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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:56:04 +1200
From: tom-rev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: Tom Revington,New Zealand,RedHat 9(Shrike),Kernel 2.4.20-8
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I have had a previous attempt to compile the driver but failed for lack of
header files. So I did another install. This time I made it a custom install
hoping that I would get the header files in the easy way. I do not think that
it worked actually.
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-------------------------- System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686, Red Hat Linux release 9 (Shrike)
Kernel
Linux version 2.4.20-8 (bhcompile@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)) #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003
scanModem update of: 2008_07_12
There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files
USB modems not recognized
For candidate card in slot 00:0b.0, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:0b.0 8086:1040 8086:1000 Communication controller: Intel Corp. 536EP Data Fax Modem
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
12: 0 XT-PIC usb-uhci
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:0b.0 ----
PCI: Sharing IRQ 12 with 00:0b.0
=== Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software. ===
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:0b.0:
Modem chipset detected on
NAME="Communication controller: Intel Corp. 536EP Data Fax Modem"
CLASS=0780
PCIDEV=8086:1040
SUBSYS=8086:1000
IRQ=12
IDENT=INTEL536EP
For candidate modem in: 00:0b.0
0780 Communication controller: Intel Corp. 536EP Data Fax Modem
Primary device ID: 8086:1040
Support type needed or chipset: INTEL536EP
----------------end Softmodem section --------------
For Ubuntu Linux users with Intel 536 and 537 chipsets the are driver
installation packages available.
But since 2006, Intel appears to have ceased updates for Linux.
For the INTEL537 and INTEL536 chipset modems, the most current support is provided at:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/intel/Philippe.Vouters/
But regular support is not available, see: http://archives.linmodems.org/24939
:
The outdated official Intel support packages can be accessed through:
http://developer.intel.com/design/modems/support/drivers.htm
Read DOCs/Intel.txt and Modem/DOCs/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance.
Writing DOCs/Intel.txt
Completed candidate modem analyses.
A UDEV device file system is not active.
Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 3.2.2
and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 3.2.2
linux-headers-2.4.20-8 resources needed for compiling are not manifestly ready!
If compiling is necessary packages must be installed, providing:
kernel-source-2.4.20-8
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:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 184412 Jan 25 2003 /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
Don't worry about the following, it is for experts should trouble shooting be necessary.
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Checking for modem support lines:
--------------------------------------
/device/modem symbolic link:
slmodemd created symbolic link /dev/ttySL0:
Within /etc/udev/ files:
Within /etc/modprobe.conf files:
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
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