John Re: I have a P&A Technology 56k modem FCC No: H52PT -3020 connected to serial port but its not recognised. Try $ su root # wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf which should detect an external serial modem. MarvS On Nov 12, 2007 9:42 PM, Mags <jonmar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > G'day! > > I'm a newbye to Linux having recently installed Fedora to my desktop PC > in dual boot with Windows XP Pro. > > I have a P&A Technology 56k modem FCC No: H52PT -3020 connected to > serial port but its not recognised. I need all the help I can get at > this stage as I'm a tad confused - with info overload. > > I'm located in sunny Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. > > Regards > > JohnB > > Only plain text email is forwarded by the Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx List Server, > as HTML can contain viruses. Use as the email Subject Line: > YourName, YourCountry Fedora release 7 (Moonshine) > Kernel kernel 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 > With this Subject Line cogent experts will be alerted, and useful case names left in the Archive. > YourCountry will enable Country specific guidance. Your contry's local Linux experts > can be found through: http://www.linux.org/groups/index.html > Responses from Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are sometimes blocked by an Internet Provider mail filters. > So in a day, also check the Archived responses at http://www.linmodems.org > -------------------------- 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: 20071107 > > > 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 > ALSA update guidance is in http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-seventh/msg00282.html > > Copying ALSA diagnostics to Modem/ALSAJohnB.tgz > ALSAversion = 1.0.14rc2 > > Summary card and chipset information is in: > /proc/asound/cards: > 0 [V8233A ]: VIA8233A - VIA 8233A > VIA 8233A with ALC101 at 0xec00, irq 19 > 1 [UART ]: MPU-401 UART - MPU-401 UART > MPU-401 UART at 0x300, irq 5 > > /proc/asound/pcm: > 00-00: VIA 8233A : VIA 8233A : playback 1 : capture 1 > > USB modem not detected by lsusb > > > There is candidate modem software. > > > The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev > > The kernel was compiled with gcc version 4.1.2 and a compiler is not installed > > linux-headers-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 resources needed for compiling are not manifestly ready! > > If compiling is necessary packages must be installed, providing: > gcc-4.1 kernel-source-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 > > > 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: > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 312332 2006-12-01 23:54 /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 > > 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/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 -------- > > >
