JB Copy the pctel package into your personal folder for now.If will unpack with:$ tar zxf pctel*.tar.gzinto a folder pctel-0.9.7-9-rht-8 . Browse the documentation therein. Then launch the installation with$ sudo ./setup MarvS On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 5:20 PM, <jjbenson@xxxxxxxx> wrote:> I have downloaded the pctel-0.9.7-9-rht-8.tar.gz, but need assistance on> compiling the driver. You can assume I am a novice in linux (ubuntu V:> 7.04). Thank you.> J. Benson> File: Ihome/john/Modem/ModemData.txt>> Page 1 of 3>> 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 2.6.20-15-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 2.6.20-15-generic (root@palmer) (gcc version 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4» #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 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 boot up 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:>> o [AudioPCI ]: ENS1371 - Ensoniq AudioPCI>> Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0x1400, irq 5>> /proc/asound/pcm:>> 00-01: ES1371/2 : ES1371 DACI : playback 1>> 00-00: ES1371/1 : ES1371 DAC2/ADC : playback 1 : capture 1>> A copy of /proc/asound had been copied to Modem/ALSAjohn.tgz USB modem not detected by lsusb>> For candidate card, firmware information and boot up diagnostics are:>> PCI slot>> PCI ID>> SubsystemID>> Name>> 00:0f.0>> 134d:7897>> 134d:0001>> Modem: PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56>> Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:>> 11: 171 XT-PIC-XT uhci hcd:usbl, uhci hcd:usb2>> --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:0f.0 --~->> [ 31.177459] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11>> --- Finished modem firmware and boot up diagnostics section. ===>> --- Next deducing cogent software --->> There is candidate modem software.>> File: Ihome/john/Modem/ModemData.txt>> Page 2 of 3>> For candidate modem in PCI bus: 00:0f.0>> Class 0703: 134d:7897 Modem: PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56 Primary PCI_id 134d:7897>> 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 and Modem/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance.>> Writing Pctel.txt>> Completed candidate modem analyses.>> The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev>> Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 4.1.2 and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.1.2>> Minimal compiling resources appear complete: make utility - /usr/bin/make>> Compiler version 4.1>> linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-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 269224 2007-04-04 23:41 /usr/sbin/pppd>> File: Ihome/john/Modem/ModemData.txt>> Page 3 of 3>> 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: asyncmap 0>> noauth>> crtscts>> lock>> hide-password>> modem>> proxyarp lcp-echo-interval 30 lcp-echo-failure 4 noipx>> /etc/ppp/options>> 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 eth0:avah 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 -------->>>
