subsubject "Linmodem, Intex chipset Silicon Labs, driver slmodem can't
answer "ATA""
Hello,
I've read and followed Linmodem Howto. it helped me to find the
correct Linux driver, but I still have a small problem:
It's about a PCI Modem card, made by Intex (China), I downloaded a
installed the last slmodem
1) Loading slmodem driver
(slmodem-2.9.11-20080126), the driver regognise the Modem and print this (dmesg)
----------- start dmesg log ----
slamr: SmartLink AMRMO modem.
slamr: probe 1543:3052 SL2800 card...
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKE] -> GSI 7 (level,
low) -> IRQ 7
slamr: amrmo_pci_probe: 0 amrmo is c3fe0000. data d3328a40, io a000, 0.
slamr: slamr0 is SL2800 card.
------------ end dmesg log -----
2) starting slmodemd deamon
root@ankara:/usr/src/slmodem-2.9.11-20080126/modem# ./slmodemd -c
ALGERIA /dev/slamr0
SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.11 Feb 19 2008 12:18:12
symbolic link `/dev/ttySL0' -> `/dev/pts/4' created.
modem `slamr0' created. TTY is `/dev/pts/4'
Use `/dev/ttySL0' as modem device, Ctrl+C for termination.
3) starting minicom
AT S7=45 S0=0 L1 V1 X4 &c1 E1 Q0
OK
at
OK
ath1
OK
ath0
OK
ata
(HUNG !!!)
I've also loaded the driver in debug mode, no message is logged when a
dial-in call arrives.
Next is the ModemData.txt:
Thanks in advance.
############ START MODEMDATA.TXT ###########
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With this Subject Line cogent experts will be alerted, and useful
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YourCountry will enable Country specific guidance. Your contry's
local Linux experts
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They will know your Country's modem code, which may be essential for
dialup service.
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So in a day, also check the Archived responses at http://www.linmodems.org
-------------------------- System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Linux version 2.6.22.15 (root@ankara) (gcc version 3.4.6 (Debian
3.4.6-5)) #3 Wed Feb 13 09:15:32 CET 2008
scanModem update of: 2008_02_10
The modem symbolic link is /dev/modem -> ttySL0
There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files
PCI slot 00:1b.0 has a High Definition Audio Card
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.
USB modem not detected by lsusb
For candidate card in slot 01:00.0, firmware information and bootup
diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
01:00.0 1543:3052 1543:3000 Modem: SILICON Laboratories Intel 537 [Winmodem]
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 01:00.0 ----
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKE] -> GSI 7 (level,
low) -> IRQ 7
Couldn't register serial port 0000:01:00.0: -28
For candidate card in slot 00:1b.0, firmware information and bootup
diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:1b.0 8086:27d8 1458:a002 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
5: 0 XT-PIC-XT uhci_hcd:usb5
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:1b.0 ----
=== Finished modem firmware and bootup diagnostics section. ===
=== Next deducing cogent software ===
Predictive diagnostics for card in PCI bus 01:00.0:
Modem chipset not detected on
CLASS="Class 0703: 1543:3052"
NAME="Modem: SILICON Laboratories Intel 537 [Winmodem] "
PCIDEV=1543:3052
SUBSYS=1543:3000
SUBven=1543
IRQ=7
IDENT=INTEL537_on_1543:3052
For candidate modem in PCI bus: 01:00.0
Class 0703: 1543:3052 Modem: SILICON Laboratories Intel 537 [Winmodem]
Primary PCI_id 1543:3052
Support type needed or chipset: INTEL537_on_1543:3052
----------------end Softmodem section --------------
Predictive diagnostics for card in PCI bus 00:1b.0:
Modem chipset not detected on
CLASS="Class 0403: 8086:27d8"
NAME="Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G "
PCIDEV=8086:27d8
SUBSYS=1458:a002
SUBven=1458
IRQ=5
HDA=8086:27d8
SOFT=8086:27d8.HDA
High Definition Audio (HDA) cards MAY host a modem chip in their Subsystem,
and many are supported by the ALSA audio+modem driver snd-hda-intel
A modem was not detected on HDA card 8086:27d8.
If another modem card is present, then most likely 8086:27d8 does not
host a modem.
