hello friends,
my name is vibin from INDIA, iam a new to linux os and i am using dream linux latest version.i need help to set up my dial up modem. i attached the file generated by scanmodem.
expecting your help as fast as possible
thanking you for your services
vibin
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-------------------------- System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Linux version 2.6.18.1-kanotix-1 (root@linux) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061028 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-19)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 29 15:15:15 EST 2006
scanModem update of: 20071030
There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files
The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) packages providing audio support on your System,
also includes drivers for some modems. Diagnostics are under the /proc/asound/ folders.
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.
Audio cards with the ALC883 chipset may require an upgrade to ALSA version 1.0.15 for modem support, see
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-seventh/msg02577.html
Copying ALSA diagnostics to Modem/ALSAvibin.tgz
ALSAversion = 1.0.13
Summary card and chipset information is in:
/proc/asound/cards:
0 [V8237 ]: VIA8237 - VIA 8237
VIA 8237 with ALC655 at 0xec00, irq 185
1 [Bt878 ]: Bt87x - Brooktree Bt878
Brooktree Bt878 at 0xf6010000, irq 193
/proc/asound/pcm:
00-01: VIA 8237 : VIA 8237 : playback 1 : capture 1
00-00: VIA 8237 : VIA 8237 : playback 4 : capture 1
01-01: Bt87x Analog : Bt87x Analog : capture 1
01-00: Bt87x Digital : Bt87x Digital : capture 1
USB modem not detected by lsusb
For candidate card, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:08.0 14f1:2f30 14f1:205d Communication controller: Conexant Unknown device 2f30
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:08.0 ----
=== Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. ===
=== Next deducing cogent software ===
There is candidate modem software.
For candidate modem in PCI bus: 00:08.0
Class 0780: 14f1:2f30 Communication controller: Conexant Unknown device 2f30
Primary PCI_id 14f1:2f30
Support type needed or chipset: hsfmodem
For owners of a Dell PCs with Conexant HSF modems, a driver source package with full speed enabled is available, but requires driver compiling. Read Conexant.txt
The hsfmodem package serves a great variety of Conexant chipset modems.
Start at http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf for
eventually download of a hsfmodem-SomeVersion.zip package with
SomeVersion containing your kernel_version 2.6.18.1-kanotix-1 in the filename if possible.
These packages have compiled drivers. Otherwise download the generic
hsfmodem-Version.tar.gz package. Its usage will require compiling.
Read Conexant.txt
Writing Conexant.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
Minimal compiling resources appear complete:
make utility - /usr/bin/make
Compiler version 4.1
linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.18.1-kanotix-1/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.
For Debian and some related distributions, a package kernel-kbuild-2.6-18 may be needed to support driver compiling
If a driver compilation fails, with message including some lack of some FileName.h (stdio.h for example), then
Some additional kernel-header files need installation to /usr/include. The minimal additional packages are libc6-dev
and any of its dependents, under Ubuntu linux-libc-dev
If an alternate ethernet connection is available,
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get -s install linux-kernel-devel
will install needed pacakage
For Debian/Ubuntu related distributions, run the following command to display the needed package list:
Otherwise packages have to be found through http://packages.ubuntu.com
Once downloaded and transferred into a Linux partition,
they can be installed alltogether with:
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Checking pppd properties:
-rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 260920 Mar 18 2007 /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
auth
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.
==========================================================
# start/stop the daemon when the USB modem is connected
KERNEL=="slusb[0-9]*", GROUP="dialout", RUN+="/etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon"
Checking for modem support lines:
--------------------------------------
/device/modem symbolic link:
slmodemd created symbolic link /dev/ttySL0:
Within /etc/udev/ files:
/etc/udev/rules.d/030_sl-modem-daemon.rules:# start/stop the daemon when the USB modem is connected
/etc/udev/rules.d/030_sl-modem-daemon.rules:KERNEL=="slusb[0-9]*", GROUP="dialout", RUN+="/etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon"
/etc/udev/sl-modem-daemon.rules:# start/stop the daemon when the USB modem is connected
/etc/udev/sl-modem-daemon.rules:KERNEL=="slusb[0-9]*", GROUP="dialout", RUN+="/etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon"
Within /etc/modprobe.conf files:
/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/sl-modem-daemon.modutils:install slamr modprobe --ignore-install ungrab-winmodem ; modprobe --ignore-install slamr; test -e /dev/slamr0 || (/bin/mknod -m 660 /dev/slamr0 c 242 0 2>/dev/null && chgrp dialout /dev/slamr0)
/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:
/etc/modules.conf:options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
/etc/modules.conf:options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
/etc/modules.conf:# Uncomment these entries in order to blacklist unwanted modem drivers
/etc/modules.conf:# alias snd-atiixp-modem off
/etc/modules.conf:# alias snd-via82xx-modem off
/etc/modules.conf:### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/sl-modem-daemon.modutils
/etc/modules.conf:### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/sl-modem-daemon.modutils
--------- end modem support lines --------
Modem Type Readout and Supporting Software Identification.
