Just wanted to add that /etc/rc.d/rc.modules is a common place to load modules with a Slackware, or a Slackware based distro. I believe several others use this file as well. a /etc/rc.d/rc.modules entry could look like this: /sbin/modprobe agrmodem /sbin/modprobe agrserial Jephrey, You may want to consider creating a udev rule to set "user friendly" permissions and create a symlink to /dev/modem when the modules are loaded. Many modem related softwares look there by default. KERNEL=="ttyAGS3", NAME="%k", MODE="0660", GROUP="users", SYMLINK="modem" Edit GROUP="users" to your distros default group (maybe uucp?). "users" is good enough for my single user machine. On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:07:36 -0400 (EDT) Bjorn Wielens <uniacke1@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > There goes my theory that sysconfig is global across > distros... I use SuSE, which doesn't have > /etc/modules. > > Sure, feel free to point anyone and everyone to this > info, the more people we can convince to go Linux, the > better :) - hardware support is a BIG issue. > > Bjorn. > > > --- Jephrey Wodebo <psychoscorpic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Thanks, Bjorn > > > > Rather typically with Ubuntu, I don't have a > > sysconfig (only found two > > python bits with that name) > > > > Ubuntu does have /etc/modules which currently has in > > it: > > fuse > > lp > > > > init.d appears to be a boot-time script that runs > > whatever is found in > > /etc/modules. > > > > So I added: > > agrmodem > > agrserial > > > > Rebooted > > > > Yes! /dev/ttyAGR3 exists! > > > > WvDial . . . Yes! (after editing to point to > > ttyAGR3) it dials & connects! > > Whohoo! > > > > Awesome stuff. > > Thanks so much, Bjorn. > > > > (I'm going to add these notes to my query on Ubuntu > > Forums, and credit you, > > if that's OK) > > > > 2008/8/20 Bjorn Wielens <uniacke1@xxxxxxxx> > > > > > Hi, > > > There's a file in /etc/sysconfig that you can > > edit, I > > > have my modules loading at boot too :) > > > Beware- your distro may have other ways of letting > > you > > > do this through a GUI or so, but I chose the > > sysconfig > > > method since it is fairly universal across > > distros. > > > > > > Edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel and find the line > > > MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT and add "agrmodem > > agrserial" to > > > the line (mine is MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT="agrmodem > > > agrserial". > > > > > > Restart your machine and they will be > > automatically > > > loaded, you can then point your dialler to > > > /dev/ttyAGS3. > > > > > > Bjorn. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Jephrey Wodebo <psychoscorpic@xxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hey Bjorn > > > > > > > > Since you so eagerly assume the mantle of > > > > "Unofficial 11c11040 maintainer" . > > > > . . ;8-P > > > > > > > > I have managed over the past week to get my > > 11c11040 > > > > to run - but only per > > > > session. > > > > How does one set things up to have it > > permanently > > > > recognised? (i.e. to load > > > > the driver at boot, so we can just dial (I use > > PPP) > > > > as soon as it has booted > > > > up) > > > > > > > > Geoff > > > > > > > > 2008/8/20 Bjorn Wielens <uniacke1@xxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > > Hi Lee, > > > > > Some people have reported success using > > Hylafax, > > > > since > > > > > apparently Efax can be very picky config-wise. > > > > > IIRC someone did e-mail the list reporting > > success > > > > > faxing with 11c11040 modems. > > > > > You can search the archive at > > > > linmodems.technion.ac.il > > > > > > > > > > I would otherwise forward you the e-mail, but > > I am > > > > at > > > > > a conference, and as such do not have access > > to my > > > > > full e-mail archive. > > > > > Bjorn. (Unofficial 11c11040 maintainer :) ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Lee H <mylists.lee.hert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hello fine people, > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been checking with the mailing list via > > the > > > > web > > > > > > archives since > > > > > > April. I signed up just a few days ago so I > > may > > > > > > voice my thanks for all > > > > > > those involved with getting the 11c11040 > > (Agere) > > > > > > chipset running with > > > > > > Linux. > > > > > > > > > > > > Although I have a nice broadband connection, > > > > it's > > > > > > satisfying to know > > > > > > that I have the option of connecting via > > dialup > > > > if > > > > > > needed. And of > > > > > > course the thrill of nearly 100% of this > > laptops > > > > > > hardware supported. > > > > > > Especially the modem. Not many Linux users > > in my > > > > > > group of friends can > > > > > > say that. :) > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not asking for help with faxing. I know > > that > > > > is > > > > > > not what this list > > > > > > is about. I'm merely stating faxing does > > not > > > > work > > > > > > for me. Resulting > > > > > > in hard lock ups with any attempt to connect > > to > > > > the > > > > > > modem via efax or > > > > > > efax-gtk. In defense of the hardware, this > > > > could be > > > > > > a error on my part > > > > > > as I have limited Linux faxing experience. I > > > > haven't > > > > > > been able to find > > > > > > confirmation on this list whether or not > > faxing > > > > has > > > > > > been successful, > > > > > > only that it's not clear if the pre-compiled > > Red > > > > > > Flag Linux binary was > > > > > > built with faxing support. I did see users > > > > > > mentioning they will > > > > > > attempt to test, but no followups. So for > > the > > > > > > archives... I believe > > > > > > faxing is not supported at this time. :) > > > > > > > > > > > > I do have hopes that "those smarter then > > me", > > > > will > > > > > > find a way to get > > > > > > faxing supported for this modem in the > > future as > > > > > > that feature will > > > > > > prove very useful to me. > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to add that I deviated from the > > > > > > instruction found in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/HOWTO-Agere-11c11040-HDA.html > > > > > > As my custom kernel needed matching > > alsa-drivers > > > > > > compiled for it > > > > > > anyway, I merely modified the > > > > > > > > > > > > alsa-driver-1.0.17/alsa-kernel/pci/hda/hda_codec.c > > > > > > in the alsa sources > > > > > > rather then the kernel sources. This saved > > me > > > > from > > > === message truncated === > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ---------- VectorLinux-5.9 Standard Gateway M-6309 Laptop Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Mobile Processor T2330 (1.6 GHz) 1024 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
