Leslie
for
Primary PCI_id 134d:7891
Support type needed or chipset: PCTEL
At http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux
Get the pctel-0.9.7-9-rht-8.tar.gz
Unpack under Linux with:
tar zxf pctel*.tar.gz
and read instuctions therein.
Read Pctel.txt (attached) and Modem/YourSystem.txt for follow
through guidance.
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The above should have been written to ModemData.txt automatically.
Please
$ bash -x ./scanModem 2>&1 | tee leslie
$ gzip leslie
and email the leslie.gz to me, to help my debug.
MarvS
scanModem maintainer
On Feb 16, 2008 11:39 PM, leslie rutledge <lnr4evr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
> They will know your Country's modem code, which may be essential for dialup
> service.
> 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: 2008_02_10
>
>
> 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/ audio+modem diagostics are being copied.
> Finished copy to Modem/ALSAleslie.tgz
>
> The ALSA verion is 1.0.14
> The modem cards detected by "aplay -l" are:
>
>
> The /proc/asound/pcm file reports:
> -----------------------
> 00-01: Intel ICH - MIC ADC : Intel 82801AA-ICH - MIC ADC : capture 1
> 00-00: Intel ICH : Intel 82801AA-ICH : playback 1 : capture 1
>
> about /proc/asound/cards:
> ------------------------
> 0 [I82801AAICH ]: ICH - Intel 82801AA-ICH
> Intel 82801AA-ICH with CS4299 at irq 9
>
> USB modem not detected by lsusb
> For candidate card in slot 01:08.0, firmware information and bootup
> diagnostics are:
> PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
> ---------- --------- --------- --------------
> 01:08.0 134d:7891 134d:0001 Modem: PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56
>
> Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
> 9: 387 XT-PIC-XT Intel 82801AA-ICH, eth0
> --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 01:08.0 ----
> [ 18.308116] PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 0000:01:08.0
> [ 20.347811] PCI: Enabling device 0000:01:08.0 (0100 -> 0101)
> [ 20.347830] PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 0000:01:08.0
>
>
> === Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. ===
> === Next deducing cogent software ===
>
>
>
> 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 15:57 /usr/sbin/pppd
>
> In case of an "error 17" "serial loopback" problem, see:
> http://linmodems.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 --------
>
>
>
Vendor=134d is PCTel, but their modem sector has been sold to Conexant,
and Conexant is Not providing official code updates.
The volunteer maintainer for current updates is Robert Thornburrow, with
downloads from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/
Use the most recent pctel-0.9.7-9-rht-N package.
The AMR variants are supported by the pctel driver only under 2.4.n kernels
Under 2.6.n kernels, the AMR Pctel variants and the HSP56 MicroModem 688T
have support through the Smartlink software. The rest of this text is only
cogent to modems using the 2.6.n driver triplet: pctel, ptserial and linmodem.
Under 2.6.x kernels, these modems are supported by the pctel-0.9.7-9-rht-8
From the README file therein:
PCI ID (x) Name Chip(set) HAL
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
134d:7890 PCtel HSP MicroModem 56 PCT789T-C1 pct789
134d:7891 PCtel HSP MicroModem 56 PCT 789T pct789
134d:7892 PCtel HSP MicroModem 56 PCT 789T-A pct789
134d:7893 PCtel HSP MicroModem 56 S911 K017 pct789
134d:7894 PCtel HSP MicroModem 56 FT13 pct789
134d:7895 PCtel HSP MicroModem 56 PCT789T-C1 pct789
134d:7896 PCtel HSP MicroModem 56 PCT789T-C1 pct789
134d:7897 PCtel HSP MicroModem 56 PCT789T pct789
13f6:0211 C-Media CM8738 CM8738 cm8738
Do the following preliminary steps:
Unpack with command: tar zxvf pctel-0.9.7-*.tar.gz
Change directory: cd pctel-0.9.7-9 (for example).
Read README file less README (space bar goes to next page)
Is a compiler installed? Test with: gcc
If not found, install it from your Linux distribution.
Become root: su root
Seeing lspci? lspci
If not, install the package pciutils .
Now you can follow instructions in README
The ISA card pct388p modem is not supported by the current driver series.
During PCtel code installations, the node made is character device /dev/ttyS_PCTEL0 c 62 69
Check with:
ls -l /dev/ttyS_PCTEL0
There is a pre-compiled binary component in the Pctel code which was assembled with a gcc 2.95 compiler
A consequence is the loading fails under kernels compiled with gcc 3.n ,
unless forcing (-f) is used:
# insmod -f pctel
# insmod ptserial
This can be automated by adding the following lines to /etc/modules.conf
####### for pctel modem ######
alias char-major-62 pctel
alias /dev/modem ptserial
install pctel /sbin/insmod "-f" "pctel"
post-install pctel /sbin/insmod ptserial
# country code for pctel modem, for USA
options ptserial country_code=1
######## pctel end ####
then run:
# depmod -a
to inform the System and thereafter
# sudo modprobe ptserial
will load all three drivers,
For some Systems, PCTel function requires disablement of apmd power monitoring function.
System problems of various severity have been reported after modem usage.
These may be alleviated by the following steps after a modem usage session.
Log into a console as:
# su - root
# lsmod
to display loaded modules.
# sudo modprobe -r ptserial
# lsmod
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