Firas, When I tried to install the packages containing the C compiler and my kernel headers, per your first instruction, there was a failed attempt to make a connection to http://security/ubuntu... then a message E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with -- fix missing? After reading the message from MarvS I decided to try the rest of your instructions, assuming the compiler and headers were already in place. Your instructions worked fine! I had to add the Carrier Check = no line in wvdial.conf, otherwise the connection hung. So thank you for that help. Now I have more questions: 1. There were a number of commands used in your instructions, some of which I don't know (mv, tar xjvf, tar xzvf, depmod -a, modrobe, martian_modem) - is there somewhere I should look to learn more about these? 2. It appears I have to open 2 terminals, sudo martian_modem in one and sudo wvdial in the other, to establish and maintain a connection. When I try to use kppp it finds the modem busy, so I can't use kppp. Is there a more elgant way to deal with connections? 3. Is there a way to determine the baudrate of the connection? I use a 56k modem on the WinXP machine and it typically informs me the connection speed is 31.2 kbs, so I'd like to know if I'm getting something similar on the Ubuntu machine. 4. Back to the original issue. I am a complete novice, but I like to understand as much as possible what is happening when I issue instructions. Linux seems to be robust and tolerant of the things I have done so far, but I fear breaking the system if I keep doing things per instructions without really understanding what is going on. Is there somewhere to get a grounding in the system? You may not have time to answer these questions. I appreciate the help you provided so far. Thanks, Brian. ----- MarvS, I didn't try to send the martian.txt file to you, because things seem to be working. Also, I wasn't quite clear what to do: Which directory should I be in when issueing the commands? Won't issueing 'make clean' wipe the work that has already been done? What does 'make 2>&1 | tee martian.txt' mean? Thanks, Brian -----Original Message----- From: Firas Kraïem [mailto:fkraiem@xxxxxxx] Sent: May 10, 2007 3:53 PM To: discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Brian Voss Subject: Re: BrianVoss, Canada Ubuntu 6.10 kernel 2.6.17-10-generic Brian To compile stuff on Ubuntu, you neet to install the packages containin the C compiler and your kernel headers. $ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) Don't worry, you won't need to go online to get those packagesn the'yre on your Ubuntu CD. Then download those two files in Windows and copy them on your desktop in Ubuntu : http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/martian/ma rtian-20061203.tar.bz2 http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/martian/ma rtian-full-20061203.tar.gz Then, in Ubuntu, open a terminal and do the following (be careful not to make typos !) : $ cd $ mkdir modem $ mkdir modem/tmp $ mv Desktop/martian* modem $ cd modem $ tar xjvf martian-20061203.tar.bz2 $ tar xzvf martian-full-20061203.tar.gz -C tmp $ cd martian $ cp ../tmp/martian/modem/ltmdmobj.o modem $ make clean $ make $ sudo make install $ sudo depmod -a $ sudo modprobe martian_dev $ sudo martian_modem The daemon for your modem should run in the current terminal window so you'll perhaps need to open another one here. Next, we're going to configure it with wvdial, first make sure it's installed : $ sudo apt-get install wvdial Then run the configuration utility : $ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf And edit the config file to fill in your ISPs phone number as well as your login and password : $ sudo nano -w /etc/wvdial.conf When you're done editing, save the file (Ctrl+O, Enter to confirm) and exit nano (Ctrl+X). You should then be able to dial with : $ sudo wvdial Good luck, feel free to write back if you face problems. Firas. On Thursday 10 May 2007 04:24:05 Brian Voss wrote: > I am new to linux and the instructions in DriverCompiling are beyond me. > > I have run scanModem and read all the files in Modem. I then installed the > package lib6-dev and its dependencies, following instructions in AgereDSP. > I downloaded martian-full-20060727.tar.gz, per instructions in ModemData > and AgereDSP. I unzipped this to produce a folder called 164x. I changed > directories to the 164x folder, ran make clean, which seemed to work, then > make, which did not seem to work and produced multiple warnings. > > I have read DriverCompiling repeatedly, but my limited understanding of the > linux system is not enough to allow me to progress further. > > That brings me back to using a WinXP machine to send this email and ask for > help for a raw novice! > > Thank you, Brian -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments
