DO use the following line as the email Subject Line, to alert cogent
experts:
scanModem, Ubuntu 6.10 kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
Occassionally reponses are blocked by an Internet Provider mail filters.
So do in a day also check the Archived responses at DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Code updated on: 2005_July_13
------------ -------------- System information ------------------------
Ubuntu 6.10
on System with processor: i686
currently under kernel: 2.6.17-10-generic
There are emerging complications under 2.6.10 and later kernels.
Concerning code for:
Smartlink slmodem :
slmodem-2.9.9d.tar.gz at
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/
has the current fixes. Related messages are:
http://www.datiku.com/documents/2610_migration.php
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0409.3/0345.html
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-fourth/msg03736.html .
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/ has an
upgrab-winmodem.tar.gz,
providing a driver to alleviate inappropriate capture of a
winmodem by a serial port driver.
Lucent/Agere DSP/ltmodem:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-fourth/msg03733.html
Concerning Intel-536ep and 537
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/IntelFiveThreeSixEPModemHowto/
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-fifth/msg00280.html
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-fifth/msg00881.html
The kernel-2.6.17-10-generic was compiled with CONFIG_REGPARM,
providing more compact and faster code.
The kernel was assembled with compiler: 4.1.2
with current System compiler GCC=4.1.2
/usr/bin/gcc -> gcc-4.1
A package kernel-kbuild-2.6.3 or later version must be installed to
support compiling
Checking for kernel-headers needed for compiling.
The kernel-headers have base folder:
/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic/build ->
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-10-generic
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-10-generic
Please install the package WVDIAL for modem testing and dialout.
A /dev/modem symbolic link is not set.
USB modem not detected.
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
Modem candidates are at PCI_buses: 00:0b.0
Providing detail for device at 00:0b.0
with vendor-ID:device-ID
----:----
Class 0780: 11c1:048c Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K
WinModem (rev 03)
SubSystem 11c1:044c Agere Systems Unknown device 044c
00:0b.0 0780: 11c1:048c (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 3
-----PCI_IDs------- --CompilerVer-
Feature List: Primary Subsystem Distr KernelVer kernel default
CPU
./scanModem test 11c1:048c 11c1:044c debian 2.6.17-10-generic 4.1.2
4.1.2 i686
== Checking PCI IDs through modem chip suppliers ==
Vendor 11c1 corresponds to Lucent Technologies or subsidiary Agere
Systems, Inc.
Information is at: http://www.agere.com/client/modem_dsp.html.
Produced are both:
1) modems identifiable from their primary PCI IDs and
2) soft modem Subystem chips requiring identification through codec
readouts.
Class 0703: 11c1:048c is still NOT supported under Linux, as of
2005_July_13
It is a "software" modem without a digital signal processing (DSP)
chipset.
The ltmodem drivers from http://ltmodem.heby.de resources for DSP
modems do NOT provide support,
A dialout terminates with "No Carrier" or a Hang if usage of the
ltmodem drivers is attempted.
======= PCI_ID checking completed ======
Update=2005_July_13
A PCMCIA CardBus is not detected on this System.
For information on modem port creation under the UDEV device file system
see:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-fourth/msg03299.html for
Conexnant modems
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-fifth/msg01177.html for
Lucent/Agere DSP modems
The following information blocks just query some ppp support items.
====================================================
grep -rs ppp /etc/modprobe.*
-------------------------------------
/etc/modprobe.d/aliases:alias net-pf-24 pppoe
-------------------------------------
Resident PPP support modules are properly uncompressed .
----active COMM services are ------------
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:2F:A9:49:0F
This COMM mode should be closed before using the modem, or DNS services
may fail.
Be sure to read the section about ppp related modules and aliases in
Modem/YourModem.txt
Be sure to read the Ethernet section of Modem/YourModem.txt
DEVPPP=crw------- 1 root root 108, 0 2006-10-25 10:27 /dev/ppp
A /dev/modem symbolic link is not present
No devfsd.conf file found, indicated absense of the devfsd daemon package
for device file system (devfs) symbolic link support.
DEVFSD=
---- dmesg queries -------
[17179569.184000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
[17179569.184000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
[17179570.592000] CPU: Hyper-Threading is disabled
[17179571.684000] CPU: Hyper-Threading is disabled
[17179572.148000] IO window: disabled.
[17179572.188000] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[17179598.848000] ibm_acpi: ec object not found
[17179598.900000] pcc_acpi: loading...
[17179603.640000] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac)
[17179603.640000] apm: disabled - APM is not SMP safe.
debian is not yet providing pre-compiled drivers for WinModems
