Bug 185846

Summary:	USB ADSL Speedtouch modem support lacking
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Toon Wijnands <toon.wijnands>
Component:	InstallCD	Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team <releng>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	brebs
Priority:	High
Version:	2007.0
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Toon Wijnands 2007-07-19 09:37:01 UTC

InstallCD and LiveCD are lacking support for my USB ADSL modem: Speedtouch Alcatel/Thomsom version 0 (the green one):

1. Firmware is missing:
USB device and modem are correctly detected, however firmware drivers are not available. 
The workaround for this is follow the instructions under
http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/gentoo/ (under firmware)
and compile the firmware yourself. Cp to /lib/firmware and plugin the modem again. 

2. My provider uses ATM over PPP. The library pppoatm.so is missing on the therefore you are unable to make a connection.

I would recommend adding this to the installÇD's which will give a better user experience.

Comment 1 Paul Bredbury 2007-07-19 10:51:05 UTC

See package:  net-dialup/speedtouch-usb

It's probably "iffy" to redistribute the firmware on CD, as previously mentioned in bug #89863.

Comment 2 Toon Wijnands 2007-07-20 15:01:37 UTC

Agree as far as the firmware is concerned. Didn't realise their were commercial rights on it.
Anyhow, I still think ATM support should be included on the installCD. Lots of ADSL providers use ATM over PPP.

Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-04-12 18:37:07 UTC

PPPoA support is fully added to SVN now...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 215089 ***