Help me connect with DreamPi

[dave_van_damn]

I've never seen that happen before.. Maybe a loose connection on the cable?

No loose connection. Hmm is there any command I can type in to DreamPi to get a log of what's happening?

[kazade]

When you are logged in, run:

sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog

Then try connecting, it'll show scrolling output. hit CTRL+C to cancel. Send a picture when it disconnects and I'll try to figure it out..

[Neoblast]

Oh well, I got the pi up and running but... It was too good to be this easy
It seems the modem will not answer the call. Maybe it's not installed properly.

Yep... any ideas?
This is the log:


I connected and disconnected the modem to see if it recognized it properly. The modem is USB HSF Modem , Conexant systems.

[DR TEAMCAST]

I'm hoping I do not run into any of these snags when I set mine up in a few days

[kazade]

@neoblast it's possible that that particular model doesn't have drivers built into the Linux kernel. Could you try running the following command?

sudo wvdialconf /dev/null

And let me know what the output says?

[Neoblast]

I had to make and compile them because they are not included in the kernel, yep ( That's how I got it for my dc-pc). So how do we make it work in this case?

The output is the following one:
No modem was detected.


Perhaps Adding it with set serial would work?

[kazade]

I just had a quick search and it's not looking promising. Apparently the modem you have is a softmodem which although has Linux drivers, doesn't have ones for ARM, only x86.

Buying another modem might be the only option

[Scrivani]

Neoblast, can you show a picture of your USB modem?

[DR TEAMCAST]

I just had a quick search and it's not looking promising. Apparently the modem you have is a softmodem which although has Linux drivers, doesn't have ones for ARM, only x86.

Buying another modem might be the only option

I know my modem is a Conexant USB DGC modem. Do you know off hand if i'll have any issues? Still waiting for the capacitors/resistors and the 9v battery clips

[Neoblast]

I just went ahead and bought this:
http://www.trendnet.com/products/prodde ... 0_TFM-561U

It seems to have the same chipset you guys are using, conexant, and not softmodem. It'll be at home tomorrow. I hope this one works...