RE: BrianVoss, Canada kernel 2.6.24-19-generic

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--- On Sun, 11/16/08, Brian Voss <bevoss@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Brian Voss <bevoss@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: BrianVoss, Canada kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
> To: olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 8:20 AM
> Antonio,
> 
> Thank you. What do I do with the libc6-dev and
> linux-libc-dev packages once
> I've downloaded them?
Install them with 
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

and it should work.  Otherwise please post your error messages :)

Regards,

Antonio 
> 
> Brian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Antonio Olivares [mailto:olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: November 15, 2008 9:38 PM
> To: Brian Voss
> Cc: discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: BrianVoss, Canada kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
> 
> 
> Brian,
> 
> scanModem recommends that you get martian-20080625.tar.gz
> 
> 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.
> 
> I'll take a shot but not certain that it would be the
> way to do it.
> 
> 1) download martian-full-20080625.tar.gz
> 2) download libc6-dev and linux-libc-dev (to be safe), look
> for them in
> http://packages.ubuntu.com
> 3) copy martian-full-20080625 to your home directory or
> Desktop whichever
> you prefer
> 4) extract martian-full-20080625.tar.gz with
> $ tar -zxvf martian-full-20080625.tar.gz
> 4) run
> $ make all
> $ sudo make install
> $ sudo modprobe martian_dev
> $ sudo martian_modem
> 
> open up another terminal and do
> $ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
> should find the modem driver /dev/ttySM0 and you would need
> to edit the
> /etc/wvdial.conf with your favorite editor and remove
> ";" and add your
> username, password and phone number.  Add also a line
> "Carrier Check = no",
> it might also help if you put a line "Stupid Mode =
> 1".
> 
> Get back to us if you succeed or need further help/advice.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Antonio
> 
> 
> --- On Sat, 11/15/08, Brian Voss <bevoss@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Brian Voss <bevoss@xxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: BrianVoss, Canada kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
> > To: Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 2:53 PM
> > 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


      

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