On Mon, 15 May 2006 09:49:18 -0700, William Hunt mumbled:
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> On Mon, 15 May 2006, Ciro The Spider-Man wrote:
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>> 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)
> [...]
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> 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.
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> not relevant, but, why 10.1 over 10.2 ?
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(reposting in case lack of response was because of google killfiling)

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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. If it ain't broke...


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