Hi. I need some drivers for my Agere PCI soft modem, and if anyone could
help me find some it would be great.
Thanks, Bob.
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-------------------------- 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_04_15
There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files
USB modem not detected by lsusb
For candidate card in slot 02:05.0, firmware information and bootup
diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
02:05.0 11c1:048c 11c1:044c Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92
56K WinModem
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 02:05.0 ----
[ 22.354391] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:05.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) ->
IRQ 22
For candidate card in slot 00:1b.0, firmware information and bootup
diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:1b.0 8086:2668 103c:2a09 Audio device: Intel Corporation
82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
16: 6044 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb4, HDA Intel,
i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:1b.0 ----
[ 22.354347] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) ->
IRQ 16
[ 35.097164] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) ->
IRQ 16
[ 35.097183] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64
PCI slot 00:1b.0 has a High Definition Audio Card
===== Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) diagnostics =====
The ALSA packages provide audio support and also drivers for some modems.
ALSA diagnostics are written during bootup to /proc/asound/ folders.
The ALSA verion is 1.0.14
The modem cards detected by "aplay -l" are:
The /proc/asound/pcm file reports:
-----------------------
00-02: ALC880 Analog : ALC880 Analog : capture 2
00-00: ALC880 Analog : ALC880 Analog : playback 1 : capture 2
about /proc/asound/cards:
------------------------
0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0xcfe38000 irq 16
=== Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software.
===
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 02:05.0:
Modem chipset detected on
CLASS="Class 0780: 11c1:048c"
NAME="Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem "
PCIDEV=11c1:048c
SUBSYS=11c1:044c
IRQ=22
IDENT=Agere.SV2P
For candidate modem in: 02:05.0
Class 0780: 11c1:048c Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K
WinModem
Primary PCI_id 11c1:048c
Support type needed or chipset: Agere.SV2P
----------------end Softmodem section --------------
Writing Intel.txt
Vendor 11c1 is Lucent Technologies with modem technology now under LSI Inc.
Their Linux code developer/maintainer is Soumyendu Sarkar. Support for a
chipset and its
continued maintenance is only initiated at the request of a major chipset
buyer,
or comparable sponsor. Several different modem chipset types are
produced:
with varying support under Linux.
Device ID Support Name Comment
--------- ------------- ----------- -----------------------------
0480 serial drivers Venus controller chipset 1673JV7
0440-045d martian Mars/Apollo DSP (digital signal processing)
chipsets
0462 none 56K.V90/ADSL Wildwire
048d none SV2P soft modem
048(c or f) AGRSM SV2P soft modem
0600 none soft modem, very few in the field.
0620 AGRSM Pinball soft modem, in some HP desktop PCs
062(1-3) none SV92PP,Pinball soft modem, in some HP desktop
PCs
martian - At
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/martian/
AGRSM - At http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/sv92/
The suse-10-2a.tar.gz has newer Agere/LSI code, but there are compiling
problems with newer kernels/
Read Agrsm.txt
-------------- end Agere Systems section -------------------
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:1b.0:
Modem chipset not detected on
CLASS="Class 0403: 8086:2668"
NAME="Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW "
PCIDEV=8086:2668
SUBSYS=103c:2a09
IRQ=16
HDA=8086:2668
SOFT=8086:2668.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 8086:2668.
If another modem card is present, then most likely 8086:2668 does not host
a modem.
If another modem card has not been detected, then possibilities are:
1) A Conexant modem chip is present on 8086:2668, 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:
sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
For candidate modem in: 00:1b.0
Class 0403: 8086:2668 Audio device: Intel Corporation
82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW
Primary PCI_id 8086:2668
Subsystem PCI_id 103c:2a09
Softmodem codec or chipset from diagnostics:
from Archives:
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.gcc4.1.tar.gz from:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/
----------------end Softmodem section --------------
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 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/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
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
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