On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 15:12 +0300, Jacques Goldberg wrote:
Dear Dr Jones,
Nothing in your mail proves that slmodem is what you need.
Please send us your ModemData.txt
Most Motorola modem models (generically named SM56)are not supported
under any 2.6 Linux kernel, only very few are and scanModem does report
details such that we can reliably help you.
If you don't mind, also, please download the latest release of scanModem
(today) from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il
Please excuse me if you already posted your ModemData.txt which I then
would have missed, or it would have missed me.
Jacques
Thank you Jacques
I will get the latest scanModem today but below is the output from the
scanModem that I used yesterday.
Regards
Trevor
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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_04_27
There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files
Attached USB devices are:
ID 0718:0247 Imation Corp.
ID 16d8:6280
ID 0c45:1060 Microdia iFlash SM-Direct Card Reader
USB modems not recognized
For candidate card in slot 03:01.0, firmware information and bootup
diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
03:01.0 1057:3052 1057:3020 Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
18: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb2
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 03:01.0 ----
[ 31.801357] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:01.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level,
low) -> IRQ 18
[ 31.801593] 0000:03:01.0: ttyS1 at I/O 0xd008 (irq = 18) is a 16450
[ 31.801734] 0000:03:01.0: ttyS2 at I/O 0xd010 (irq = 18) is a 8250
[ 31.801873] 0000:03:01.0: ttyS3 at I/O 0xd018 (irq = 18) is a 16450
[ 31.801918] Couldn't register serial port 0000:03:01.0: -28
For candidate card in slot 00:1b.0, firmware information and bootup
diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:1b.0 8086:27d8 1458:a002 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
16: 1233730 1234013 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb4, HDA Intel,
i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:1b.0 ----
[ 41.494038] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level,
low) -> IRQ 16
[ 41.494061] 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:
-----------------------
00-01: ALC662 Digital : ALC662 Digital : playback 1
00-00: ALC662 Analog : ALC662 Analog : playback 1 : capture 1
about /proc/asound/cards:
------------------------
0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0xe1380000 irq 16
=== Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent
software. ===
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 03:01.0:
Modem chipset detected on
CLASS="Class 0703: 1057:3052"
NAME="Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem "
PCIDEV=1057:3052
SUBSYS=1057:3020
IRQ=18
IDENT=slamr
For candidate modem in: 03:01.0
Class 0703: 1057:3052 Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem
Primary PCI_id 1057:3052
Support type needed or chipset: slamr
----------------end Softmodem section --------------
Writing Intel.txt
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 slamr driver
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 =====================
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:1b.0:
Modem chipset not detected on
CLASS="Class 0403: 8086:27d8"
NAME="Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G "
PCIDEV=8086:27d8
SUBSYS=1458:a002
IRQ=16
HDA=8086:27d8
SOFT=8086:27d8.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 8086:27d8.
If another modem card is present, then most likely 8086:27d8 does not
host a modem.
If another modem card has not been detected, then possibilities are:
1) A Conexant modem chip is present on 8086:27d8, 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: 8086:27d8 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G
Primary PCI_id 8086:27d8
Subsystem PCI_id 1458:a002
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.gcc4.2.tar.gz from:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/
----------------end Softmodem 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 2007-10-05 05:57 /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
eth0:avahi
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 --------
