Thank you very much in advance for the advice you can give me on my problem.
I'm very new to Linux and I appreciate all the help I can get!
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-------------------------- 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_August_04
ALSAversion 1.0.11
USB modem not detected by lsusb
Modem or host audio card candidates have firmware information:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:10.0 125d:2898 Communication controller: ESS Technology ES2898 Modem
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:10.0 ----
=== Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. ===
=== Next deducing cogent software ===
===================================
The modem interrupt (IRQ) is 255 . IRQs of 0 or 255 are not functional!!
The CPU cannot control the modem until this situation is corrected!!
Possible corrections are:
1) Within the boot up BIOS, change from a Windows to a non-PNP/Other
Operating System type.
Instructions for accessing BIOS are at:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/resources.html within: Additional
Resourcces.
2a) Add an option "pci=routeirq" to the kernel boot up line.
Here is an example paragraph from /boot/grub/menu.lst :
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-686
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-686 root=/dev/hda7 ro pci=routeirq
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-686
savedefault
2b) Same as above, but use "pollirq" instead of "pci=routeirq".
3) Within some BIOS setups, IRQ assignments can be changed.
4) On non-laptop systems, moving the modem card to another slot has
helped.
5) Sometimes upgrading the kernel changes IRQ assignment.
=====================================
PCIbus=00:10.0
00:10.0 Communication controller: ESS Technology ES2898 Modem (rev 02)
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 255
I/O ports at a000 [disabled] [size=8]
Capabilities: <access denied>
For candidate modem in PCI bus: 00:10.0
Class 0780: 125d:2898 Communication controller: ESS Technology ES2898
Modem
Primary PCI_id 125d:2898
Support type needed or chipset: ESS.com
Vendor=125d is ESS Technologies, http://www.esstech.com/
The PCI id 125d:2898 modems are Supported under 2.6.n kernels.
The driver resources for 125d:2898 modems should be downloaded
from http://tx.technion.ac.il/~raindel/ess_2.6-v0.3.tar.gz , benefitting
from an update by Jeff Trull. There are brief instructions at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=185079
Under Linux, unpack with:
$ tar zxf ess_2.6-v0.3.tar.gz
Move into the folder wit:
$ cd ess_2.6-v0.3
Browse the files therein and run as Root the:
$ sudo ./setup
The setup program creates a port:
$ ls -l /dev/ttyS_ESS0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 62, 64 2006-09-23 23:08 /dev/ttyS_ESS0
and a symbolic link to it:
/dev/modem --> /dev/ttyS_ESS0
Specify either /dev/modem or /dev/ttyS_ESS0 as the modem port for dialer
utilities.
A file is installed:
/etc/udev/rules.d/ess.rules , with line:
"KERNEL=\"ttyS_ESS0\", SYMLINK=\"modem\""
which supports automated port creation during driver loading.
If the drivers do not autoload during bootup, they can be loaded by:
$ sudo modprobe esscom
after which the driver interdependencies can be displayed by:
$ lsmod | grep esscom
esscom 16580 0
esscom_hw 421328 1 esscom
linmodems 345678 2 esscom esscom_hw
The modem should be found by:
$ sudo wvdialconf wvtest
See wvdial.txt and Testing.txt for follow through details.
===============
For 2.4.n Linux kernels and are there some kludges of fading utility:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-fourth/msg00317.html
(2004Feb08)
http://andrew.cait.org/ess/
http://sidlo.penguin.cz/ES2838/index_en.html
http://tx.technion.ac.il/~raindel/
http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/archive/msg04424.html
There was only formal support under for Linux for kernels 2.2.2.
====== end ESS.com 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-2.6.17-10-generic
If a driver compilation files with message including some lack of some
FileName.h (stdio.h for example.
Some additional kernel-header files need installation to /usr/include.
For Debian/Ubuntu related distributions, run the following command to
display the needed package list:
$ sudo apt-get -s install linux-kernel-devel
While some of the files may be on the install CD, others may have to be
found through http://packages.ubuntu.com
For Ubunut feisty, additional packages required were:
build-essential curl debhelper dpkg-dev g++ g++-4.1 gettext git-core gitk
html2text intltool-debian kernel-package kernel-wedge libc6-dev
libcurl3-gnutls libdigest-sha1-perl liberror-perl libstdc++6-4.1-dev
linux-libc-dev po-debconf rcs tcl8.4 tk8.4
Checking pppd properties:
-rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 260920 2006-07-10 12:13 /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
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 --------
Jonathan Walford
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