-------------------------------------------------------
Most add on cards to motherboards (including modems) adhere to a PCI standard, for
which there is firmware on the card which can be readout, providing setup parameters
and specification of the required software. This works under Linux provided that
drivers are resident. Herein is the practical problem. During the evolution of
modems, some of the complementing software components became Proprietary and
Closed Source. A consequence is that for reasons of Legality and/or Principle,
many Linux distributions do not distribute such modem drivers with the regular
releases, even when the modem chipset designer does provide Linux support code.
Without the drivers, additional assistance is needed to identify the modem
chipset and its complementing software.
The scanModem script includes four routines to determine the software required:
1) Read outs with a lspci tool accessing firmware on PCI cards.
2) A test using modem drivers already on your system as part of the ALSA (Advanced Linux
Sound Architecture) software package. See Smartlink.txt for details.
3) Comparison of Primary+Subsystem PCI IDs with others historically gathered, and
then archived within scanModem.
4) A test requiring the SmartLink slamr.ko driver. See Smartlink.txt for details.
Should these not be adequate, there are directions below for doing diagnostics during
an alernate Microsoft Windows bootup.
Stop here on a first reading, and just run
./scanModem
Read on later if you are interested in details, OR
need instructions for doing modem diagnostics under Microsoft.
Using MicroSoft(MS) Windows:
-----------------------------
MS installations do generally have adequate diagostic capability. Try the following
routine 1), beginning with mouse clicks on:
1) Start > Settings > Control Panel > Classical View (for Window XP) > System
> Hardware > Device Manager > Modems > Click on the + > Modem. Double click to
expand the graphic. Manufacturer information may be displayed. For example, CXT
stands for Conexant. Click the Diagnostics Tab. Record any hardware ID or vendor
and device information.
Next do the Query Modem and record the ATI specifications displayed such as:
ATI3 - Agere SoftModem Version 2.1.22
ATI5 - 2.1.22, AMR Intel MB, AC97 ID:SIL REV:0x27
Try to identify the modem setup file, with name perhaps MODEM.INF.
2) Open a COMM console. Send ATI commands to the modem (ATI, ATI1, ATI2, etc)
which may elicit chipset and driver information. Here is an example:
ATI3 - Agere SoftModem Version 2.1.22
ATI5 - 2.1.22, AMR Intel MB, AC97 ID:SIL REV:0x27
successfully identifying an Agere SoftModem chipset, both by name and through
the softmodem SIL ID: AC97 ID:SIL REV:0x27
The IBM mwave modem:
This has a DSP chip usually seated on the motherboard. Not carried on a PCI card
it cannot be detected by scanModem. However, the mwave driver is included in
2.6.n kernel releases.
So try:
# modprobe mwave
Either the module will load or the absence of the modem will be indicated by:
FATAL: Error inserting mwave (/lib/modules/2.6.10-1-
686/kernel/drivers/char/mwave/mwave.ko): Input/output error
See http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/mini/ACP-Modem/ for details on this modem.
Modem evolution:
----------------
Here is a very abbreviated history on how modem evolutionary development. The
earliest modems (MOdulate and DEModulate signals for phone lines transmission)
managed all signal proceesing on the modem card through actions of expensive
Controllers chipsets with DSP (digital signal processing) capability. Copyrighted
Vn.nm compression routines were also encoded in the chipset. Under Linux, an Open
Source serial driver was the minimal complementing software. This generation of
Controller chipset modems placed minimal burden on the early slow central
processing unips (CPU) of personal computers, such as the Intel 386.
As CPUs became faster, it was feasible to transfer some modem functions to
the CPU. A 2nd generation of modems retained a DSP chip, but Controller functions
were software driven on the CPU. A benefit was that modem hardware became cheaper.
But sadly the supporting software was Proprietary. Worst, some Intellectual Property
components were Closed Source to protect large investment in code development. Such
Controller free modems include the Conexant HCF, Intel-537EP and Mars chipset
modems from Lucent or its later subsidary, Agere Systems Inc.
As CPUs became even faster, even DSP functions could be software code driven on
the CPU. This third generation of modems are commonly called "softmodems". Their
complementing software is comparable in sizeto that of the Linux kernel itself. The
residual "modem chip" is very cheap, but the development of the complementing
software is a large investment on the part of the chip designer/maker.
Modem chipset determination under Linux:
---------------------------------------
The chipset of a modem determines which complementing software is required.
