Ramon, The Agere Systems Venus Modem " CLASS=0703 PCIDEV=11c1:0480 should be detected by: $ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf Then remove the ; < > symbols while editing in your personal information by: $ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf Dial out with: $ sudo wvdial MarvS On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Ramon F. McDougall <rfm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greetings to All, > > I have a Zoom/FaxModem 2920 which is supposed to be supported by Linux but > is not working. I believe the problem could be that I am running the latest > kernel from Fedora Core 9. In the mean time I've used an USB USRobotics > which the system can see but is appears to be wedged and preventing faxgetty > from coming up. This Zoom2920 is on the list of supported hardware that > HylaFAX can use. > > Is there any way that someone can help me so that my system can recognize > the Zoom 2920? BTW, I'm not a programmer or a Linux expert. > > Thanks in Advance. > > Ramon > > > Only plain text email is forwarded by the Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx List > Server, > as HTML can contain viruses. Use as the email Subject Line: > Ramon F. McDougall, USA kernel 2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i686 > 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 2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i686 (mockbuild@) (gcc version 4.3.0 20080428 > (Red Hat 4.3.0-8) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Wed Nov 12 18:56:28 EST 2008 > scanModem update of: 2008_11_06 > > There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files > Attached USB devices are: > ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard > ID 413c:3200 Dell Computer Corp. Mouse > ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > ID 0baf:0303 U.S. Robotics > ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > > USB modems not recognized > > For candidate card in slot 00:08.0, firmware information and bootup > diagnostics are: > PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name > ---------- --------- --------- -------------- > 00:08.0 11c1:0480 11c1:0480 Modem: Agere Systems Venus > Modem > > Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: > 17: 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi > --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:08.0 ---- > PCI: 0000:00:08.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [ed104000, ed1040ff] > PCI: 0000:00:08.0 reg 14 io port: [e400, e4ff] > PCI: 0000:00:08.0 reg 18 io port: [e800, e8ff] > PCI: 0000:00:08.0 reg 1c io port: [ec00, ec07] > pci 0000:00:08.0: supports D2 > pci 0000:00:08.0: PME# supported from D2 D3hot D3cold > pci 0000:00:08.0: PME# disabled > serial 0000:00:08.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 > 0000:00:08.0: ttyS1 at I/O 0xe400 (irq = 17) is a 16550A > > The PCI slot 00:08.0 of the modem card may be disabled early in > a bootup process, but then enabled later. If modem drivers load > but the modem is not responsive, read DOCs/Bootup.txt about possible > fixes. > Send dmesg.txt along with ModemData.txt to discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > if help is needed. > > > === Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software. > === > > Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:08.0: > Modem chipset detected on > NAME="Modem: Agere Systems Venus Modem " > CLASS=0703 > PCIDEV=11c1:0480 > SUBSYS=11c1:0480 > IRQ=17 > IDENT=Agere.Venus_serial_drivers > > For candidate modem in: 00:08.0 > 0703 Modem: Agere Systems Venus Modem > Primary device ID: 11c1:0480 > Support type needed or chipset: Agere.Venus_serial_drivers > > > ----------------end Softmodem section -------------- > > 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 > > -------------- 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: 4.3.0 > and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.3.0 > > > > Minimal compiling resources appear complete: > make utility - /usr/bin/make > Compiler version 4.3 > linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i686/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: > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 318024 2008-05-13 05:13 /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 > > 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: > /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules:KERNEL=="mwave", > NAME="modems/mwave", GROUP="uucp" > Within /etc/modprobe.conf files: > > Within any ancient /etc/devfs files: > > Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files: > > --------- end modem support lines -------- > > >
