Ok, I'm stumped. I've got a linux handheld (GP2X) that got USB Network
functionality with the latest firmware. I'm trying to set it up with my
Slack 10.1/Linux 2.4.31 box, and I've hit a wall.

All of my googling suggests that if it works, then the drivers will be
detected by hotplug and show up in /var/log/messages, and a new
interface will show up under ifconfig. Unfortunately, the pages seem
rather split, some saying the module is usbnet and that CDCEther needs
to be blacklisted, others saying to use CDCEther.

Having tried it both ways, neither gives me an interface, but the
drivers are detected. (Paste from /var/log/messages below is without
CDCEther blacklisted)

May 15 10:11:49 thorr kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.4-4.3,
assigned address 4
May 15 10:11:53 thorr kernel: usb.c: registered new driver acm
May 15 10:11:53 thorr kernel: acm.c: v0.21:USB Abstract Control Model
driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
May 15 10:11:53 thorr kernel: usb.c: registered new driver CDCEther

Anyone have any idea what (probably obvious) step(s) I'm missing?

-C

On Mon, 15 May 2006, Ciro The Spider-Man wrote:

> Ok, I'm stumped. I've got a linux handheld (GP2X) that got USB Network
> functionality with the latest firmware. I'm trying to set it up with my
> Slack 10.1/Linux 2.4.31 box, and I've hit a wall.
[...]
> Having tried it both ways, neither gives me an interface, but the
> drivers are detected. (Paste from /var/log/messages below is without
> CDCEther blacklisted)
[...]

ummmm, does "ifconfig -a" show you anything?
if yes, then ifconfig the sucker and you're home free.
if not, i'd make the wiild-ass guess that you need to modprobe
something.

not relevant, but, why 10.1 over 10.2 ?



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(Sorry for the change in postnames. Earthlink has apparently either cut
off Sprint DSL users, or broken their NNTP server access lists.)

>ummmm, does "ifconfig -a" show you anything?
>if yes, then ifconfig the sucker and you're home free.
>if not, i'd make the wiild-ass guess that you need to modprobe
>something.

ifconfig -a doesn't show anything new. I have no idea what else to
modprobe. Hotplug grabs ACM and CDCEther. I tried modprobing usbnet
just in case, both with and without CDCEther already in, but no dice.

> not relevant, but, why 10.1 over 10.2 ?

I haven't sufficiently buggered up my system since I installed 10.1 and
it's not remotely accessible.

On Mon, 15 May 2006 09:49:18 -0700, William Hunt mumbled:
>
>
> On Mon, 15 May 2006, Ciro The Spider-Man wrote:
>
>> Ok, I'm stumped. I've got a linux handheld (GP2X) that got USB Network
>> functionality with the latest firmware. I'm trying to set it up with my
>> Slack 10.1/Linux 2.4.31 box, and I've hit a wall.
> [...]
>> Having tried it both ways, neither gives me an interface, but the
>> drivers are detected. (Paste from /var/log/messages below is without
>> CDCEther blacklisted)
> [...]
>
> ummmm, does "ifconfig -a" show you anything?
> if yes, then ifconfig the sucker and you're home free.
> if not, i'd make the wiild-ass guess that you need to modprobe
> something.
>
> not relevant, but, why 10.1 over 10.2 ?
>

(reposting in case lack of response was because of google killfiling)

---

(Sorry for the change in postnames. Earthlink has apparently either cut
off Sprint DSL users, or broken their NNTP server access lists.)

>ummmm, does "ifconfig -a" show you anything?
>if yes, then ifconfig the sucker and you're home free.
>if not, i'd make the wiild-ass guess that you need to modprobe
>something.

ifconfig -a doesn't show anything new. I have no idea what else to
modprobe. Hotplug grabs ACM and CDCEther. I tried modprobing usbnet
just in case, both with and without CDCEther already in, but no dice.

> not relevant, but, why 10.1 over 10.2 ?

I haven't sufficiently buggered up my system since I installed 10.1 and
it's not remotely accessible. If it ain't broke...


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