From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 19 18: 6: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA26C37B400 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 18:06:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from whirlwind.netspace.net.au (whirlwind.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.76]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6969543E4A for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 18:06:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bigmax@newmail.net) Received: from leonard (dsl-210-15-243-142.Melbourne.netspace.net.au [210.15.243.142]) by whirlwind.netspace.net.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id g6K160125418 for ; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 11:06:00 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <011b01c22f8a$a29c9bc0$0101a8c0@BIGMAX> From: "bigMAX" To: "FreeBSD Questions" References: <5.1.1.6.0.20020719113321.025c07f8@pop3.norton.antivirus> Subject: Re: USB: "ugen0: device problem" Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 11:12:55 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for your help Rob. In the end I trieda suggestion from Craig Dooley on freebsd-hardware about switching the MPS version from 1.4 to 1.1 and whaddayaknow.. works a charm! I now have adsl :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob O'Donnell" To: "bigMAX" ; "FreeBSD Questions" Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 8:42 PM Subject: Re: USB: "ugen0: device problem" > At 19:53 19/07/2002 +1000, bigMAX wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I've been trying to get an alcatel speedtouch usb modem working and after > >spending all afternoon struggling with it I've concluded that I don't have > >USB working at all :( > > several options here.. First, I suggest you try the latest drivers, if > you haven't already, (see http://www.xsproject.org/speedtouch/) > > The modem lights going off completely though sounds like it's the old > problem of the speedtouch drawing too much current from the usb ports - > they pull more than the recommended maximum, and some chipsets detect this > and shut the port down to prevent overload. Try running the modem though a > powered usb hub, or try a plug in pci usb card of different make. (both > these worked for me.) This is the same problem whatever OS and software > you use > > If nothing there helps, you can try asking on the speedtouch mailing list - > subscription details on that same web page above. > > Rob, > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message