I'm not having any luck in Slackware 12.2 nor Kubuntu 8.10 with a Filemate
USB Modem (P/N 89030064 Model Name: MCMULV92) using any of the agrsm
drivers. I've patched the drivers as noted by others to get clean
compiles and clean modprobes, and have also tried dksm and dksm-agrsm
in Kubuntu. I always end up with a kernel Oops, such as the one
below in this note - "Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP".
I think I've tried just about all of the 11c11040 (agrsm) drivers.
Others have posted that support for USB modems is only in kernels
prior to 2.6.25.
Before I try an older kernel, is there any hope of getting this device
to work in a Slackware 2.6.27.7-smp or Kubuntu 2.6.27.9-generic
kernel?
Thanks for any help,
Steve.
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-------------------------- System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686,
Linux version 2.6.27.7-smp (root@midas) (gcc version 4.2.4) #2 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:32:43 CST 2008
scanModem update of: 2008_11_06
Modem drivers blocked from loading during bootup are listed in /etc/modprobe* file lines:
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:blacklist snd-atiixp-modem
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:blacklist snd-via82xx-modem
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:blacklist snd-intel8x0m
Attached USB devices are:
ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
ID 13ba:0017 Unknown PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse Adapter
ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
ID 047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem
ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera
ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
USB modems not recognized
For candidate card in slot 00:1b.0, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:1b.0 8086:27d8 1025:015b Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
16: 95511 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb2, jmb38x_ms:slot0, mmc0, HDA Intel, i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:1b.0 ----
PCI: 0000:00:1b.0 reg 10 64bit mmio: [58540000, 58543fff]
pci 0000:00:1b.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:1b.0: PME# disabled
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
The PCI slot 00:1b.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.
===== Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) diagnostics =====
The ALSA packages provide audio support and also drivers for some modems.
ALSA diagnostics are written during bootup to /proc/asound/ folders.
The ALSA verion is 1.0.17
The modem cards detected by "aplay -l" are: None
The /proc/asound/pcm file reports:
-----------------------
00-04: ALC268 Analog : ALC268 Analog : capture 1
00-00: ALC268 Analog : ALC268 Analog : playback 1 : capture 1
about /proc/asound/cards:
------------------------
0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0x58540000 irq 16
PCI slot 00:1b.0 has a High Definition Audio Card
The drivers are in the kernel modules tree at:
/lib/modules/2.6.27.7/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.27.7-smp/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko
=== Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software. ===
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 001:
Modem chipset detected on
SLOT="Bus 001 Device 008:"
NAME="Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem"
bus=001
USBmodemID=047e:2892
IDENT=agrsm
Driver=agrsm
For candidate modem in: 001
Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem
Primary device ID: 047e:2892
Support type needed or chipset: agrsm
----------------end Softmodem section --------------
Writing DOCs/Intel.txt
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:1b.0:
Modem chipset not detected on
NAME="Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G "
CLASS=0403
PCIDEV=8086:27d8
SUBSYS=1025:015b
IRQ=16
HDA=8086:27d8
SOFT=8086:27d8.HDA
High Definition Audio (HDA) cards MAY host a modem chip in their Subsystem,
and many are supported by the ALSA audio+modem driver snd-hda-intel
A modem was not detected on HDA card 8086:27d8.
If another modem card is present, then most likely 8086:27d8 does not host a modem.
If another modem card has not been detected, then possibilities are:
1) A Conexant modem chip is present on 8086:27d8, as Conexant chips
are frequently not detectable by ALSA diagnostics
2) The modem may be of the older non-PCI Controller Chipset (hardware) type.
Try detection with Root permission:
wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
For candidate modem in: 00:1b.0
0403 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G
Primary device ID: 8086:27d8
Subsystem PCI_id 1025:015b
Softmodem codec or chipset from diagnostics:
from Archives:
Support type needed or chipset:
Support can likely be achieved through two mutually exclusive alternatives:
1) The hsfmodem software for Conexant chipset modems: Read DOCs/Conexant.txt
The following ALSA alternative CANNOT work with Conexant modems.
