Hi
Here are the complete instructions do get the Motorola Si3054 Modem
(vendor: 1057, device 3055) to run on a debian based 64bit linux
distribution.
Good luck!
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Internal Modem Motorola Si3054 1057:3055 (Intel HDA subdevice)
As found for example in a Twinhead J12S laptop
To be sure, that you have the same modem, type on a console:
cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#1
this should give you:
Codec: Motorola Si3054
Address: 1
Vendor Id: 0x10573055
...
Getting the modem working on a debian based 64bit distribution
(I worked with Kubuntu 7.10, Amd64, but things should be very similar on any other debian based 64bit distribution.)
1. Open a console
2. get root rights:
with ubuntu, kubuntu etc.:
$ sudo su on
other debian distributions:
$ su
3. install lib32asound2 (a 32bit library needed, as all the versions of slmodem source code used to compile slmodemd have a component compiled by the original Smartink owner with a 32 bit compiler. Hence the modem will not work in the full 64 bit mode.):
# apt-get update
# apt-get install lib32asound2
If not already installed, install wvdial:
# apt-get install wvdial
4. As Ubuntu doesn't provides a 64bit sl-modem-daemon,
you have to download sl-modem-daemon_2.9.9d+e-pre2-11_amd64.deb or any newer version from
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/amd64/sl-modem-daemon/download
to your desktop.
(in case you are working with debian lenny, you can install the package directly via apt-get
and ignore step 5:
# apt-get install sl-modem-daemon )
5. install the downloaded package:
# cd /home/<your name>/Desktop
(replace <your name> by your user name)
# dpkg -i sl-modem-daemon_2.9.9d+e-pre2-11_amd64.deb
Probably you get the following message:
Only access through ALSA is available on amd64 but slamr driver was chosen!
Make sure that an ALSA driver for your chipset is available and is loaded
and that access to SmartLink modem components is supported by it.
invoke-rc.d: initscript sl-modem-daemon, action "start" failed.
Don't worry about that!
6. now check, which version of slmodemd has been installed:
# slmodemd --version
If you get:
SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.11 ...
you can directly jump to step 8
If you get:
SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.9 ...
go on with step 7
7. Download SLMODEMD.gcc4.1.tar.gz (it's important that you chose version 4.1, not 4.2!) from
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/
to your desktop.
unpack it:
# tar xzf SLMODEMD.gcc4.1.tar.gz
make a copy of the existing file /usr/sbin/slmodemd:
# mv /usr/sbin/slmodemd /usr/sbin/slmodemd_orig
copy slmodemd from the downloaded archiv to /usr/sbin:
# cp SLMODEMD.gcc4.1/slmodemd /usr/sbin/
now check the version again, which should give 2.9.11 now:
# slmodemd --version
8. Now edit as root /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon and add or change the following lines:
SLMODEMD_DEVICE=hw:0,6
SLMODEMD_COUNTRY=<your country name>
In SWITZERLAND for example this means:
SLMODEMD_DEVICE=hw:0,6
SLMODEMD_COUNTRY=SWITZERLAND
Save the file.
9. Now run
# wvdialconf
This should detect your modem and write create or change the file /etc/wvdial.conf
Now edit /etc/wvdial.conf and enter the details to connect with your provider:
For example for sunrise freesurf in Switzerland:
Phone = 0840555555
Username = sunrise
Password = freesurf
Also add the following lines:
Init3 = ATX3
Carrier Check = no
Stupid Mode = on
If you get a very low connection speed, you also might set:
Baud = 115200
(instead of Baud = 460800)
Save the file.
10. Now connect the laptop with a modem cable to your telephone line
start slmodemd:
# slmodemd -c SWITZERLAND --alsa hw:0,6
(replace SWITZERLAND with your country name)
If you get an error, maybe slmodemd is already running, so check:
# ps -A | grep slmodemd
If you get a line like this:
5318 ? 00:00:00 slmodemd
You have to stop slmodemd using the number of the slmodemd process you find at the beginning of the line:
# kill 5318
Then try again:
# slmodemd -c SWITZERLAND --alsa hw:0,6
(replace SWITZERLAND with your country name)
Then keep this console open and open a second console and start wvdial:
$ sudo wvdial
Now the modem should dial and you should get an internet connection
You can stop with
CTRL-C
(sometimes it's necessary to retry serveral times till you get a connection)
11. Options
If this doesn't work for you, you can try to alter the entries in /etc/wvdial.conf
for example you can try:
Stupid Mode = off
If you want to use kppp instead of wvdial to connect to the internet, you might have to configure your modem as /dev/ttySL0 first.
Good luck!
