Re: Chaim, Creative USB Modem Blaster?, USA, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, kernel 2.6.18-5-486

[Jacques Goldberg <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx>]

Chaim,

1-Sure enough, the Creative Modem Blaster V.90 (not V.92) USB modem 
using the 5670 chip is directly supported under Linux as you can see if 
you look, again, at http://xmodem.org/modems/usblist.html (for your 
information, it uses an Agere 480 chip with a Venus controller which 
goes along with no need for a special driver).
It costs nothing and cannot do any damage to bet that the much more 
recent 5671 uses the same or a similar chip: just run wvdialconf !

2-Marvin's advice is great, so much the more that your modem is 
manufactured by BroadXANT, a company which belongs to the Creative 
group. Linuxant makes Linux drivers as quoted by Marv for ConeXANT 
modems (XANT emphaiszed by me).

Jacques

Marvin Stodolsky wrote:
> CM
>
> Some of Creative modems are supported by hsfmodem software.
> So from wwwl.linuxant.com, download and try the Listmodem tool from
> http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/modemident.php
>
> MarvS
>
> On 9/16/07, C M Ackerman <c.m.ackerman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Please, which are the make of your modem?
> > Creative Labs Modem Blaster V.92 USB Modem
> > http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=7&subcategory=40&product=266&nav=features
> >
> > > Please give as much information as you can, including everything written
> > > on the modem.
> > I just bought this from Amazon.com.  Here's what's written on the back:
> > Creative Modem Blaster V.92 DES5671-1
> > Powered by BroadXent
> >
> > Here's some relevent info from /proc/bus/usb/devices
> > T:  Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  3 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
> > D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=02(comm.) Sub=00 Prot=ff MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
> > P:  Vendor=148d ProdID=1671 Rev= 1.00
> > S:  Manufacturer=Creative Pte Ltd.
> > S:  Product=Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB
> > S:  SerialNumber=00000000
> > C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=260mA
> > I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=00 Prot=00
> > Driver=usbserial_generic
> > E:  Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
> > E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
> > I:  If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=02(comm.) Sub=01 Prot=ff Driver=(none)
> > E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=  64 Ivl=1ms
> >
> > > Have you read http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO-2.html ?
> > > And specially section 2.9 ?
> > wvdialconf can't find it.
> >
> > I'm relatively new to Linux, so I'm not very sure about what I'm doing, but
> > I couldn't find an acm driver anywhere in my 2.6 system.
> > so after looking around on the web, I tried this:
> >     modprobe usbserial vendor=0x148d product=0x1671
> >     depmod
> >
> > Then I looked in /var/log/messages and there was much more going on, but it
> > still ended in an error:
> > Sep 16 06:36:27 localhost kernel: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using
> > uhci_hcd and address 3
> > Sep 16 06:36:32 localhost kernel: usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> > choice
> > Sep 16 06:36:32 localhost kernel: usbserial_generic 3-1:1.0: generic
> > converter detected
> > Sep 16 06:36:32 localhost kernel: usb 3-1: generic converter now attached to
> > ttyUSB0
> > Sep 16 06:36:32 localhost kernel: usbserial_generic 3-1:1.1: generic
> > converter detected
> > Sep 16 06:36:32 localhost kernel: usbserial_generic: probe of 3-1:1.1 failed
> > with error -5
> >
> > I persisted and tried opening /dev/ttyUSB0, but it hung.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Chaim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jacques Goldberg" <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx>
> > To: "C M Ackerman" <c.m.ackerman@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 5:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: Chaim, Creative USB Modem Blaster?, USA, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0,
> > kernel 2.6.18-5-486
> >
> >
> > > Chaim,
> > > It is impossible to identify an USB modem by its chipset, at least I do
> > > not know how to do that.
> > > Please, which are the make of your modem?
> > > Please give as much information as you can, including everything written
> > > on the modem.
> > > If the device would be a PCI chip embedded in the USB modem, then 148d
> > > means that the manufacturer is Digicom which has only one modem, 1003, in
> > > its catalog (a Conexant HCF clone or embedded). But this is not your case.
> > > There is no information for any device model 1671 made by Digicom.
> > > Rob Clark's well maintained table http://xmodem.org/modems/usblist.html
> > > shows two modems made by ASKEY using Digicom chips: none has the same USB
> > > chip 148d:1671 as yours.
> > > Have you read http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO-2.html ?
> > > And specially section 2.9 ?
> > > Have you tried to run wvdialconf  (see man wvdialconf or
> > > http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/wvdial.html) to see if by chance your
> > > modem is USB CDC ACM compliant and thus will work without any extra
> > > driver?
> > > Are you aware that the modem has to be powered when trying wvdialconf?
> > >
> > > Jacques
> > >
> > > C M Ackerman wrote:
> > > > The usb modem reports:
> > > > ID 148d:1671
> > > >
> > > > Is there support for this?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > Chaim