2) An ALSA modem driver plus slmodemd. Read DOCs/Smartlink.txt for details, and
to test get the package SLMODEMD.gcc4.2.tar.gz from:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/
----------------end Softmodem section --------------
Writing DOCs/Smartlink.txt
============ end Smartlink section =====================
The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev
Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 4.2.4
and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.2.4
Minimal compiling resources appear complete:
make utility - /usr/bin/make
Compiler version 4.2
linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.27.7-smp/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:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 366440 2006-06-29 02:50 /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
asyncmap 0
crtscts
lock
modem
proxyarp
lcp-echo-interval 30
lcp-echo-failure 4
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/blacklist:# ALSA modules to support sound modems. These should be loaded manually
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:blacklist snd-atiixp-modem
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:blacklist snd-via82xx-modem
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
--------- end modem support lines --------
Here's some add'l diagnostic info.:
modprobe agrmodem:
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
usb 1-1: configuration #2 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=047e, idProduct=2892
usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-1: Product: Agere USB2.0 V.92 SoftModem
usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Agere Systems
agrmodem: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
* Hello Agere Driver **
Loading module Agere Modem Controller driver version 2.1.80 (2008-08-08)
modprobe agrserial:
ttyAGS3 at I/O 0x4 (irq = 16) is a AgereModem
Loading module Agere Modem Interface driver version 2.1.80.0 (2007-10-01)
root@sfw-aspire-one:/dev# ls -lta ttyA*
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 62, 67 2008-12-19 09:28 ttyAGS3
Query modem:
-----
==> codecType = 0x32
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000003c
IP: [<f975598d>] :agrmodem:setResumeCallBack+0xd/0x30
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in: agrserial agrmodem(P) i915 drm pciehp snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss ipv6 pcmcia pcmcia_core ppdev lp parport_pc parport fuse psmouse ath5k mac80211 snd_hda_intel snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc uvcvideo thermal serio_raw snd_hwdep compat_ioctl32 acer_wmi cfg80211 r8169 processor mii video snd soundcore videodev v4l1_compat i2c_i801 sg led_class output intel_agp wmi evdev battery agpgart button thermal_sys hwmon ac [last unloaded: pcmcia_core]
Pid: 3950, comm: kppp Tainted: P (2.6.27.7-smp #2)
EIP: 0060:[<f975598d>] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 0
EIP is at setResumeCallBack+0xd/0x30 [agrmodem]
EAX: 00000000 EBX: f942d0c4 ECX: f64f7280 EDX: f94375e9
ESI: f942d0c4 EDI: f942d028 EBP: f63cdd10 ESP: f63cdd10
DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068
Process kppp (pid: 3950, ti=f63cc000 task=ea135b80 task.ti=f63cc000)
Stack: f63cdd30 f97408a5 f97255b0 f94375ea c0126be0 f976edc2 f967f2a9 f63cdd7f
f63cdda0 f9729b21 f942d0c4 f940f048 00000008 00000001 f942d39c 00000004
00000080 c093fe80 00000001 00000000 00000000 000280d0 c094390c 00000246
Call Trace:
[<f97408a5>] ? CAzlIntelInit+0x39/0x3c4 [agrmodem]
[<f97255b0>] ? ResumeCallBack+0x0/0x34 [agrmodem]
[<c0126be0>] ? printk+0x20/0x30
[<f967f2a9>] ? x_memset+0x9/0x20 [agrmodem]
[<f9729b21>] ? LXHardwareStart+0x11de/0x13fb [agrmodem]
[<f97252d8>] ? linux_modem_open+0x45/0x10e [agrmodem]
[<c012ee1a>] ? lock_timer_base+0x2a/0x50
[<c012e792>] ? internal_add_timer+0x12/0xb0
[<c012ef57>] ? __mod_timer+0x97/0xb0
[<f967f1dd>] ? wrap_linux_modem_open+0xd/0x10 [agrmodem]
[<f967f25d>] ? modemPortOpen+0xd/0x20 [agrmodem]
[<f9439f34>] ? serial8250_startup+0x194/0x350 [agrserial]
[<c040c8a7>] ? uart_startup+0x47/0x140
[<c040e2d6>] ? uart_open+0xf6/0x3f0
[<c03f6e1c>] ? check_tty_count+0x1c/0xb0
[<c0181cce>] ? cdev_get+0x1e/0x60
[<c073bf18>] ? _spin_lock+0x8/0x20
[<c040e1e0>] ? uart_open+0x0/0x3f0
[<c03f9a7c>] ? tty_open+0x15c/0x2f0
[<c018233a>] ? chrdev_open+0x9a/0x180
[<c017d77b>] ? __dentry_open+0xbb/0x230
[<c017d937>] ? nameidata_to_filp+0x47/0x60
[<c01822a0>] ? chrdev_open+0x0/0x180
[<c018a2a5>] ? do_filp_open+0x175/0x700
[<c0194794>] ? expand_files+0x14/0x280
