Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
currently, I have two problems:
1)my computer does not gives any sound from it
2)my modem seems to work not properly (attached is the ModemData.txt file)
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At first I tried to get the modem running:
a) scanModem
b) http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/
$ tar zxf slmodemd.gcc4.2.tar.gz
c) folder slmodemd.gcc4.2 containing slmodemd
sudo cp slmodemd /usr/sbin/
sudo g+x /usr/sbin/slmodemd
sudo o+x /usr/sbin/slmodemd
d) sudo slmodemd -c GERMANY --alsa modem:1
results in:
error: mixer setup: attach hw:1 error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '1'
ALSA lib conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver
returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat
returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned
error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:3985:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or
directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM
cards.pcm.phoneline:CARD=1,DEV=0
error: alsa setup: cannot open playback device 'modem:1': No such file or
directory
error: cannot setup device `modem:1'
Then I tried,
e) sudo modprobe -r snd-intel8x0m
sudo modprobe snd-intel8x0m
f) sudo alsamixer
g) sudo gedit /etc/modules
and I put snd-intel8x0m at the end of the list (later I removed it because
there was still no sound)
h) then I have found a useful hint in the 1stRead.txt document belonging to
the slmodemd: "There are RARE instances that the ALSA audio sound driver is
absent, though the modem driver is present. In these cases the device name
"modem:1" may fail but "hw:0" may be successful. It is the usually the
device name dynamically assigned to the audio card."
sudo slmodemd -c GERMANY --alsa hw:0
produced:
[sudo] password for marigold7:
error: mixer setup: Off-hook switch not found for card hw:0
SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.11 Feb 25 2008 18:25:57
symbolic link `/dev/ttySL0' -> `/dev/pts/1' created.
modem `hw:0' created. TTY is `/dev/pts/1'
Use `/dev/ttySL0' as modem device, Ctrl+C for termination.
It seems that the modem is running. BUT I HAVE THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM WITH
IT: WHY THE MODEM IS NOT USING modem1? IS THERE REALLY NO ALSA AUDIO SOUND
DRIVER???
Then, using wvdial there was some failure:
marigold7@lenovo:/$ sudo wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Sending: AT+GCI=<hexadecimal modem code>
AT+GCI=<hexadecimal modem code>
ERROR
--> Bad init string.
remark to g):
in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base I read:
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
What means index=-2 ?
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I am more dependent from the sound on my machine. Here, I tried the
following:
a) $ sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel
seems to be OK
b) $ alsamixer
alsamixer appears, it is possible to change the parameters
c) $ sudo gedit /etc/modules
I put
snd-hda-intel model=lenovo index=0
at the end of the list
d) $ sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
I put
options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo
at the end of the list
e) I installed pulseaudio, libasound2-plugins, pavucontrol, paprefs
and made
$ asoundconf set-pulseaudio
PulseAudio Volume Control shows:
Playback: "No Streams Available"
Output Devices: ALSA PCM on front:0 (ALC861VD Analog) via DMA
Input Devices: ALSA PCM on front:0 (ALC861VD Analog) via DMA
All attemps to get sound out of my laptop failed? Please, can you help me.
With best wishes,
Robert Fischer
(marigold7)
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To provide you with some details concerning my laptop I have done:
marigold7@lenovo:~$ hwinfo --sound
28: PCI 1b.0: 0403 Audio device
[Created at pci.296]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_284b
Unique ID: u1Nb.cOzUFd_gaWF
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1b.0
Hardware Class: sound
Model: "Lenovo HD Audio Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x284b "HD Audio Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x17aa "Lenovo"
SubDevice: pci 0x384e
Revision: 0x03
Driver: "HDA Intel"
Driver Modules: "snd_hda_intel"
Memory Range: 0xfc300000-0xfc303fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 22 (944 events)
Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d0000284Bsv000017AAsd0000384Ebc04sc03i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: snd_hda_intel is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_hda_intel"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
marigold7@lenovo:~$ lspci -vvxxx
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Unknown device 384e
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22
Region 0: Memory at fc300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
00: 86 80 4b 28 06 01 10 00 03 00 03 04 10 00 00 00
10: 04 00 30 fc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 aa 17 4e 38
30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 00 0
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-------------------------- 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
Attached USB devices are:
ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc.
USB modems not recognized
For candidate card in slot 00:1b.0, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
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00:1b.0 8086:284b 17aa:384e Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
22: 383 376 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394, HDA Intel
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:1b.0 ----
[ 34.199261] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 34.199287] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64
===== 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.
PCI slot 00:1b.0 has a High Definition Audio Card
The ALSA verion is 1.0.15
The modem cards detected by "aplay -l" are:
The /proc/asound/pcm file reports:
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00-00: ALC861VD Analog : ALC861VD Analog : playback 1 : capture 1
about /proc/asound/cards:
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0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0xfc300000 irq 22
=== Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software. ===
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:1b.0:
Modem chipset detected on
CLASS="Class 0403: 8086:284b"
NAME="Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H "
SUBSYS=17aa:384e
PCIDEV=8086:284b
IRQ=22
HDA=8086:284b
SOFT=8086:284b.HDA
CodecArchived=10573055
ArchivedChip=0x10573055
IDENT=slmodemd
For candidate modem in: 00:1b.0
Class 0403: 8086:284b Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H
Primary device ID: 8086:284b
Subsystem PCI_id 17aa:384e
Softmodem codec or chipset from diagnostics:
from Archives: 0x10573055, residing on a HDA Subsystem with support by slmodemd and driver snd-hda-intel
Support type needed or chipset: slmodemd
An ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) modem driver:
provides Low Level support enabling contact with the modem hardware.
For all BUT Conexant chip soft modems (using hsfmodem software)
complementary High Level support is through a Smartlink utility: slmodemd
Download from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/
the package SLMODEMD.gcc4.2.tar.gz having a compiled slmodemd. Unpack under Linux with:
$ tar zxf SLMODEMD.gcc4.2.tar.gz
and read instructions therein. But briefly, the modem is setup with command:
sudo slmodemd -c YOUR_COUNTRY --alsa hw:0,1_or_hw:0,6
reporting dynamic creation of ports:
/dev/ttySL0 --> /dev/pts/N , with N some number
Read Smartlink.txt and Modem/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance.
----------------end Softmodem section --------------
Writing Intel.txt
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
Which can interfere with Browser naviagation.
Don't worry about the following, it is for the experts
should trouble shooting be necessary.
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Checking for modem support lines:
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/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:
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