bart@bart-vast:~$ lspci -s 02:05.0 -nv 02:05.0 0780: 11c1:0620 Subsystem: 11c1:0620 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 I/O ports at ea00 [size=256] Capabilities: [f8] Power Management version 3 bart@bart-vast:~$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0: 133 0 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 2 0 IO-APIC-edge i8042 3: 7 0 IO-APIC-edge 8: 128 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc0 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 12: 4 0 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 35340 0 IO-APIC-edge ata_piix 15: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge ata_piix 16: 302023 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb4, HDA Intel, nvidia 17: 336 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi saa7133[0], saa7133[0] 18: 6146 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb3, eth0 19: 91854 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb2, ohci1394, ata_piix 20: 341 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi saa7133[1], saa7133[1] 23: 121385 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb1, ehci_hcd:usb5 NMI: 0 0 Non-maskable interrupts LOC: 259182 267599 Local timer interrupts RES: 12250 13235 Rescheduling interrupts CAL: 30977 39244 function call interrupts TLB: 2832 3236 TLB shootdowns SPU: 0 0 Spurious interrupts ERR: 0 MIS: 0 Bart Op woensdag 07-01-2009 om 18:15 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Marvin Stodolsky: > Bart, > > Please return outputs of > $ lspci -s 02:05.0 -nv > $ cat /proc/interrupts > > Also try simplying your System by detaching external devices and > shutting down as much as possible before testing the modem. > > MarvS > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Bjorn Wielens <Uniacke1@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Bart, > > Yes, it can be built from source, I'll get to that in a moment. > > However, can you please attach the error.txt file? I would like to see > > if this is the routine hangup that can happen with some configurations, > > or whether it is something else. > > > > Also, what is your ALSA version? (found by issuing 'cat > > /proc/asound/version') > > Thanks! > > Bjorn. > > > > > > Bart Verbeek wrote: > >> I got now relevant output to this error.txt file. > >> It is a total system hangup, caused by the driver/module agrmodem and/or > >> agrserial. As soon as some application directs this module, the system > >> hangs. I should do a disk check now. :-( > >> I almost lost some settings and data from evolution because of this. > >> Fortunately I managed to solve that. > >> Is there a newer version of this module, or is it possible to build it > >> from source? If so, where do I find this source package? > >> Bart > >> > >> > >> Op woensdag 07-01-2009 om 13:33 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Bjorn > >> Wielens: > >>> 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 > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>> > >> > >> > > > >