Hi Bart, Sounds like the agrsm driver itself may be hanging... You can catch the error message by issuing 'tail -f /var/log/messages > err.txt' before hanging the system... Upon reboot, then the err.txt file will have the output of /var/log/messages just before it crashed. You can forward that and we'll look at it. HTH, Bjorn. Bart Verbeek wrote: > Hi Jacques, > Thanks for your reply! > It is not only X that hangs. It is strange enough, the whole system. > First thing I try is CTRL-ALT-F2 or F3. But no response to this nor Ctrl > +Alt-Backspace. Even the SysRq does not respond. > > I've version 1.60.1+nmu2 installed. Force version is greyed out in > Synaptic. Any suggestions how to try an older version on Ubuntu Intrepid > 8.10? > Bart > > > > Op woensdag 07-01-2009 om 17:37 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Jacques > Goldberg: >> Bart, >> I have seen such things in the past when a then recent, possibly still >> distributed, version of wvdialconf was starting to search for USB and >> other more exotic hardware after failing to find any /dev/ttyS* device. >> >> I believe that I can suggest a new test with an older version of wvdialconf. >> >> I am using 1.54 since long and never felt any need for anything else. >> >> Something else: when your machine hangs, have you tried to see if it >> could be that X11, not the machine, has ceased to respond? >> >> One way is to try to restart it is to CTRL-SHIFT-BACKSPACE. >> An other way, the one I prefer, is to CTRL-SHIFT-F1 to try to open >> an ASCII pseudo-terminal (console). ps ax then shows all running >> tasks, making it possible to kill the process which blocks you, probably >> wvdialconf. >> >> Good luck >> >> >> Bart Verbeek wrote: >>> Marv S, >>> I first tried the sudo agrsm-test as suggested by dpkg after the >>> install. This hanged my system. >>> >>> Then I manually loaded the drivers as described in usages.txt >>> sudo modprobe agrmodem and sudo modprobe agrserial >>> >>> This did not give me a message as expected that /dev/ttyAGS3 was >>> created. But I checked /dev/ and /dev/ttyAGS3 is actually there. >>> I created symbolic links: >>> sudo ln -s /dev/ttyAGS3 /dev/ttySAGR and sudo ln >>> -s /dev/ttyAGS3 /dev/modem >>> as described in usages.txt >>> >>> So both sudo agrsm-test and wvdialconf give me a totally hanged system. >>> I attached a photo from the frozen screen/computer. >>> >>> noacpi did not help me either. I do not get a workable screen with Xorg >>> then (Nvidia). >>> Is there anything else I could try? >>> Bart >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Op woensdag 07-01-2009 om 08:40 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Marvin >>> Stodolsky: >>>> Bart, >>>> >>>> The drivers likely aren't loaded, or there should be an /dev/ttySAGR >>>> for wvdialconf to fine. It is the agrsm-tools which provides for this >>>> symbolic link >>>> Make sure your boot is into 2.6.27-9-generic >>>> >>>> Either >>>> $ sudo agrsm-test >>>> or >>>> $ modprobe agrserial >>>> >>>> $ ls -l /dev/ttySAGR >>>> before the wvdialconf >>>> >>>> Marv S >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Bart Verbeek <ahverbeek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> Thanks MarvS, >>>>> I've installed those deb's and did some testing with: >>>>> sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf >>>>> If I do this I get an output like this: >>>>> A failure will include lines like: >>>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud >>>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud >>>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up. >>>>> Modem Port Scan<*1>: S1 S2 S3 >>>>> >>>>> At that point the system hangs totally! Not even the SysRq is >>>>> responding! >>>>> >>>>> Would pci=noacpi in Grub fix this? >>>>> Bart >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Op woensdag 07-01-2009 om 07:04 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Marvin >>>>> Stodolsky: >>>>>> Bart >>>>>> >>>>>> from http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/ get >>>>>> agrsm-2.6.27-9-generic_2.6.27-9.14_i386.deb and agrsm-tools_0.0.1_all.deb >>>>>> >>>>>> Coinstall with: >>>>>> $ sudo dpkg -i agrsm*.deb >>>>>> >>>>>> There will be troubleshooting instructions in >>>>>> /usr/share/doc/agrsm-tools/usage.txt >>>>>> >>>>>> There has been service of modems >>>>>> Communication controller: Agere Systems Device 0620" >>>>>> PCIDEV=11c1:0620 >>>>>> modems under 2.6.24 kernels. Report back presently. >>>>>> >>>>>> scanModem should have output this info automatically. >>>>>> I may send you an update to test. >>>>>> >>>>>> MarvS >>>>>> scanModem maintainer >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Bart Verbeek <ahverbeek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> I've read here: >>>>>>> http://www.nabble.com/11c1:0620-or-11c1:048c-or-11c1:048f-td20592361.html >>>>>>> That possibly there is a .deb file available to get this modem working >>>>>>> on Ubuntu?! >>>>>>> Would someone please help me with this modem? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> scanout.02:05.0: >>>>>>> CLASS=0780 >>>>>>> NAME="Communication controller: Agere Systems Device 0620" >>>>>>> PCIDEV=11c1:0620 >>>>>>> SUBSYS=11c1:0620 >>>>>>> IRQ=11 >>>>>>> HDA= >>>>>>> CodecDiagnosed= >>>>>>> slamrTest= >>>>>>> CodecClass= >>>>>>> IDENT=SV2P >>>>>>> SLMODEMD_DEVICE= >>>>>>> OPTS= >>>>>>> Driver=agrmodem+agrserial >>>>>>> DRIVER=agrmodem+agrserial >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kind regards, >>>>>>> Bart Verbeek >>>>>>> > >
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