Re: Lucent winmodem - USA Ubuntu 7.10

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Dale,

So the install was fine.  Next you should
$ sudo make agrmodem
$ sudo agrserial
which should announce creation of /dev/ttySM0
Then try detecting the modem with
$ wvdialconf  /etc/wvdial.conf

Report back any error messages

MarvS



On Nov 24, 2007 10:13 AM, Dale Simmons <allblues@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Marvin Stodolsky wrote:
>
>
>  RE When I ran "make install" again, I still get the missing file warning
> What were the full filenames of the libc6-dev and linux-libc-dev,
> which you installed, presumable with a command like:
> $ sudo dpkg -i lib*
>
> Copy us the full failure message during the compile.
> Agrsm is the proper package to try first
>
> MarvS
> scanModem maintainer
>
>
> On 11/23/07, Dale Simmons <allblues@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>  Hello
>  I'm stumped! I've run scanModem - results are attached - which tells
> me to use the AGRSM driver (I think). I've run it several times and when
> I "make install" it tells me that there is a file missing.
>  Through windows, I downloaded libc6-dev and linux-libc-dev, moved to
> a Linux partition, and installed. When I ran "make install" again, I
> still get the missing file warning.
>  Though I'm starting to become familiar again with the command line
> (long time since DOS 5.0), I'm stumped!
>  Any help would be appreciated. Any more info needed, just ask. Thanks
>
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> -------------------------- System information ----------------------------
> CPU=i686,
> Linux version 2.6.22-14-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929
> (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007
>  scanModem update of: 20071109
>
>
>  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. High Definition Audio (HDA) cards can
> themselves host
> a softmodem chipset, with both audio+modem supported by a snd-hda-intel
> driver.
> The ALSA diagnostics are written during bootup to /proc/asound/ folders.
>
>
>  Modem not detected though HDA card diagnostics, though not excluding
>  a possible Conexant modem chip impervious to ALSA diagnostics.
>  Proceeding through alternative possibilties.
>
> Summary card and chipset information is in:
> /proc/asound/cards:
>  0 [ICH ]: NFORCE - Intel ICH
>  Intel ICH with ALC850 at irq 19
>
> /proc/asound/pcm:
> 00-02: Intel ICH - IEC958 : Intel ICH - IEC958 : playback 1
> 00-01: Intel ICH - MIC ADC : Intel ICH - MIC ADC : capture 1
> 00-00: Intel ICH : Intel ICH : playback 1 : capture 1
>
>  A copy of /proc/asound had been copied to Modem/ALSAroot.tgz
> USB modem not detected by lsusb
>
> For candidate card, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
>
>  PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
>  ---------- --------- --------- --------------
>  03:08.0 11c1:0620 11c1:0620 Communication controller: Agere Systems Unknown
> device 0620
>
>  Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
>  15: 1 1024 IO-APIC-edge ide1
>  --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 03:08.0 ----
>
>  === Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. ===
>  === Next deducing cogent software ===
>
>
> There is candidate modem software.
>
>  For candidate modem in PCI bus: 03:08.0
>  Class 0780: 11c1:0620 Communication controller: Agere Systems Unknown
> device 0620
>  Primary PCI_id 11c1:0620
>  Support type needed or chipset: Agere.SV2P
>
>
>
>  Vendor 11c1 is Lucent Technologies with modem technology now under LSI Inc.
> Their Linux code developer/maintainer is Soumyendu Sarkar. Support for a
> chipset and its
>  continued maintenance is only initiated at the request of a major chipset
> buyer,
>  or comparable sponsor. Several different modem chipset types are produced:
>  with varying support under Linux.
>  Device ID Support Name Comment
>  --------- ------------- ----------- -----------------------------
>  0480 serial drivers Venus controller chipset 1673JV7
>  0440-045d martian Mars/Apollo DSP (digital signal processing) chipsets
>  0462 none 56K.V90/ADSL Wildwire
>  048d none SV2P soft modem
>  048(c or f) AGRSM SV2P soft modem
>  0600 none soft modem, very few in the field.
>  0620 AGRSM Pinball soft modem, in some HP desktop PCs
>  062(1-3) none SV92PP,Pinball soft modem, in some HP desktop PCs
>
> martian - At
> http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/martian/
>
> AGRSM - At http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/packages/ltmodem/sv92/ Read
> Agrsm.txt
> Read Agrsm.txt
> -------------- end Agere Systems section -------------------
>
>  Completed candidate modem analyses.
>
>  The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev
>
>  Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 4.1.3
>  and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.1.3
>
>
>
>  Minimal compiling resources appear complete:
>  make utility - /usr/bin/make
>  Compiler version 4.1
>  linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-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 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 269256 2007-10-04 14:57 /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
>
>
>  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 --------
>
>
>
>
>  !DSPAM:2822,4747bedd30181419817662!
>
>
>
>
>  Marv
>     Thanks for replying.
>     I've attached the info you requested: text1
>     The files were installed with the command: "$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb".
>     If you need any more info - let me know.
>     I bought this modem from Newegg after looking at the maker's support
> site and finding drivers for Linux. There are drivers for:
>          kernel 2.4
>               Redhat 8
>               Redhat 9
>  and kernel 2.6
>               Mandrake 10.1
>               SuSe 9.1
>               SuSe 9.2
>               Fedora 3
>  I tried using the kernel 2.6 drivers and they all come up with "can't find
> directory" errors. I'm assuming there is a different directory structure
> between Ubuntu and these other distros. If you think these drivers might
> help either me, or someone else with this chipset, let me know. I'll be more
> than happy to send them to you.
>
>         Thanks for your help.
>
>            Dale Simmons
>
> This is a copy and paste from terminal for "make module" and "make intall":
>
> dales69@dales69-FrontRoom:~$ cd agrsmA1
> dales69@dales69-FrontRoom:~/agrsmA1$ sudo make module
> [sudo] password for dales69:
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/dales69/agrsmA1
> modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic'
>   Building modules, stage 2.
>   MODPOST 2 modules
> WARNING: could not find /home/dales69/agrsmA1/.agrsm_core.o.cmd for
> /home/dales69/agrsmA1/agrsm_core.o
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic'
> dales69@dales69-FrontRoom:~/agrsmA1$ sudo make install
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/build M="/home/dales69/agrsmA1"
> modules_install
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic'
>   INSTALL /home/dales69/agrsmA1/agrmodem.ko
>   INSTALL /home/dales69/agrsmA1/agrserial.ko
>   DEPMOD  2.6.22-14-generic
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic'
> if ! /sbin/modprobe -nq agrmodem.ko ; then /sbin/depmod -a; fi
> dales69@dales69-FrontRoom:~/agrsmA1$
>
> The full names of the files are:
> libc6-dev_2.6.1-1ubuntu9_i386.deb
> linux-libc-dev_2.6.22-14.46_i386.deb
>
> Thanks
>
>

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