The Manufacturer and Model of an assembled modem are often inadequate to identify
the chipset. But sometimes there is an easy chipset identification. There is
a "lspci" utility provided in the Linux pciutils package. It reports the PCI
identifiers (IDs hereafter) or the Primary card, its Subsystem, and some setup
parameters written in firmware. For example, there is a softmodem in the
PCI bus of address 00:11.6 on my laptop. Shown below is firmware information
acquired by two lspci commands:
$ lspci -s 00:11.6
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller
$ lspci -s 00:11.6 -nv
00:11.6 0780: 1106:3068 (rev 80)
Subsystem: 14ff:100b
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 193
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
The translation is: The card inserted into PCI bus slot 00:11.6 is named
"Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller". The
modem was assembled by a Vendor with ID identification code 1106 . Among 1106's
products, it has a Device ID of 3068 in its 80th revison. This usually provides
adequate information, to get software from the Vendor designated by 1106 (VIA
Technologies, Inc. in this case) for their device designation 3068. The parameters
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 193
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
are determining by the environment of the host computer as reading modem firmware.
It may change if other hardware is added/removed from the host computer, or
under a change or Operating System (OS) kernel.
The problem for softmodems is that additional information is needed for the software
specification. The Subsystem Vendor_ID identifies only the assembler company. But
the modem chip housed in the Subsystem could be of a variety of types, each requiring
different support software. In general, a single Subsystem assembler could use a
variety of different softmodem chips. The Subsystem firwmare information on the chipset
is not accessible to lspci. Rather it requires usage of a modem driver, if one first had
some competent modem driver for minimal diagnostics.
Fortunately there are the software tools and drivers of the ALSA (Advanced Linux
Sound Architecture) suite. This includes modem drivers lacking COMM proficiency by
themselves, but enough capability to readout the Subsystem firmware. For the VIA
modem above, the encoded modem codec is SIL22, reporting that the softmodem chip was
made by SmartLink Inc.
It is important to emphasis, that AC'97 Modem Controllers are made by a variety
of companies, and each may house many different Subsystem modem chips. There is
an Archive within scanModem of those with previously identified codecs. For example,
the table for the 1106:3068 AC'97 Controller is:
codec SubSystems_with_codec ------------>
CXT 104d:8143 104d:80f6 1025:0030
SIL27 1102:0033 1025:0046 1025:0033 1734:1078 1509:2870 1025:0046
SIL22 1743:1032 10cf:118e 1734:1054 1462:309e 1631:e004 1543:4c22 161f:2032 and_more
SIL21 10cf:118e 13bd:1022 1543:4c21 1071:8375 1019:0c04 1458:1543 1019:b320
MOT66 1734:109b
Because of hardware configuration issues, the ALSA tools may initially fail. Then this
Archive is a fall back reporting the codec, and therefrom the needed software. For reasons
obscure, a single Subsystem ID may have different codecs under different Primary
controllers. Thus the pair Primary+Subsystem IDs must BOTH be retained to record
the codec.
In addition to the Modem Controllers adhering to the AC'97 specifications, softmodem
Subsystems may be hosted by High Definition Audio (HDA) cards such as the:
8086:2668 Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
These lack a softmodem codec. Instead the softmodem chip information acquired with ALSA
tools is within a folder: /proc/asound/card0/codec*#1/
and includes the Vendor ID of the softmodem chip, such as 14f1 corresponding to Conexant.
The software support:
---------------------
The CXT designation above is an abbreviation of CXT_some_number, for Conexant HSF softmodem
codecs. These now number some 41 (perhaps more) CXT. Fortunately, all these codecs are
supported by a single hsfmodem software package provided through http://www.Linuxant.com
The trial package is free, but locked to speeds of 14,400 K. A software key must be
purchased to enable full speed support, with future software updates free. There is NO
freeware alternative for the hsfmodem software. But Linuxant does provide pre-compiled
drivers for the more common Linux kernels, and their support services are good.
In the Table below, there are currently some 13 other softmodem codecs. Fortunately
all are supported by a combination of the ALSA modem drivers, the ALSA audio drivers
the modem drivers depend on, and a very smart helper utility from Smartlink Inc.,
the slmodemd helper. Sasha Kharposky wrote the Linux slmodemd utility and remains its
volunteer maintainer. It provides the cleverness to interface between the low level
ALSA modem driver and the pppd package communications codes. For details do:
$ slmodemd --help
and read associated documentation. The slmodemd is provided with some Linux distributions,
and can also be downloaded in SLMODEMD packages from:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/
Subsystems of AC'97 Modem Controllers
---------------------------------------
Subsystems for softmodems are primarily made by Silicon Labs (SIL) under
contract to companies like Intel, Agere Systems, Motorola etc. In the Table
below, ChipMadeBy does NOT imply software support directly from that
manufacturer. The chart of information below is largely harvested from messages
to discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
A codec_indent such as REV:0x27 is reported by diagnostics under Microsoft, as
illustrated above. The matching designations such as SIL27 are translations
under Linux, which are output by a diagnostic of the slamr.ko driver from the
SmartLink slmodem software.
