Only plain text email is forwarded by the DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx List Server. Do use the following as the email Subject Line: SomeName, YourCountry Ubuntu 7.04 kernel 2.6.20-15-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 7.04 Linux version 2.6.20-15-generic (root@palmer) (gcc version 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)) #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 scanModem update of: 2007_April_23 USB modem not detected by lsusb Modem or host audio card candidates have firmware information: PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name ---------- --------- --------- -------------- 00:0a.0 10b9:5459 14fe:9100 Modem: ALi Corporation SmartLink SmartPCI561 56K Modem Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: 16: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth0 --- Bootup diagnositcs for card in PCI slot 00:0a.0 ---- [ 18.235262] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 18.237168] 0000:00:0a.0: ttyS1 at I/O 0xd028 (irq = 16) is a 8250 [ 18.238199] 0000:00:0a.0: ttyS2 at I/O 0xd040 (irq = 16) is a 8250 [ 18.238902] 0000:00:0a.0: ttyS3 at I/O 0xd050 (irq = 16) is a 8250 [ 18.239214] Couldn't register serial port 0000:00:0a.0: -28 === Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. === === Next deducing cogent software === For candidate modem in PCI bus: 00:0a.0 Class 0703: 10b9:5459 Modem: ALi Corporation SmartLink SmartPCI561 56K Modem Primary PCI_id 10b9:5459 Support type needed or chipset: slamr The modem is supported by the Smartlink slamr driver plus the slmodemd helper utility. Read the Smartlink.txt and Modem/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance. Writing Smartlink.txt ============ end Smartlink section ===================== 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 Kernel-header resources needed for compiling are not manifestly ready! If compiling is necessary packages must be installed, providing: linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic Checking pppd properties: -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 269224 2007-04-04 23:41 /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 noauth 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: eth0 eth0:avah 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: 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 --------