I would really like to switch to Linux, so can you please help me get my
Winmodem working? I attached ModemData.txt. Thanks
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-------------------------- System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686, Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)
Kernel
Linux version 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 (kojibuilder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)) #1 SMP Tue Oct 30 13:55:12 EDT 2007
scanModem update of: 2008_06_05
There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files
USB modems not recognized
For candidate card in slot 02:04.0, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
02:04.0 11c1:0620 11c1:0621 Communication controller: Agere Systems Unknown device 0620
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 02:04.0 ----
For candidate card in slot 00:14.2, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:14.2 1002:437b 107b:6047 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
17: 367 IO-APIC-fasteoi HDA Intel
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:14.2 ----
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.2[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
===== 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 00:14.2 has a High Definition Audio Card
The ALSA verion is 1.0.15
The modem cards detected by "aplay -l" are: None
The /proc/asound/pcm file reports:
-----------------------
00-00: ALC861 Analog : ALC861 Analog : playback 1 : capture 2
about /proc/asound/cards:
------------------------
0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
HDA ATI SB at 0x20200000 irq 17
=== Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software. ===
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 02:04.0:
Modem chipset detected on
CLASS="Class 0780: 11c1:0620"
NAME="Communication controller: Agere Systems Unknown device 0620"
SUBSYS=11c1:0621
PCIDEV=11c1:0620
IRQ=11
IDENT=Agere.SV2P
For candidate modem in: 02:04.0
Class 0780: 11c1:0620 Communication controller: Agere Systems Unknown device 0620
Primary device ID: 11c1:0620
Support type needed or chipset: Agere.SV2P
----------------end Softmodem section --------------
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
011c11040 AGRSM_RedFlag Softmodem on some High Definition Audio cards, support only for Red Flag kernel 2.6.21-20
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 agrsm-20080203.tar.gz
AGRSM_RedFlag at At http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/
The suse-10-2a.tar.gz has newer Agere/LSI code, but there are compiling problems with newer kernels/
>From http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/sv92/ download agrsm-20080203.tar.gz
The suse-10-2a.tar.gz thereat has newer Agere/LSI code,
but there are compiling problems with newer kernels
Read DOCs/Agrsm.txt
-------------- end Agere Systems section -------------------
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:14.2:
Modem chipset not detected on
CLASS="Class 0403: 1002:437b"
NAME="Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio "
SUBSYS=107b:6047
PCIDEV=1002:437b
IRQ=17
HDA=1002:437b
SOFT=1002:437b.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 1002:437b.
If another modem card is present, then most likely 1002:437b does not host a modem.
If another modem card has not been detected, then possibilities are:
1) A Conexant modem chip is present on 1002:437b, 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: 00:14.2
Class 0403: 1002:437b Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio
Primary device ID: 1002:437b
Subsystem PCI_id 107b:6047
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 DOCs/Conexant.txt
The following ALSA alternative CANNOT work with Conexant modems.
2) An ALSA modem driver plus slmodemd. Read DOCs/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 DOCs/Smartlink.txt
============ end Smartlink section =====================
Completed candidate modem analyses.
The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev
The kernel was compiled with gcc version 4.1.2 and a compiler is not installed
linux-headers-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 resources needed for compiling are not manifestly ready!
If compiling is necessary packages must be installed, providing:
gcc-4.1 kernel-source-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
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 packages.
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:
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 312332 2006-12-01 06:54 /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
lock
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/DOCs/YourSystem.txt concerning other COMM channels: virbr0
Which can interfere with Browser naviagation.
Don't worry about the following, it is for experts should trouble shooting be necessary.
==========================================================
Checking for modem support lines:
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/device/modem symbolic link:
slmodemd created symbolic link /dev/ttySL0:
Within /etc/udev/ files:
/etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules:KERNEL=="mwave", NAME="modems/mwave", GROUP="uucp"
Within /etc/modprobe.conf files:
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
--------- end modem support lines --------