[<c03fe1aa>] ? tty_ldisc_deref+0x5a/0x80
[<c017d580>] ? do_sys_open+0x50/0xe0
[<c017d67e>] ? sys_open+0x2e/0x40
[<c010325a>] ? syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[<c0730000>] ? quirk_usb_early_handoff+0xb0/0x410
=======================
Code: e5 e8 a0 e4 9a c6 e8 a3 ff ff ff 8b 55 08 88 02 5d c3 8d b6 00 00 00 00 8d bf 00 00 00 00 55 89 e5 e8 80 e4 9a c6 a1 8c 8f 7a f9 <8b> 50 3c 89 15 84 8f 7a f9 8b 55 08 89 50 3c b8 01 00 00 00 5d
EIP: [<f975598d>] setResumeCallBack+0xd/0x30 [agrmodem] SS:ESP 0068:f63cdd10
---[ end trace a3d21575a78dca60 ]---
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Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: Process kppp (pid: 3950, ti=f63cc000 task=ea135b80 task.ti=f63cc000)
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: Stack: f63cdd30 f97408a5 f97255b0 f94375ea c0126be0 f976edc2 f967f2a9 f63cdd7f
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: f63cdda0 f9729b21 f942d0c4 f940f048 00000008 00000001 f942d39c 00000004
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: 00000080 c093fe80 00000001 00000000 00000000 000280d0 c094390c 00000246
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: Call Trace:
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<f97408a5>] ? CAzlIntelInit+0x39/0x3c4 [agrmodem]
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<f97255b0>] ? ResumeCallBack+0x0/0x34 [agrmodem]
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c0126be0>] ? printk+0x20/0x30
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<f967f2a9>] ? x_memset+0x9/0x20 [agrmodem]
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<f9729b21>] ? LXHardwareStart+0x11de/0x13fb [agrmodem]
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<f97252d8>] ? linux_modem_open+0x45/0x10e [agrmodem]
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c012ee1a>] ? lock_timer_base+0x2a/0x50
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c012e792>] ? internal_add_timer+0x12/0xb0
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c012ef57>] ? __mod_timer+0x97/0xb0
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<f967f1dd>] ? wrap_linux_modem_open+0xd/0x10 [agrmodem]
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<f967f25d>] ? modemPortOpen+0xd/0x20 [agrmodem]
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<f9439f34>] ? serial8250_startup+0x194/0x350 [agrserial]
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c040c8a7>] ? uart_startup+0x47/0x140
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c040e2d6>] ? uart_open+0xf6/0x3f0
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c03f6e1c>] ? check_tty_count+0x1c/0xb0
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c0181cce>] ? cdev_get+0x1e/0x60
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c073bf18>] ? _spin_lock+0x8/0x20
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c040e1e0>] ? uart_open+0x0/0x3f0
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c03f9a7c>] ? tty_open+0x15c/0x2f0
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c018233a>] ? chrdev_open+0x9a/0x180
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c017d77b>] ? __dentry_open+0xbb/0x230
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c017d937>] ? nameidata_to_filp+0x47/0x60
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c017d580>] ? do_sys_open+0x50/0xe0
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c03fe1aa>] ? tty_ldisc_deref+0x5a/0x80
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c017d67e>] ? sys_open+0x2e/0x40
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c010325a>] ? syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c0194794>] ? expand_files+0x14/0x280
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c0730000>] ? quirk_usb_early_handoff+0xb0/0x410
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: =======================
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c018a2a5>] ? do_filp_open+0x175/0x700
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: Code: e5 e8 a0 e4 9a c6 e8 a3 ff ff ff 8b 55 08 88 02 5d c3 8d b6 00 00 00 00 8d bf 00 00 00 00 55 89 e5 e8 80 e4 9a c6 a1 8c 8f 7a f9 <8b> 50 3c 89 15 84 8f 7a f9 8b 55 08 89 50 3c b8 01 00 00 00 5d
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: [<c01822a0>] ? chrdev_open+0x0/0x180
Message from syslogd@sfw-aspire-one at Fri Dec 19 09:34:16 2008 ...
sfw-aspire-one kernel: EIP: [<f975598d>] setResumeCallBack+0xd/0x30 [agrmodem] SS:ESP 0068:f63cdd10
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