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Re: FRITZ!Card PCI & Linux



Hi,

Check my site http://www.dream.co.il for all the instructions needed to set it
up on linux.

Linux.org.il webmaster - will you PLEASE add my site to the Linux-IL ISDN
connections page?

Thanks
Hetz

Oren Sarig wrote:
> 
> I hope someone here can help...
> 
> I have RedHat Linux 5.2 and a custom built 2.2.3 kernel. I also have an AVM
> FRITZ!Card PCI that I got from ISDNnet. And I have no clue on how to run it
> on Linux.
> 
> When I configure the kernel, I compiled ISDN support and support for AVM A1
> (aka Fritz) with the HighSax driver as modules (Modules because the card is
> PnP). My kernel is configured to auto-load (with mod_probe) the modules it
> needs on startup, and it doesn't load the modules I compiled. And for some
> reason, the modules don't appear on RedHat's Kernel Configurator.
> 
> I tried to install the isdn4k-utils, but it trashed my system - when I load
> linux it loads, and then displays a screenful of junk and hangs. It does
> the same when I load it with the generic kernel I got from RedHat 5.2,
> which means the problem wasn't the kernel. When I load the system with the
> rescue disk, I can't "rpm -o isdn4k-utils...".
> 
> Does anyone have experiance with installing the FRITZ!Card PCI under linux?
> If so, after I install it, how do I use it? I understand I need to use
> ipppd which is a part of the isdn4k-utils, though how do I write scripts
> for it, etc.? And does it function like the regular pppd? And what should I
> link /dev/modem to? Also, is there a script someone wrote to connect to
> ISDNnet? If I go to the ISP Scripts section on the linux.org.il under
> ISDNnet there is only a FAQ for general questions about the service, no
> scripts. Oh, and the link to the ISDN HOWTO on your page is broken.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> Oren Sarig
> sarig@isdn.net.il

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