Re: help needed with finding driver for Motorola SM56 on Ubuntu 8.04

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Dovi

Supporting
>   Class 0703: 1057:3052 Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem
>      Primary device ID:  1057:3052
>  Support type needed or chipset:        slamr

the new Package of slamr-2.6.24-16-generic.tar.gz for ubuntu
8.04(Hardy Heron) now can download at:
http://www.box.net/shared/kty64kvksk

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Dovi <dmeisterz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hi, on the box of the modem it says *Dynamode sm56pci-s/m* (chipset is
> motorola), and the only drivers i've found are for windoze.
>
> I need it for FAX btw, if it makes any difference.
>
> Help would be greatly appreciated!
>
>
>
>
>
>  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 2.6.24-16-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 2.6.24-16-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.2.3 (Ubuntu
> 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)) #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008
>  scanModem update of:  2008_05_02
>
>  There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe*  files
> USB modems not recognized
> For candidate card in slot 01:06.0, firmware information and bootup
> diagnostics are:
>  PCI slot       PCI ID          SubsystemID     Name
>  ----------     ---------       ---------       --------------
>  01:06.0        1057:3052       1057:3020       Modem: Motorola SM56 Data
> Fax Modem
>
>  Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
>  16:        495   IO-APIC-fasteoi   sata_sil24, snd_ca0106
>  --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 01:06.0 ----
> [   24.399830] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:06.0[A] -> Link [APC1] -> GSI 16
> (level, low) -> IRQ 16
> [   24.400135] 0000:01:06.0: ttyS1 at I/O 0xdc08 (irq = 16) is a 16450
> [   24.400302] 0000:01:06.0: ttyS2 at I/O 0xdc10 (irq = 16) is a 8250
> [   24.400468] 0000:01:06.0: ttyS3 at I/O 0xdc18 (irq = 16) is a 16450
> [   24.400515] Couldn't register serial port 0000:01:06.0: -28
>
> === Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software.
> ===
>
> Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 01:06.0:
>        Modem chipset  detected on
> CLASS="Class 0703: 1057:3052"
> NAME="Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem "
> SUBSYS=1057:3020
> PCIDEV=1057:3052
> IRQ=16
> IDENT=slamr
>
>  For candidate modem in:  01:06.0
>   Class 0703: 1057:3052 Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem
>      Primary device ID:  1057:3052
>  Support type needed or chipset:        slamr
>
>
> ----------------end Softmodem section --------------
>
>  1057:3052 has a Motorola chipset, poorly supported by Motorola itself
>  However Zello discovered that drivers written to support Smartlink  modems
> do support the 1057:3052 chipset!!
>  It sufficed to add 1057:3052 to the list of modem cards recognized by the
> Smartlink slamr driver.
>  There is a ungrab-winmodem driver used in conjunction with slamr, which
> must have 1057:3052
>  similarly added. See messages from Zello:
>        http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-seventh/msg00846.html
>        http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-seventh/msg00848.html
>  and Alvaro Aguirre about the ungrab-winmodem fix:
>        http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-seventh/msg00990.html
>  For general guidance on ungrab-winmodem + slamr usage, read the
> Smartlink.txt
>
> The modem is supported by the Smartlink
> plus the slmodemd helper utility.  Read the
> Smartlink.txt and Modem/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance.
>
>
> For 2.6.24-16-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-2.9.11-20080126.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: 4.2.3
>             and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.2.3
>
>
>
>  Minimal compiling resources appear complete:
>   make utility - /usr/bin/make
>   Compiler version 4.2
>   linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-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. When compiling ALSA drivers, the utility
> "patch" will also be needed.
>
>
>
> 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 21:57 /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 eth1 ppp0
> 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:
>
> --------- end modem support lines --------
>
>
>
>

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