Dear Sir or Madam,
Can you please help with the problem of getting my installation of
Ubuntu 8.10 to recognise my Dial Up Agere Modem. I have tried to use a
file called martian-full-20080617 recommended through the Ubuntu help
forum, but that returns error messages and will not install.
many thanks
Tony Morton
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-------------------------- System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686,
Linux version 2.6.27-7-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu10) ) #1 SMP Fri Oct 24 06:42:44 UTC 2008
scanModem update of: 2008_12_27
There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files
Attached USB devices are:
ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
ID 05dc:0080 Lexar Media, Inc. Jumpdrive Secure 64MB
ID 03f0:7104 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 3420c
ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
USB modems not recognized
For candidate card in slot 01:08.0, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
01:08.0 11c1:044c 11c1:044c Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
15: 7279 IO-APIC-edge pata_amd
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 01:08.0 ----
[ 0.520368] PCI: 0000:01:08.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [ec800000, ec8000ff]
[ 0.520378] PCI: 0000:01:08.0 reg 14 io port: [b800, b807]
[ 0.520387] PCI: 0000:01:08.0 reg 18 io port: [b400, b4ff]
[ 0.520427] pci 0000:01:08.0: supports D2
[ 0.520431] pci 0000:01:08.0: PME# supported from D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.520437] pci 0000:01:08.0: PME# disabled
The PCI slot 01:08.0 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 01:08.0:
Modem chipset detected on
NAME="Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem "
CLASS=0780
PCIDEV=11c1:044c
SUBSYS=11c1:044c
IRQ=5
IDENT=Agere.DSP
For candidate modem in: 01:08.0
0780 Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem
Primary device ID: 11c1:044c
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.
0x044c -- Mars 3 Perseus data/fax only:North America and Global board
0x044c -- Mars 3.2 Mercury data fax only when no eeprom is present, North America DAA
-------------- 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: 4.3.2
and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.3.2
Minimal compiling resources appear complete:
make utility - /usr/bin/make
Compiler version 4.3
linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-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 273064 2008-10-16 02:51 /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.
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Checking for modem support lines:
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/device/modem symbolic link:
slmodemd created symbolic link /dev/ttySL0:
Within /etc/udev/ files:
Within /etc/modprobe.conf files:
/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
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
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