If another modem card has not been detected, then possibilities are:
1) A Conexant modem chip is present on 8086:27d8, as Conexant chips
are frequently not detectable by ALSA diagnostics
2) The modem may be of the older non-PCI Controller Chipset (hardware) type.
Try detection with Root permission:
wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
For candidate modem in PCI bus: 00:1b.0
Class 0403: 8086:27d8 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G
Primary PCI_id 8086:27d8
Subsystem PCI_id 1458:a002
Softmodem codec or chipset from diagnostics:
from Archives:
Lacking a dsp (digital signal processing) chip, the modem is a software
intensive or "softmodem" type. Its primary controller manages the traffic
with the CPU. But the software needed is specified in the Subsystem.
-----------------------------------------
Support type needed or chipset:
Support can likely be achieved through two mutually exclusive alternatives:
1) The hsfmodem software for Conexant chipset modems: Read Conexant.txt
The following ALSA alternative CANNOT work with Conexant modems.
2) An ALSA modem driver plus slmodemd. Read Smartlink.txt for details, and
to test get the package SLMODEMD.gcc3.4.tar.gz from:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/
----------------end Softmodem section --------------
Completed candidate modem analyses.
The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev
Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 3.4.6
and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 3.4.6
Minimal compiling resources appear complete:
make utility - /usr/bin/make
Compiler version 3.4
linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.22.15/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.
Compressed files at: /usr/src/linux-2.6.20.4.tar.bz2
/usr/src/sl-modem.tar.bz2 /usr/src/squashfs.tar.bz2
For Debian and some related distributions, a package
kernel-kbuild-2.6-22 may be needed to support driver compiling
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 265880 2006-06-04 04:58 /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)
chmod a+x /usr/sbin/pppd
or under Ubuntu related Linuxes
chmod a+x /usr/sbin/pppd
Checking settings of: /etc/ppp/options
asyncmap 0
auth
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.
==========================================================
# start/stop the daemon when the USB modem is connected
KERNEL=="slusb[0-9]*", GROUP="dialout", RUN+="/etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon"
Checking for modem support lines:
--------------------------------------
/device/modem symbolic link: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6
2008-02-19 11:43 /dev/modem -> ttySL0
slmodemd created symbolic link /dev/ttySL0:
Within /etc/udev/ files:
/etc/udev/rules.d/030_sl-modem-daemon.rules:# start/stop the daemon
when the USB modem is connected
/etc/udev/rules.d/030_sl-modem-daemon.rules:KERNEL=="slusb[0-9]*",
GROUP="dialout", RUN+="/etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon"
/etc/udev/sl-modem-daemon.rules:# start/stop the daemon when the USB
modem is connected
/etc/udev/sl-modem-daemon.rules:KERNEL=="slusb[0-9]*",
GROUP="dialout", RUN+="/etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon"
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/sl-modem-daemon.modutils:install slamr modprobe
--ignore-install ungrab-winmodem ; modprobe --ignore-install slamr;
test -e /dev/slamr0 || (/bin/mknod -m 660 /dev/slamr0 c 242 0
2>/dev/null && chgrp dialout /dev/slamr0)
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist:# Uncomment these entries in order
to blacklist unwanted modem drivers
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist:# blacklist snd-atiixp-modem
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist:# blacklist snd-via82xx-modem
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
/etc/modules.conf:options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
/etc/modules.conf:options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
/etc/modules.conf:# Uncomment these entries in order to blacklist
unwanted modem drivers
/etc/modules.conf:# alias snd-atiixp-modem off
/etc/modules.conf:# alias snd-via82xx-modem off
/etc/modules.conf:### update-modules: start processing
/etc/modutils/sl-modem-daemon.modutils
/etc/modules.conf:### update-modules: end processing
/etc/modutils/sl-modem-daemon.modutils
/etc/modules.conf.old:options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
/etc/modules.conf.old:options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
/etc/modules.conf.old:# Uncomment these entries in order to blacklist
unwanted modem drivers
/etc/modules.conf.old:# alias snd-atiixp-modem off
/etc/modules.conf.old:# alias snd-via82xx-modem off
/etc/modules.conf.old:alias /dev/modem /dev/ttySHSF
/etc/modules.conf.old:### update-modules: start processing
/etc/modutils/sl-modem-daemon.modutils
/etc/modules.conf.old:### update-modules: end processing
/etc/modutils/sl-modem-daemon.modutils
--------- end modem support lines --------
