L & J For Ubuntu Linux users with Intel 536 and 537 chipsets the are driver installation packages available, see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3372887 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto/Intel537EP http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2827908 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto/Intel536 with suggestions for improvements to c.marcano@xxxxxxxxx This above recent info may not be in your older Intel.txt For your Linspire installation, you will likely have to compile your own drivers. However you could install one of the Ubuntu linux-image packages, for which the precompiled drivers are available. The 536ep modem will not work in 64 bit mode, because Intel is not provided updates any longer. MarvS On 9/22/07, L & J Middleton <middletons@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have recently installed Freespire on a second partition on the hard drive. > When I first installed Windows XP on the first partition last year, I > created the second partition for the purpose of one day installing Linux. It > has been part of a long term plan to become a Linux user, inspired over the > years by articles promoting Linux in the magazine "NZ PC World". It has > taken a long time to reach this point, where I now have a version installed > on the hard drive. > I have been wondering what version to use. I went searching the internet, > hoping to find a suitable 64-bit version of Linux. In the process, I found > Eric Raymond and Rob Landley's article "World Domination 201". I am > fascinated by their analysis and conclusions, as they describe the situation > I find myself in - having a 64-bit AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor - and > wondering what to do about running a 64-bit operating system. Further to > that, I was impressed by their comment to the effect that the intention > behind Linspire is to enable an OS that is as user friendly as Windows, and > potentially having access to all the types of programmes that my family > currently use in their computing experience. I'm interested to learn about > how a new OS runs, but my family don't. They just want to turn it on and > click on the programme of choice and use it. That includes music players, > photo software, scanner and printer, internet, office and paint software, > etc. Anything more complicated than that leads quickly to frustration. So, > obviously, any new OS that I install and try to make the default OS in our > household must, for the sake of family harmony, be capable of "click and > run", such as the promoters and developers behind Linspire and Freespire > hope to achieve. > As the 64-bit version is not ready yet, I decided to try out the currently > available 32-bit Freespire version. I would buy the 64-bit version of > Linspire when it becomes available as I would want the 64-bit OS, as well as > access to all the programmes and codecs that the family currently take for > granted using Windows. > Further to that, the budget still only allows for a dial-up modem. I > purchased this modem, a D-Link DFM-562I, a couple of years ago, mistakenly > thinking that "controllerless" meant that it would be suitable one day for > using with Linux. I now know that it must also be a Winmodem that I had been > trying to avoid. So, if this moden can function with Linux, I will be > grateful. I hope that in the future my next modem purchase will be a > broad-band modem capable of running under 64-bit Linux. Last week, I was > tempted to go out and buy an external modem that already worked with Linux. > But then I realised that I was missing an opportunity to find out first-hand > how the Linux community works to solve a problem like this, so I decided to > try this approach first. > So that brings me to the point where I am trying to get this modem going > with this installation of Freespire. > Your help to activate the modem running with the Freespire OS will be > gratefully accepted. > Please note that despite intentions to the contrary, I am an almost total > Linux newbie. > > With regards, > > Lindsay Middleton > Palmerston North, New Zealand > > > Only plain text email is forwarded by the DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx List > Server. > Do use the following as the email Subject Line: > SomeName, YourCountry Freespire skipjack-feisty (development > version) ( kernel 2.6.20-16-lowlatency > 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, Freespire skipjack-feisty (development version) ( > Linux version 2.6.20-16-lowlatency (root@terranova) (gcc version 4.1.2 > (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)) #2 SMP PREEMPT Wed May 23 01:49:41 UTC 2007 > scanModem update of: 2007_Sept_07 > > > There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files > USB modem not detected by lsusb > > > Several modems are supported by drivers with ALSA, the Advanced Linux Sound > Architecture software. > Copying ALSA diagnostics to Modem/ALSAroot.tgz > ALSAversion = 1.0.13 > > Modem or candidate host audio card have firmware information and > diagnostics: > > PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name > ---------- --------- --------- -------------- > 01:07.0 8086:1040 8086:1000 Communication controller: Intel Corporation > 536EP Data Fax Modem > > Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: > --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 01:07.0 ---- > > === Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. === > === Next deducing cogent software === > > For candidate modem in PCI bus: 01:07.0 > Class 0780: 8086:1040 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 536EP > Data Fax Modem > Primary PCI_id 8086:1040 > Support type needed or chipset: INTEL536EP > > > In 2006, Intel appears to have ceased updates for Linux. > For the INTEL537 and INTEL536 chipset modems, the most current support is > provided at: > http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/packages/intel/Philippe.Vouters/ > But regular support is not available, see: > http://archives.linmodems.org/24939 > : > The outdated official Intel support packages can be accessed through: > http://developer.intel.com/design/modems/support/drivers.htm > Read Intel.txt and Modem/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance. > > > Writing Intel.txt > > 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 > > linux-headers-2.6.20-16-lowlatency resources needed for compiling are not > manifestly ready! > > If compiling is necessary packages must be installed, providing: > kernel-source-2.6.20-16-lowlatency > > For Debian and some related distributions, a package kernel-kbuild-2.6-20 > may be needed to support driver compiling > > > 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 Ubuntu Feisty, additional packages required were: > libc6-dev linux-libc-dev > available through http://packages.ubuntu.com/ , if not on the install CD. > Such packages may have different names for other Linux distributions. > Try installing just the libc6-dev, then test the compile again. > > > 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) > chmod a+x /usr/sbin/pppd > or under Ubuntu related Linuxes > 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: > slmodemd created symbolic link /dev/ttySL0: > Within /etc/udev/ files: > > Within /etc/modprobe.conf files: > /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/alsa-base:options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2 > /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2 > Within any ancient /etc/devfs files: > > Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files: > > --------- end modem support lines -------- > > >
