2b:51
usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
udev: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1
If udev names the network interface eth0 skip to Stop/Start Network.
#leafpad /etc/network.conf
Change
INTERFACE="eth0" to INTERFACE="eth1"
Save/Quit
Stop/Start network
#/etc/init.d/network.sh stop
#/etc/init.d/network.sh start
Network is up and working.
To automate and make persistent:
#leafpad /etc/rcS.conf
Add rndis_host to LOAD_MODULES=
Save/Quit
Xterm:
#tazusb writefs gzip
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Thanks a lot mojo, i had the same problem and your post solved it.
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i tried modprobe but i didnt get any message
i do know that my modem is a cdc_ether device
i did a modprobe cdc_ether but still nothing
thanks for trying anyway
i tried again and dmesg says
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
system info says that there is an unknown usb 1.10 class 2 devidce attached to the second port
@bittuthegr8 : do you have to logon with a username/password given to you by your dsl provider to connect to the internet with this modem (PPPOE)?
Googled the lsusb info found this: http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/
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i don't have to login
even with #modprobe rndis_host the modem dosen't get registered
the modem works fine on xp but required me to install the drivers manually
some time ago i downloaded browserlinux (based on puppy linux) which had an option to open the windows driver inf file and try to get the device to work
it still didnt work
later i will login to the modem interface from another computer and check the status of the usb port
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