Thank you Jacques, that seems really promising... How can I change into the 32-bit-mode? My search through tutorials had no results, sorry. Another phenomen appears after installing the HSF-driver: I have no more sound even after running alsaconf. Walter - no expert at all :-( Am Donnerstag, den 15.11.2007, 19:39 +0200 schrieb Jacques Goldberg: > Walter, > You should try to use your modem while running your system in 32 bits mode. > You have installed the correct hsf driver. > > Finally, to debug, you should better directly use wvdial than any more > user friendly GUI to start your modem session. > When wvdialconf will recognize your modem, your connection will > work, but in 32 bits mode only. > > Please always write to discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx , not to me: several > experts read you there, myself included (if considered an expert). > Jacques > > Walter Jungwirth wrote: > > Hallo Jacques, > > > > Thank you for your anwer, I did not expect one so quickly! > > I just took my driver from the linuxant.com - Download page, > > corresponding to the kernel I use, and it seems that you are right, that > > there is probably no driver available for my machine. Anyhow, I unpacked > > it and installed it with yast - no problem, no warning or something like > > that. > > I configured the modem with yast (indicated still as unknown) tried as > > root with "ifdown eth0" and "ifup modem0", started kinternet without any > > result. > > But still I am not sure if my modem is a Conexant HSF modem, given my > > problems to understand the text. > > > > To know what kind of modem I have would be the first step, right? > > > > Do you have any idea what to do further - I have a network connection at > > home, but not everywhere where I would like to use my notebook. > > > > Thank you very much! > > Walter > > > > > > Am Donnerstag, den 15.11.2007, 15:15 +0200 schrieb Jacques Goldberg: > >> Herrn Walter, > >> > >> You say: I tried to install an Conexant HSF driver without result > >> Could you please say which result you expected, and what you did, step > >> by step, to try to achieve it? > >> > >> Let me say why I ask. > >> I cannot guess WHICH driver is "an Conexant HSF driver". Which driver > >> file? Taken from where? > >> The right place to take an HSF driver is > >> http://www.linuxant.com/drivers, via "Download" in the "HSF" menu. > >> In the table of distributions, for your Suse 10.3 Linux distribution, > >> only i386 , not X86_64, is supported. > >> > >> Please understand that we cannot guess what you have done or not. > >> > >> Jacques > >> > >> > >> Walter Jungwirth wrote: > >>> I have an ACER Extensa 5220 Notebook and am not able to identify my > >>> modem. I tried to install an Conexant HSF driver without result. Below > >>> the Modem DATA text of scan modem. > >>> Would you please be so kind to help me? > >>> > >>> Thank you very much! > >>> Walter > >>> > >>> 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 > >>> Welcome to openSUSE 10.3 (X86-64) - Kernel kernel 2.6.22.5-31-default > >>> 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=x86_64, > >>> Welcome to openSUSE 10.3 (X86-64) - Kernel > >>> Linux version 2.6.22.5-31-default (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.2.1 > >>> (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP 2007/09/21 22:29:00 UTC > >>> 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/ALSAroot.tgz > >>> ALSAversion = 1.0.14 > >>> > >>> Summary card and chipset information is in: > >>> /proc/asound/cards: > >>> 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel > >>> HDA Intel at 0xfc300000 irq 22 > >>> > >>> /proc/asound/pcm: > >>> 00-02: ALC268 Analog : ALC268 Analog : capture 2 > >>> 00-00: ALC268 Analog : ALC268 Analog : playback 1 : capture 2 > >>> > >>> USB modem not detected by lsusb > >>> > >>> For candidate card, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are: > >>> > >>> PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name > >>> ---------- --------- --------- -------------- > >>> 00:1b.0 8086:284b 1025:011f Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H > >>> > >>> Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: > >>> 22: 820 IO-APIC-fasteoi tifm_7xx1, ohci1394, yenta, HDA > >>> Intel, sdhci:slot0 > >>> --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:1b.0 ---- > >>> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 > >>> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64 > >>> > >>> === Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. === > >>> === Next deducing cogent software === > >>> > >>> The High Defintion Audio card with PCI ID 8086:284b may host a soft > >>> modem chip. > >>> ---ALSA bootup diagnostics --- > >>> > >>> The HDA modem codec file is: /proc/asound/card0/codec#1 > >>> ----------------------------------- > >>> Codec: Conexant ID 2c06 > >>> Address: 1 > >>> Vendor Id: 0x14f12c06 > >>> Subsystem Id: 0x10250093 > >>> Revision Id: 0x100000 > >>> Modem Function Group: 0x2 > >>> > >>> The NotDetermined is not supported by this kernel. > >>> > >>> There is candidate modem software. > >>> > >>> For candidate modem in PCI bus: 00:1b.0 > >>> Class 0403: 8086:284b Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H > >>> Primary PCI_id 8086:284b > >>> Subsystem PCI_id 1025:011f > >>> Softmodem codec or chipset from diagnostics: > >>> from Archives: > >>> > >>> > >>> Lacking a dsp (digital signal processing) chip, the modem is a > >>> software > >>> intensive or "softmodem" type. Its primary controller manages the > >>> traffic > >>> with the CPU. But the software needed is specified in the Subsystem. > >>> ----------------------------------------- > >>> Support type needed or chipset: > >>> > >>> Support can likely be achieved through two mutually exclusive > >>> alternatives: > >>> 1) The hsfmodem software for Conexant chipset modems: Read Conexant.txt > >>> The following ALSA alternative CANNOT work with Conexant modems. > >>> > >>> 2) An ALSA modem driver plus slmodemd. Read Smartlink.txt for details, > >>> and > >>> to test get the package SLMODEMD.gcc4.2.tar.gz from: > >>> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/ > >>> > >>> > >>> Writing Intel.txt > >>> > >>> 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 > >>> > >>> Read Conexant.txt > >>> > >>> Writing Conexant.txt > >>> > >>> Writing Smartlink.txt > >>> ============ end Smartlink section ===================== > >>> > >>> > >>> The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev > >>> > >>> The kernel was compiled with gcc version 4.2.1 and a compiler is not > >>> installed > >>> > >>> linux-headers-2.6.22.5-31-default resources needed for compiling are > >>> not manifestly ready! > >>> > >>> If compiling is necessary packages must be installed, providing: > >>> gcc-4.2 kernel-source-2.6.22.5-31-default > >>> > >>> > >>> 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: > >>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root dialout 347008 21. Sep 21:51 /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 > >>> noipdefault > >>> noauth > >>> crtscts > >>> lock > >>> modem > >>> asyncmap 0 > >>> nodetach > >>> lcp-echo-interval 30 > >>> lcp-echo-failure 4 > >>> lcp-max-configure 60 > >>> lcp-restart 2 > >>> idle 600 > >>> noipx > >>> file /etc/ppp/filters > >>> > >>> 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: > >>> /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules:KERNEL=="mwave", NAME="modems/% > >>> k", GROUP="uucp" > >>> /etc/udev/rules.d/77-network.rules:SUBSYSTEM=="net", > >>> ENV{INTERFACE}=="ppp*|ippp*|isdn*|plip*|lo*|irda*|dummy*|ipsec*|tun*| > >>> tap*|bond*|vlan*|modem*|dsl*", GOTO="skip_ifup" > >>> 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 -------- > >>> > >>>
