I sent a request yesterday but with an inadequate subject line. I have loaded 536EP drivers as detailed on the Ubuntu wiki and it seemed to go alright but gnome-ppp says that it cannot make the modem work when it tries to connect. Regards Adrian Greeman Writer and Photographer Pics and Words Tel: +44 20 8672 9661 Mobile: +44 780 329 7447
Only plain text email is forwarded by the DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx List Server. Do use the following as the email Subject Line: SomeName, YourCountry Ubuntu 6.10 kernel 2.6.17-10-generic This will alert cogent experts, and distinguish cases in the Archives. YourCountry will enable Country Code guidance. Occassionally responses are blocked by an Internet Provider mail filters. So in a day, also check the Archived responses at http://www.linmodems.org . Local Linux experts can be found through: http://www.linux.org/groups/index.html -------------------------- System information ---------------------------- CPU=i686, Ubuntu 6.10 Linux version 2.6.17-10-generic (root@vernadsky) (gcc version 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5)) #2 SMP Fri Oct 13 18:45:35 UTC 2006 (Ubuntu 2.6.17-10.33-generic) scanModem update of: 2007_Feb_28 USB modem not detected by lsusb Modem or host audio card candidates have firmware information: PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name ---------- --------- --------- -------------- 00:0e.0 8086:1040 8086:1000 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 536EP Data Fax Modem Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: 9: 46 XT-PIC Ensoniq AudioPCI --- Bootup diagnositcs for card in PCI slot 00:0e.0 ---- [ 49.624607] PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 0000:00:0e.0 === Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. === === Next deducing cogent software === For candidate modem in PCI bus: 00:0e.0 Class 0780: 8086:1040 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 536EP Data Fax Modem Primary PCI_id 8086:1040 Support type needed or chipset: INTEL536EP In 2006, Intel appears to have ceased updates for Linux. For the INTEL537 and INTEL536 chipset modems, the most current support is provided at: http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/packages/intel/Philippe.Vouters/ But regular support is not available, see: http://archives.linmodems.org/24939 : The outdated official Intel support packages can be accessed through: http://developer.intel.com/design/modems/support/drivers.htm Read Intel.txt and Modem/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance. Writing Intel.txt Completed candidate modem analyses. The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 4.1.2 and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.1.2 Compiling resources appear complete: make utility - /usr/bin/make Compiler version 4.1 kernel_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic/build Checking pppd properties: -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 260920 2006-07-10 20:13 /usr/sbin/pppd In case of an "error 17" "serial loopback" problem, see: http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/archive-sixth/msg02637.html To enable dialout without Root permission do: $ su - root (not for Ubuntu) sudo chmod a+x /usr/sbin/pppd or under Ubuntu related Linuxes sudo chmod a+x /usr/sbin/pppd Checking settings of: /etc/ppp/options asyncmap 0 auth crtscts lock hide-password modem proxyarp lcp-echo-interval 30 lcp-echo-failure 4 noipx In case of a message like: Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied see http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-sixth/msg04656.html Read Modem/YourSystem.txt concerning other COMM channels: ath0 wifi0 Which can interfere with Browser naviagation. Don't worry about the following, it is for the experts should trouble shooting be necessary. ========================================================== Checking for modem support lines: -------------------------------------- /device/modem symbolic link: slmodemd created symbolic link /dev/ttySL0: Within /etc/udev/ files: /etc/udev/rules.d/60-symlinks.rules:# Create /dev/modem symlink /etc/udev/rules.d/60-symlinks.rules:KERNEL=="ttyLTM[0-9]*", SYMLINK+="modem" Within /etc/modprobe.conf files: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2 /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem:# Uncomment these entries in order to blacklist unwanted modem drivers /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem:# blacklist snd-atiixp-modem /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem:# blacklist snd-via82xx-modem Within any ancient /etc/devfs files: Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files: --------- end modem support lines --------