MarvS, Thanks for your help. Here is my current status: I used martian-20080617.tar.bz2 and martian-full-20080625.tar.gz and attempted to follow the instructions provided by Firas: ...install the package containing the C compiler and your kernel headers. $ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers -$(uname -r) ...place the 2 tarballs on the Desktop, then use a terminal to enter: $ cd $ mkdir modem $ mkdir modem/tmp $ mv Desktop/martian* modem $ cd modem $ tar xjvf martian-20080617.tar.bz2 $ tar xzvf martian-full-20080625.tar.gz -C tmp $ cd martian $ cp ../tmp/martian/modem/ltmdmobj.o modem $ make clean $ make $ sudo make install $ sudo depmod -a $ sudo modprobe martian_dev $ sudo martian_modem First error messages came after trying to install the compiler: "Package build-essential is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another sources. E: Package build-essential has no installation candidate" I seem to remember some error messages like this the last time, that didn't stop progress, so I continued on. Everything seems to progress as expected up to the $ cp ../tmp/martian/modem/ltmdmobj.o modem line, where I receive an error message "cp: cannot stat '../tmp/martian/modem/ltmdmobj.o': No such file or directory" Now I am stuck again. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Brian -----Original Message----- From: Marvin Stodolsky [mailto:marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: November 15, 2008 7:02 PM To: Brian Voss Cc: Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: BrianVoss, Canada kernel 2.6.24-19-generic Brian, Use the newest martian package from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/martian/ Write back if you still have problems afterward MarvS On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Brian Voss <bevoss@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I sent a message yesterday with most of the following information, to the > Discussion.Subscribe address. This is in case that message did not get to > areal person! > > In 2007 I had my first experience with linux using ubuntu 6.10 and I had > help from Firas Kraiem to set up the dial up modem. His advice included > instructions for installing the package containing the C compiler and my > kernel headers. Then he told me how to install martian_modem and configure > wvdial. This worked well for ubuntu 6.10, although there were error messages > when installing the build-essential package. > > I recently overwrote the 6.10 version with an install of ubuntu 8.04, then > attempted to repeat the dial up modem support installation. Again I received > error messages installing the build-essential package and more error > messages with the martian_modem installation. At the end of the process when > I entered sudo martian-modem the system responded that the command is not > available. I used the martian and martian-full tarballs from 20061203, which > may be one of my mistakes. > > Is there a way to ensure that what I have tried so far has not corrupted the > system, or should I start over and re-install ubuntu 8.04? > > Can you provide an update on the advice Firas provided May 10, 2007, to walk > me through the dial up modem support installation. Any help will be greatly > appreciated, because I still seem to be a novice with linux and the > implications of some of the steps I go through is not entirely clear. Thank > you for help. The ModemData file follows: > > Only plain text email is forwarded by the Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx List > Server, > as HTML can contain viruses. Use as the email Subject Line: > YourName, YourCountry kernel 2.6.24-19-generic > With this Subject Line cogent experts will be alerted, and useful case > names left in the Archive. > YourCountry will enable Country specific guidance. Linux experts in > YourCountry > can be found through: http://www.linux.org/groups/index.html. > They will know your Country's modem code, which may be essential for dialup > service. > Responses from Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are sometimes blocked by an Internet > Provider mail filters. > So in a day, also check the Archived responses at http://www.linmodems.org > -------------------------- System information ---------------------------- > CPU=i686, > Linux version 2.6.24-19-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.2.3 (Ubuntu > 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)) #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:43:41 UTC 2008 > scanModem update of: 2008_11_06 > > There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files > Attached USB devices are: > ID 0402:5621 ALi Corp. USB 2.0 Storage Device > ID 04a9:108d Canon, Inc. > > USB modems not recognized > > For candidate card in slot 00:0c.0, firmware information and bootup > diagnostics are: > PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name > ---------- --------- --------- -------------- > 00:0c.0 11c1:0441 13e0:0410 Communication controller: Agere Systems 56k > WinModem > > Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: > 11: 90740 XT-PIC-XT ehci_hcd:usb4 > --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:0c.0 ---- > [ 35.704332] PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:0c.0 > > === Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software. > === > > Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:0c.0: > Modem chipset detected on > NAME="Communication controller: Agere Systems 56k WinModem " > CLASS=0780 > PCIDEV=11c1:0441 > SUBSYS=13e0:0410 > IRQ=11 > IDENT=Agere.DSP > > For candidate modem in: 00:0c.0 > 0780 Communication controller: Agere Systems 56k WinModem > Primary device ID: 11c1:0441 > Support type needed or chipset: Agere.DSP > > > ----------------end Softmodem section -------------- > > The modem has a Lucent/Agere/LSI Mars or Apollo DSP (digital signal > processing) chipset. > Support packages for 2.6.n kernels are at: > http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/martian/ > Always use the most update for kernels after 2.6.20, currently > martian-full-20080625.tar.gz > For kernels 2.6.20 and less, usr martian-full-20080407.tar.gz. > > See DOCs/AgereDSP.txt for Details. > > > 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 hosted on High Definition Audio cards > 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/11c11040/ > Compiling resources for a driver module pair: agrmodem.ko + agrserial.ko > Use the agrsm-HDA-20080721-ALSA15.tar.bz2 or agrsm-HDA-20080721.tar.bz2 > Read the agrsm_howto.txt. For 11c11040 chips, also the > HOWTO-Agere-11c11040-HDA.html > > 0x0441 -- Mars 2 - data/fax only > -------------- end Agere Systems 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/2.6.24-19-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 needed. The also > required headers of package libc6 are commonly installed by default. > Compiling hsfmodem drivers does require linux-libc-dev and libc6-dev > packages, for kernels 2.6.24 and later versions. > In not included on your install CD, search for them at > http://packages.ubuntu.com > or comparable Repository for other Linux distros. > 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 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: > -rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 269256 2007-10-04 15:57 /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/DOCs/YourSystem.txt concerning other COMM channels: eth0 > 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: > -------------------------------------- > /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: > > --------- end modem support lines -------- > > > BrianVoss > > >
