linmodem in my IBM Thinkpad 570

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I DLed and ran scanModem on this old IBM 570 in hopes
of getting the dialup mode running for emergencies (I
managed to get wireless running with a Airlink101
PCMCIA WiFi card).

I know it sounds dumb, but I read thru many
instruction sets and just cant get a dialup solution
to gel.

I am trying to DL Martian and get it compiled, but the
instructions dont work.

I will appreciate any help you can give.



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--------------------------  System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686,  
Linux version 2.6.20-15-generic (root@palmer) (gcc version 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)) #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 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
 ----------	---------	---------	--------------
 00:07.0	11c1:0448	1014:0131	Communication controller: Agere Systems WinModem 56k 

 Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: 
 11:      58223    XT-PIC-XT        uhci_hcd:usb1, yenta, yenta, CS46XX
 --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:07.0 ----

 === Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. ===
 === Next deducing cogent software ===

 For candidate modem in PCI bus:  00:07.0
   Class 0780: 11c1:0448 Communication controller: Agere Systems WinModem 56k
      Primary PCI_id  11c1:0448
 Support type needed or chipset:	Agere.DSP
 


 The modem has a supported Lucent/Agere  Mars or Apollo DSP (digital signal 
 processing) chipset. Support packages for 2.6.n kernels are at: 
 http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/martian/

 See AgereDSP.txt for Details.
  DSP=1

 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/kernel-2.6/ 
agrsm-alpha.tar.bz2 potentially provides support for PCI_id chipsets
   11c1:048c,  11c1:048f and 11c1:0620
in addition to prior support of Subsystems under Intel 8086:???? below
11C1:048C
11C1:048F
11C1:0620
8086:(2416 2426 7196 2486 24C6 24CD6 266D) are soft modem controllers, better
   supported through ALSA modem drivers and the Smartlink slmodemd helper.
   
There has only been one reported success for 11c1:048c, 11c1:048f and 11c1:0620. See:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-seventh/msg00849.html
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-seventh/msg00970.html
Interaction with experts will likely be necessary to get any of these modems working.

 0x0448 -- Mars 2 Global Board - data/fax/voice
-------------- 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/2.6.20-15-generic/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:
	-rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 269224 2007-04-04 20:41 /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


 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/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 --------


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