I am having difficulty in installing the Smartlink slamr driver and the
slmodemd helper utility on an upgraded to Ubuntu 7.04 from Ubuntu 6.06.1
LTS system. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I have tried using the downloaded slamr-2.6.20-16-generic.tar.gz, but
with the following results:
$ sudo ./setup
Password:
driver=slamr
When asked about your country, Enter:
USA
Installing the Debian packages supporting autoloading
Selecting previously deselected package sl-modem-daemon.
(Reading database ... 155734 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking sl-modem-daemon (from
sl-modem-daemon_2.9.10+2.9.9d+e-pre2-5build1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up sl-modem-daemon (2.9.10+2.9.9d+e-pre2-5build1) ...
FATAL: Error inserting ungrab_winmodem
(/lib/modules/2.6.20-16-386/extra/ungrab-winmodem.ko): Invalid module
format
FATAL: Error inserting slamr (/lib/modules/2.6.20-16-386/extra/slamr.ko):
Invalid module format
FATAL: Error inserting ungrab_winmodem
(/lib/modules/2.6.20-16-386/extra/ungrab-winmodem.ko): Invalid module
format
FATAL: Error inserting slamr (/lib/modules/2.6.20-16-386/extra/slamr.ko):
Invalid module format
Starting SmartLink Modem driver for: slamr0.
Creating /dev/modem symlink, pointing to: /dev/ttySL0.
Copying over newer files
cp: cannot stat `sl-modem-daemon.modutils': No such file or directory
Making folder /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-386/extra
Copying drivers to /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-386/extra
Checking driver install
slamr.ko slusb.ko ungrab-winmodem.ko
Finished installs.
Informing the System
Starting function tests, loading drivers:
FATAL: Error inserting ungrab_winmodem
(/lib/modules/2.6.20-16-386/extra/ungrab-winmodem.ko): Invalid module
format
FATAL: Error inserting ungrab_winmodem
(/lib/modules/2.6.20-16-386/extra/ungrab-winmodem.ko): Invalid module
format
FATAL: Error inserting slamr (/lib/modules/2.6.20-16-386/extra/slamr.ko):
Invalid module format
Running diagnostic:
[ 21.544000] slamr: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module
[ 242.496000] slamr: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module
[ 242.524000] slamr: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module
[ 242.624000] slamr: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module
[ 246.652000] slamr: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module
ports should be created by:
slmodemd -c USA /dev/slamr0
error: mdm setup: cannot open dev `/dev/slamr0': No such device or
address
error: cannot setup device `/dev/slamr0'
Checking for success
Port creation with slmodemd failed.
Read the Slamr.txt record, other 1st_Read.txt CountryList.txt
Smartlink.txt wvdial.txt files and the sample wvdial.conf.
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I have also tried compiling the modules (ungrab-winmodem, slamr, and
slusb) myself using the files ungrab-winmodem.tar.gz and
slmodem-2.9.11-20070505.tar.gz after acquiring the Linux-header files for
Ubuntu 2.6.20-16-386 using the command
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r), but the
compiler complains during the make command that config.h is missing. I
have tried many times to get the Linus-headers for Ubuntu 2.6.20-16-386
installed correctly to no avail.
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Here is the output from scanModem - the ModemData.txt:
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 2.6.20-16-386
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 2.6.20-16-386 (root@terranova) (gcc version 4.1.2 (Ubuntu
4.1.2-0ubuntu4)) #2 Thu Jun 7 20:16:13 UTC 2007
scanModem update of: 2007_July_16
The modem symbolic link is /dev/modem -> ttySL0
ALSAversion 1.0.13
USB modem not detected by lsusb
Modem or host audio card candidates have firmware information:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:06.0 10b9:5459 14fe:9100 Modem: ALi Corporation SmartLink SmartPCI561
56K Modem
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:06.0 ----
[ 23.365134] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:06.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level,
low) -> IRQ 16
[ 23.367529] 0000:00:06.0: ttyS2 at I/O 0xa028 (irq = 16) is a 8250
[ 23.368790] 0000:00:06.0: ttyS3 at I/O 0xa040 (irq = 16) is a 8250
[ 23.369058] Couldn't register serial port 0000:00:06.0: -28
=== Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. ===
=== Next deducing cogent software ===
For candidate modem in PCI bus: 00:06.0
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-2.6.20-16-386
Checking pppd properties:
-rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 269224 2007-04-04 22:41 /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
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: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2007-07-24
11:15 /dev/modem -> ttySL0
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
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-restricted:blacklist ltmodem
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
--------- end modem support lines --------
