FC2 and PCTel modem

[Sam Tygier]

hello

had similar problems, there is that driver that wont compile on a 2.6 kernel. i tried messing with one of the compile scripts, changing a 4 to a 6 in the bit that checked the kernel (i have not got the computer with me so i can't remember in which file), but it still did not work so i assume that there is a real dependency on 2.4

i found a a driver called slmodem 2.9.9 that compiled ok, there are some instructions somewhere. but when i tried to connect once it was all up and running, it complained that there was no carrier signal. wvdial did detect the modem though. i could not work out how to stop wvdial checking for a carrier.

its a sis hsp56mr modem (which has a pctel chipset) in evesham laptop that has not model number or name.

any info would be appreciated

thanks 


sam

Martin Marques wrote:
> I was about to upgrade my FC1 to FC2 a week ago and I realized that I needed 
> to get drivers for my PCTel modem (I got it well compiled for the 2.4.x 
> kernel of FC1).
> The problem is that I couldn't find anything about compiling the driver for 
> kernel 2.6.
> So I got the source code of the latest 2.6.x kernel and comiled it on the FC1 
> I have. Up to here, everything went OK, even the kernel was working great. So 
> I tried to get the PCTel driver to work, but it gave me a lot of compilation 
> errors.
> Has anybody got a PCTel modem to work on a 2.6 kernel?
>