Hello,
several days are passed from my last message and I haven't received any
answer. I tried two other solutions to my problem, but they were
useless. I'll report them here because they might be of any use for you:
1. I have also an ethernet card in my computer so to avoid
incompatibility problems with the dial-up modem, I disconnected the
RJ-45 cable and I gave this command in the console:
$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down
At this point I verified that eth0 was down typing:
$ ifconfig
It was correctly down, but this changed nothing.
2. I tried these other Init string commands : +MS=33, +MS=56, +MS=90,
+MS=K56, S10=100 (in place of S0=0) and ATM1L1 (in place of ATQ0).
Sometimes I get "Bad init string" and sometimes I have the usual problem
(yet described) starting with "Timed out while dialing. Trying again."
I tried also to change the Baud value overwriting the standard value
with this: "Baud = 115200". Nothing changed :( .
Sorry, but I don't understand your silence: am I lacking some requests?
Is my modem not supported (if so, can you say it, please?)? What should
I do?
Sorry again for my insistence, but I'm quite confused...
Regards.
Emanuele
Emanuele Pagone ha scritto:
Thank you Jacques!
As I said in my first message, I'm very happy to send you my
ModemData.txt file. I'll paste it after my signature.
If can be useful, I'll say you my procedure to install the modem drivers:
1. With Synaptic package manager (Ubuntu 7.10), I've installed the
''sl-modem-daemon'' package.
2. I edited /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon to have
SLMODEMD_COUNTRY=ITALY
and
SLMODEMD_DEVICE=slamr0
3. Console commands:
$wget
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/Ubuntu/slamr-`uname
-r`.tar.gz
$tar -xzvf slamr-`uname -r`.tar.gz
$sudo mkdir /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra
$sudo cp slamr-`uname -r`/*.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/
$sudo depmod -a
$sudo /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon restart
4. Console command:
$sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
Bye.
Emanuele
PS. I'm sorry: just now I read that the mail object must be in
''YourName, YourCountry kernel 2.6.22-14-generic'' format, so I'm
adjusting the mail object accordingly. Please excuse me.
ModemData.txt:
-------------------------- System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686,
Linux version 2.6.22-14-generic (buildd@terranova) (gcc version 4.1.3
20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Tue Dec 18
08:02:57 UTC 2007
scanModem update of: 2008_06_01
There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files
The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) packages providing audio
support,
also includes drivers for some modems. The ALSA diagnostics are written
during
bootup to /proc/asound/ folders.
The /proc/asound/pcm file reports:
-----------------------
00-04: Intel ICH - IEC958 : Intel ICH5 - IEC958 : playback 1
00-03: Intel ICH - ADC2 : Intel ICH5 - ADC2 : capture 1
00-02: Intel ICH - MIC2 ADC : Intel ICH5 - MIC2 ADC : capture 1
00-01: Intel ICH - MIC ADC : Intel ICH5 - MIC ADC : capture 1
00-00: Intel ICH : Intel ICH5 : playback 1 : capture 1
about /proc/asound/cards:
------------------------
0 [ICH5 ]: ICH4 - Intel ICH5
Intel ICH5 with AD1985 at irq 22
1 [UART ]: MPU-401 UART - MPU-401 UART
MPU-401 UART at 0x300, irq 10
USB modem not detected by lsusb
For candidate card in slot 02:0c.0, firmware information and bootup
diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
02:0c.0 10b9:5459 10a5:5459 Modem: ALi Corporation SmartLink
SmartPCI561 56K Modem
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 02:0c.0 ----
[ 14.069898] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0c.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level,
low) -> IRQ 16
[ 14.071125] 0000:02:0c.0: ttyS2 at I/O 0xd428 (irq = 16) is a 8250
[ 14.071762] 0000:02:0c.0: ttyS3 at I/O 0xd440 (irq = 16) is a 8250
[ 14.071874] Couldn't register serial port 0000:02:0c.0: -28
=== Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. ===
=== Next deducing cogent software ===
For candidate modem in PCI bus: 02:0c.0
Class 0703: 10b9:5459 Modem: ALi Corporation SmartLink SmartPCI561
56K Modem
Primary PCI_id 10b9:5459
Support type needed or chipset: slamr
----------------end Softmodem section --------------
The modem is supported by the Smartlink slamr driver
plus the slmodemd helper utility. Read the
Smartlink.txt and Modem/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance.
For 2.6.22-14-generic compiling drivers is necessary. As of October 2007
the current packages at
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/ are the
ungrab-winmodem-20070505.tar.gz and slmodem-2.9.11-20070813.tar.gz
Writing Smartlink.txt
============ end Smartlink 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 package
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 20:57 /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/alsa-base:options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
/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
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
--------- end modem support lines --------
Jacques Goldberg ha scritto:
You have to understand that these soft modems may seem to work (and
yiu hear the noise, but how since the SmartLink driver does not
support sound ?) but what you send to the modem goes into vacuum if
you do not have the right driver.
So, to know exactly what your modem has in its guts, and then help
you, we need the report ModemData.txt prepared by scanModem:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/#scanModem
Jacques
Emanuele Pagone wrote:
Hello,
I've installed with no problems my Smartlink compatible PCI modem
Netodragon MDV92XP (ScanModem identifies it as 10b9:5459) on my
Ubuntu 7.10 machine following the instructions given in the Ubuntu wiki.
Now I'm having problems with the connection using wvdial because the
modem can't ''catch'' the server answer. In fact, this is what I get:
emanuele@emanuele-desktop:~$ wvdial
WvDial: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.56
WvModem: Cannot get information for serial port.
WvDial: Initializing modem.
WvDial: Sending: ATZ
WvDial Modem: ATZ
WvDial Modem: OK
WvDial: Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 X3
WvDial Modem: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 X3
WvDial Modem: OK
WvDial: Modem initialized.
WvDial: Sending: ATDT0802201400
WvDial: Waiting for carrier.
WvDial Modem: ATDT0802201400
at this step, about 45 seconds after the server answer (that I can
hear without problems), I get on the console:
WvDial: Timed out while dialing. Trying again.
WvDial: Sending: ATDT0802201400
WvDial: Waiting for carrier.
WvDial Modem: NO CARRIER
WvDial Modem: ATDT0802201400
WvDial: No Carrier! Trying again.
WvDial: Sending: ATDT0802201400
WvDial: Waiting for carrier.
WvDial Modem: NO CARRIER
WvDial Modem: ATDT0802201400
WvDial: No Carrier! Trying again.
Here starts an endless loop, as you can guess, and I must stop it
with Ctrl-c.
My wvdial.conf is:
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 X3
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Baud = 460800
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttySL0
ISDN = 0
Carrier Check = no
Stupid Mode = yes
Phone = 0802201400
Password = *******************************
Username = *******************************
the provider is Infinito, but I've tested also another one, Libero,
(always using a local POP 080) getting the same results.
I've tried a lot of different strings for 'Init2': adding +MS=34 or
+MS=90, substituting &D0 with &D2, erasing &C1, &D2 and/or +FCLASS=0
(in every combination), using ATS11=40 or, finally, copying the
'Init' string inside the '.inf' file of my Windows drivers that make
the modem working now. That string is: AT &F E0 X3 V1 &A3 &D2 &C1 S0=0.
All these attempts failed in the same way just described. I'm able to
send you ScanModem output, if needed.
Can you help me?
Thank you for reading, and sorry for my bad English.
Emanuele