SIL is an abbreviation for Silicon Laboratories Inc., which provides Subsystems
on order to many modem assemblers.
SML is used below as abbreviation for SmartLink Inc. with official driver
resources at http://www.smlink.com/main/index1.php?ln=en&main_id=40 . BUT use
updated resources at http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/.
ALSA+SML means use an ALSA modem driver plus the Smartlink slmodemd helper,
with the particular driver depending on the AC'97 or HDA host controller.
ID was originally a hexadecimal readout from 7c and 7e registers of the SubSystem,
but are translated into "english", as done automatically by the slamr driver.
ID chip_maker driver/helper sources
---------------- ----------------------
CXTnm Conexant hsfmodem package from http://www.linuxant.com with several hsf* drivers.
nm - a number
SIL25 Intel ALSA+SML or INTEL-537EP supported AA variant
INT65 Intel ALSA+SML or INTEL-537EP supported EA variant
SIL26 SML SML, slamr driver plus slmodemd
SIL27 AgereSystems ALSA+SML
SIL2F " ALSA+SML
MOT66 " ALSA+SML
AGR01 " ALSA+SML
AGR02 " ALSA+SML
SIL21 PCTel ALSA+SML
SIL23 PCTel ALSA+SML
SIL22 SML ALSA+SML
SIL24 Broadcom ALSA+SML
BCM64 Broadcom ALSA+SML, under Intel ICH family, AC'97 controllers.
----------------------------------------------
Subsystems with the above characteristics could reside under any of
the primary softmodem controllers listed below. Ignore the stuff after the > .
It serves during parsing of the Table by scan modem
Primary
PCI_IDs Name Possible support by:
--------------- ----------------------------- -------------------------
8086:2416 82801AA ICHAA AC97 Modem Controller> + A a p c .
8086:2426 82801AB ICHAB AC97 Modem Controller> + A a .
8086:7186 > c .
8086:7196 82440MX Banister AC97 Modem Controller > + A a c .
8086:2446 82801BA/BAM ICH2 AC97 Modem Controller > + A a p c .
8086:2486 82801CA/CAM ICH3 AC97 Modem Controller > + A a p c i .
8086:24c6 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)1DB ICH4 AC97 Modem Controller> + A a c i b .
8086:25a7 6300ESB AC97 Modem Controller NEW >
8086:24d6 82801EB/ER ICH5/ICH5SR AC97 Modem Controller> + A c i .
8086:8280 1EB ICH6 AC97 Modem Controller> + A c .
8086:2668 Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller> H c .
8086:266d Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC97 Modem Controller >
8086:2669 631xESB/632xESB AC97 Modem Controller NEW >
8086:27d8 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller HDA > .
8086:27dd (ICH7 Family) AC97 Modem Controller NEW >
8086:xxxx types above are from Intel>
1039:7013 SIS 630 > + a p c i .
1039:7018 SIS 960 > + i .
10de:01c1 Nvidia Corp > + i .
10de:00d9 Nvidia Corp > A c .
1106:3068 VIA > + a p c i .
1022:7446 AMD AC_LINK > + .
10b9:5450 ALI 5450 >
10b9:5451 ALI 5451 > + a c .
10b9:5453 ALI 5453 AC-Link > p c .
1025:5453 ALI 5453 AC-Link > c .
10b9:5457 ALI 5457 AC-Link > + p c i .
1025:5457 ALI 5457 AC-Link > c . .
1002:434d ATI > T a c i .
1002:437b ATI Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio a .
1002:4378 ATI > c .
1543:3052 SI3052 >
Class 0403, High Definition Audio Controllers (HDA)
-----------------------------------------------------
8086:2668 Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) HDA Controller
8086:27d8 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
1002:437b Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01)
10de:026c nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio
----------------------------------------------------
are the members of this family encountered as of September 2006.
From the file /proc/asound/card0/codec*#1/, there are the following Subsystem chips:
Vendor IDs Chip maker Support type
---------- ---------- -------------
0x14f12bfa Conexant hsfmodem , not slmodemd compatible
0x11c13026 AgereSystems snd-hda-intel, slmodemd
0x163c3055 Smartlink " "
0x163c3155 " " "
0x10573055 Motorola " "
0x10573155 " " "
