Hello guys,
I'm making my humble migration from Windows to Linux, and part of that
migration is making my modem work on Linux. I'm running a Fedora 7
dist, kernel 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.
I have ran the scanModem utility ( ModemData.txt included below), and
of the two links provided by the program, I could only visit:
http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/martian/
(The other link,
"http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/packages/ltmodem/SV92PP/"; was
not working, although "
http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/packages/ltmodem/sv92/"; exists)
I downloaded "martian-full-20061203.tar.gz", then I went to
"martian"'s parent directory and downloaded "agrsm-20070804.tar.gz ".
I tried to compile both but I got no success on my first try (I have
attached the compile logs too if anyone has the time).
Then, I tried compiling agrsm again, this time with "make all" (in the
first attempt I did a "make module") and the compilation was
successful! Then I did a "make install" and no errors appeared. And
then what? Well, I ran a lsmod and found that the .ko modules were not
loaded, so I loaded them like it says on (
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-seventh/msg01638.html) with
modprobe. Just in case, loading the kernel modules didn't print any
errors on the console.
To be honest, I don't know if what I did is the correct procedure, and
what's worse, I'm pretty much lost from this point on because I don't
know what to do next, or even if the drivers I downloaded will work
for my Modem!
Thank you very much for your time,
Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Federico Caceres
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-------------------------- System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686, Fedora release 7 (Moonshine)
Kernel
Linux version 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 (kojibuilder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070502 (Red Hat 4.1.2-12)) #1 SMP Wed May 23 22:35:01 EDT 2007
scanModem update of: 2007_Sept_24
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/ALSAfede.tgz
ALSAversion = 1.0.14rc2
Modem or candidate host audio card have firmware information and diagnostics:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:08.0 11c1:048c 11c1:044c Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
15: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge libata
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:08.0 ----
=== Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. ===
=== Next deducing cogent software ===
For candidate modem in PCI bus: 00:08.0
Class 0780: 11c1:048c Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem
Primary PCI_id 11c1:048c
Support type needed or chipset: Agere.SV2P
Vendor 11c1 is Lucent Technologies with modem technology now under LSI Inc.
Their Linux code developer/maintainer is Soumyendu Sarkar. Support for a chipset and its
continued maintenance is only initiated at the request of a major chipset buyer,
or comparable sponsor. Several different modem chipset types are produced:
with varying support under Linux.
Device ID Support Name Comment
--------- ------------- ----------- -----------------------------
0480 serial drivers Venus controller chipset 1673JV7
0440-045d martian Mars/Apollo DSP (digital signal processing) chipsets
0462 none 56K.V90/ADSL Wildwire
048d none SV2P soft modem
048(c or f) AGRSM SV2P soft modem
0600 none soft modem, very few in the field.
0620 AGRSM Pinball soft modem, in some HP desktop PCs
062(1-3) none SV92PP,Pinball soft modem, in some HP desktop PCs
martian - At http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/martian/
AGRSM - At http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/packages/ltmodem/SV92PP/
Read Agrsm.txt
Read Agrsm.txt
-------------- end Agere Systems 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
Minimal compiling resources appear complete:
make utility - /usr/bin/make
Compiler version 4.1
linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/build
However some compilations and executable functions may need additional files,
in the FileNames.h (so called kernel "h"eaders) collection installed in /usr/include/ .
For martian_modem, additional required packages are libc6-dev (and for Debian/Ubuntu, linux-libc-dev). The also required headers of package libc6 are commonly installed by default.
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:
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 312332 2006-12-01 09:54 /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
lock
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/50-udev.rules:KERNEL=="modems/mwave*", NAME="%k", GROUP="uucp", MODE="0660"
Within /etc/modprobe.conf files:
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
--------- end modem support lines --------
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/build SUBDIRS=/mnt/gigadrive/Downloads/linux/src/agrsm modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7-i686'
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 2 modules
WARNING: could not find /mnt/gigadrive/Downloads/linux/src/agrsm/.agrsm_core.o.cmd for /mnt/gigadrive/Downloads/linux/src/agrsm/agrsm_core.o
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7-i686'
make -C kmodule/ modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/gigadrive/Downloads/linux/martian/martian/kmodule'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/build M="/mnt/gigadrive/Downloads/linux/martian/martian/kmodule" modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7-i686'
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7-i686'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/gigadrive/Downloads/linux/martian/martian/kmodule'
make -C modem/ all
make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/gigadrive/Downloads/linux/martian/martian/modem'
LD marscore.o
TWEAK marscore.o
mmap: No such device
tweakrelocs failure
make[1]: *** [marscore.o] Error 3
make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/gigadrive/Downloads/linux/martian/martian/modem'
make: *** [all] Error 2
