I am trying intal Linux on an older Gateway desktop computer (1.8 Ghz Pentium Processor with 500 Meg or RAM and 2 hard drives, a 40 Gig and a 20 Gig - it was Purchased in 2001), and I want to see if I can get the modem to work. I ran the ScanModem utility and this is the contents of the ModemData.txt file that was generated. Can you give me some informaton if my modem will work with Linux and if so, what will I need to make it work. Thanks for any informaition you can provide. Gary Haberstroh -------------------------- System information ---------------------------- CPU=i686, The Magic of MEPIS TM All software available for/with MEPIS is subject to various copyright, patent, and trademark restrictions that affect your ability to use and share software. Many of the programs included with MEPIS Linux products are GPL licensed to give you the right to use that software but oddly limits your right to share or redistribute the software. Please use all software legally and ethically. For more information about Linux software licenses, visit http://www.mepis.org/licenses Unless otherwise stated in an official EULA, MEPIS Linux products come with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Press Ctrl-Alt-F7, or maybe Ctrl-Alt-F8, for graphical login screen Linux version 2.6.15-27-desktop (root@mepis-pro) (gcc version 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)) #1 PREEMPT Sun Mar 11 21:36:14 EDT 2007 scanModem update of: 20071019 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 = 1.0.14rc2 USB modem not detected by lsusb Modem or candidate host audio card have firmware information and diagnostics: PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name ---------- --------- --------- -------------- 0000:02:0a.0 14e4:4212 14e4:0001 Modem: Broadcom Corporation BCM4212 v.90 56k modem Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 0000:02:0a.0 ---- [17179570.416000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0a.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 === Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. === === Next deducing cogent software === There is candidate modem software. For candidate modem in PCI bus: 0000:02:0a.0 Class 0703: 14e4:4212 Modem: Broadcom Corporation BCM4212 v.90 56k modem Primary PCI_id 14e4:4212 Support type needed or chipset: Broadcom Under Linux 2.6.n kernels, the chipset is NOT SUPPORTED . Read InfoGeneral.txt about alternatives. Vendor 14e4 is Broadcom http://www.broadcom.com/ , now focusing on broadband tools. 14e4:4212 is the PCI id of a BCM V.90 56k modem There is no support under 2.6.n kernels for the 14e4:4212 modems. There is a driver for 2.2.n kernels called BCOM_WAN_V20. Search for it at http://www.dell.com However the code has not been updated for some time. For 2.4 kernels, a fix by Giacomo Comes must be used. See : http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-third/msg01652.html http://cengique.2y.net/~cengiz/BCMSM/ There are BCM Subsystems 14e4:4d64 serving under Intel ICH series softmodem controllers. which are supported. Their AC97 codecs are BCM64 or SIL24. Kernels of version 2.6.6 or later are necessary. See success reports: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-fifth/msg02486.html http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-fourth/msg03690.html http://oboc.ucdavis.edu/Marik/inspiron/ The support is typically achieved through the snd-intel8x0m driver, plus slmodemd helper. ====== end Broadcom section ======= Completed candidate modem analyses. The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 4.0.3 and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.0.3 linux-headers-2.6.15-27-desktop resources needed for compiling are not manifestly ready! If compiling is necessary packages must be installed, providing: kernel-source-2.6.15-27-desktop For Debian and some related distributions, a package kernel-kbuild-2.6-15 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 257720 2006-07-05 09:00 /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 noipdefault passive 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: /etc/udev/60-symlinks.rules:# Create /dev/modem symlink /etc/udev/60-symlinks.rules:KERNEL=="ttyLTM[0-9]*", SYMLINK+="modem" /etc/udev/mepis-network.rules:# modems /etc/udev/mepis-network.rules:KERNEL="ttyLTM0", SYMLINK="modem" /etc/udev/mepis-network.rules:KERNEL="536ep0", SYMLINK="modem" /etc/udev/rules.d/010_mepis-network.rules:# modems /etc/udev/rules.d/010_mepis-network.rules:KERNEL="ttyLTM0", SYMLINK="modem" /etc/udev/rules.d/010_mepis-network.rules:KERNEL="536ep0", SYMLINK="modem" /etc/udev/rules.d/60-symlinks.rules:# Create /dev/modem symlink /etc/udev/rules.d/60-symlinks.rules:KERNEL=="ttyLTM[0-9]*", SYMLINK+="modem" 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/alsa-base-blacklist:# Uncomment these entries in order to blacklist unwanted modem drivers /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist:# blacklist snd-atiixp-modem /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist:# blacklist snd-via82xx-modem /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 --------
