Clift Just follow the directions beginning with: "The driver resources for 125d:2898 modems should be downloaded" etc. write back if you need further help. MarvS scamModem maintainer ================ Hello, I would like for someone to help me get a modem driver for my Ubuntu system. Would anyone be willing to help me out? -------------------------- 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: 20071018 There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) spackage providing audio support on your System, also includes drivers for some modems. For modems using the snd-hda-intel audio+modem driver, upgrades to a new ALSA version are sometimes necessary to achieve function. See for example: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-seventh/msg02144.html Copying ALSA diagnostics to Modem/ALSAroot.tgz ALSAversion = 1.0.13 USB modem not detected by lsusb Modem or candidate host audio card have firmware information and diagnostics: PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name ---------- --------- --------- -------------- 00:0f.0 125d:2898 148d:1062 Communication controller: ESS Technology ES2898 Modem Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: 3: 2419 XT-PIC-XT eth0 --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:0f.0 ---- === Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. === === Next deducing cogent software === There is candidate modem software. For candidate modem in PCI bus: 00:0f.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 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 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) 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 Read Modem/YourSystem.txt concerning other COMM channels: eth0 eth0:avah 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 --------