---------- Cabeçalho inicial ----------- De: "Marvin Stodolsky" marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx Para: "Mehdi Salem" momesana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,"John DeArmond" jgd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,"Maykel Moya" moya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dabbill@xxxxxxxxx,"Patompong Kumdang" u500910052@xxxxxx,"Martin Lupcke" mossianin_lbcmi@xxxxxxxxxx,"rami daoud" ramidawod34@xxxxxxxxx,"Justin Smith" justin_smith599@xxxxxxxxxxx Cópia: "Linmodems" discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Data: Sun, 10 May 2009 23:00:42 -0400 Assunto: AgereSystems/LSI 11c11040 chip modems and kernel 2.6.28 systems > Bjorn has made the observation that 11c11040 chip modems have not yet > been successfully used under the new 2.6.28 kernels. Searching > through the List mail, this does sadly seem to be true. So herein I > am giving more explicit instructions for the temporary work around. > The major functional point is that Jaunty installation does support > the earlier 2.6.27 kernels, under which the 11c11040 chipset modems > have been well supported by the dkms-agrsm packages. > > These instructions are given for the specific case of Ubuntu Jaunty > installations, but it should be obvious how to extend the instructions > to other Systems. > Here are the URLs from which to start download of the necessary packages: > http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/ get the > dkms-agrsm_2.1.80-6_i386.deb , agrsm-tools_0.0.1_all.deb and > agrsm_howto.txt > From the following URLs, just get the primary package named, as the > dependencies are already satisfied on your Ubuntu system. > http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/dkms > http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid-updates/linux-headers-2.6.27-11 > http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid-updates/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic > http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid-updates/linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic > > Should you have an alternate ethernet/wireless connection, the short > way to install the last four packages is to: > $ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list > to add a line: > deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted > Then: > $ sudo apt-get update > after which: > $ sudo apt-get linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic dkms > linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic > will suffice to get and install the four packages > Remember afterward to remove the additional line, though it will do no harm. > > If the phone line is your only connection. Then download all the > above manually, and copy to your personal folder. Therein all the > *.deb packages will be co-installed by: > $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb > > Afterwards, reboot using the -2.6.27-11-generic choice. > The agrmodem + agrserial drivers will be compiled and installed automatically. > The first test to run is: > $ sudo agrsm-test > which hopefully will find the modem. > > Apologies if some of you receive this message twice, but I'm not sure > whether all of you are on the list > > MarvS > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Marvin Stodolsky <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, May 10, 2009 at 1:19 PM > Subject: Re: 11c11040 probem Re: Rami, Syria kernel 2.6.28-11-generic > To: rami daoud <ramidawod34@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Linmodems <discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Rami, > > Please join the List through the SUBSCRIBE link at http://www.linmodems.org > and send email to the List, not directly to individuals, to benefit > from the broadest experience!! > > With Linux unlike Microsoft, reinstallations are typically NOT > necessary, and time wasteful > > RE: > /var/lib/dpkg/info/dkms-agrsm.postinst: 2: /usr/sbin/dkms: not found > you have to install the dkms package first, then the dkms-agrsm and > agrsm-tools packages > > Assuming Bjorn is correct, the quickest way to get online is to > download kernel 2.6.27-11-generic support by getting packages from: > http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid-updates/linux-headers-2.6.27-11 > http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid-updates/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic > http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid-updates/linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic > > just get the primary packages as the dependencies are already > supported under Jaunty > They can be co-installed with with: > $ sudo dpkg -i linux*.deb > > Then reboot with the 2.6.27-11-generic kernel, and run the: > $ sudo agrsm-test > > Once you have service under 2.6.27-11-generic, we can later work on > the 2.6.28 problems. > > MarvS > > > > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 12:36 PM, rami daoud <ramidawod34@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I formatted ubuntu and made clean installation and below is my second > > attempt via the terminal. > > > > > > To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>". > > See "man sudo_root" for details. > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ sudo ifconfig ath0 down > > [sudo] password for emil: > > ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ sudo ifconfig ath0 down > > ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ ifconfig > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:d4:f9:26:b8 > > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > > Interrupt:252 Base address:0xc000 > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > > RX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > RX bytes:3424 (3.4 KB) TX bytes:3424 (3.4 KB) > > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:7e:5e:e6:02 > > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > > wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr > > 00-19-7E-5E-E6-02-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ sudo ifconfig wmaster0 down > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 down > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ sudo ifconfig lo down > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ ifconfig > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ dir > > Examples ???\ ?????? ??? ??? ????? ????? ??????? ?????? > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -i dkms*.deb agrsm*.deb > > Selecting previously deselected package dkms-agrsm. > > (Reading database ... 103898 files and directories currently installed.) > > Unpacking dkms-agrsm (from dkms-agrsm_2[1].1.80-5_i386.deb) ... > > Selecting previously deselected package agrsm-tools. > > Unpacking agrsm-tools (from agrsm-tools_0[1].0.1_all.deb) ... > > Setting up dkms-agrsm (2.1.80-5) ... > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/dkms-agrsm.postinst: 2: /usr/sbin/dkms: not found > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/dkms-agrsm.postinst: 3: /usr/sbin/dkms: not found > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/dkms-agrsm.postinst: 4: /usr/sbin/dkms: not found > > Setting up agrsm-tools (0.0.1) ... > > After installing agrsm drivers for 2.6.28-11-generic, run: > > sudo agrsm-test > > to test for modem detection with wvdialconf > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ sudo agrsm-test > > The agrsm drivers not found for boot kernel 2.6.28-11-generic . > > Were they installed for a different kernel version? > > Checking all installed module trees: > > Exiting > > emil@emil-laptop:~$ > > > > > > --- On Sun, 5/10/09, Bjorn Wielens <Uniacke1@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > From: Bjorn Wielens <Uniacke1@xxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: 11c11040 probem Re: Rami, Syria kernel 2.6.28-11-generic > > To: "Marvin Stodolsky" <> > > Cc: "rami daoud" <ramidawod34@xxxxxxxxx>, "Linmodems" > > <discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 8:00 AM > > > > Marv and others, > > Typically, this kernel crash (pointer dereference in agrsm) is caused by > > a different version of ALSA than the drivers were "intended" for. > > > > cat /proc/asound/version will reveal the version of ALSA installed. > > My systems have 1.0.17 (and 1.0.18). There have been no success reports > > yet for your kernel, if I recall correctly, which suggests it may be > > using a newer alsa version. > > If this is the case, you may want to consider downgrading to an older > > version of (at least) the driver package, alsa-drivers-1.0.xx) where xx > > can be 18 or 17. Likely they must be built from source, which is > > available at http://alsa-project.org/ > > > > Best, > > Bjorn. > > > > Marvin Stodolsky wrote: > >> Rami, > >> > >> This is a bad problem, below. Possibly it might be alleviated by > >> blocking loading of other drivers. > >> But I cannot take more time tonight. > >> > >> Marvin > >> ---------------------- > > > > > > > thanks all. My modem is working in slackware distro. Linux darkstar 2.6.27.7-smp #2 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:32:43 CST 2008 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux But I have not tested in 2.6.28 kernel yet. I'm using the agrsm-20090502.tar.gz release. Hugo
