I am running Ubuntu on an old PC. Below is the contents of ModemData produced by scanModem. Would some kind soul please tell me *exactly* what I must now do in order to be able to dial up from my modem? I have an ISP number and login. When I connect to the ISP from an XP laptop, I set the connection to "obtain an IP address automatically" and "obtain DNS server address automatically". How do I do this from Ubuntu? Thanks a lot. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 kernel 2.6.22-14-generic 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, 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: 2007-20-07 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 [AudioPCI ]: ENS1371 - Ensoniq AudioPCI Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0x1040, irq 11 /proc/asound/pcm: 00-01: ES1371/2 : ES1371 DAC1 : playback 1 00-00: ES1371/1 : ES1371 DAC2/ADC : 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 ---------- --------- --------- -------------- 00:10.0 12b9:1006 12b9:007f Communication controller: 3Com Corp, Modem Division WinModem Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: 11: 3781 XT-PIC-XT uhci_hcd:usb1, Ensoniq AudioPCI, eth0 --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:10.0 ---- [ 62.805867] PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:10.0 === Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. === === Next deducing cogent software === There is candidate modem software. For candidate modem in PCI bus: 00:10.0 Class 0780: 12b9:1006 Communication controller: 3Com Corp, Modem Division WinModem Primary PCI_id 12b9:1006 Support type needed or chipset: 3COM.winmodem Under Linux 2.6.n kernels, the chipset is NOT SUPPORTED . Read InfoGeneral.txt about alternatives. Vendor 10b7 3COM Inc. purchased the vendor 12b9 US Robotics modem technology. Their winmodems have no Linux support. Their controller chipset modems are supported by the Linux serial drivers. The PCI id 12b9:1006 modem is Not_Supported. PCI ID Name Support status ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- 10b7:1006 3COM 0038TA AC101 - TF Mini-PCI winmodem, not supported 10b7:1007 3COM 3C556 V.90 Mini-PCI winmodem, not supported 12b9:1006 US Robotics 3cp803598 Voice winmodem, not supported 12b9:1007 US Robotics ERL3263A-0 DF GWPCI PC99 winmodem, not supported 12b9:0062 US Robotics erk41926a-0.6 usr 56k serial driver supported 12b9:1008 US Robotics 3cp803598 serial driver supported ====== end 3COM 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 21:57 /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 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: 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 -------- ************************************************************************************* This e-mail is confidential, the property of NDS Ltd and intended for the addressee only. 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