Hello my name is Hans Range and I live in British Columbia,Canada. I
have an old pc here with a fresh install of sabayon linux 4.1 its pretty
old and has a seemingly incompatible modem in it i really would like to
get this up and running asap. any help is greatly appreciated. if there
is no hope for this modem then what will work that i can pick up at most
computer stores. i understand some of the modem data file but not enough
to know where to get started. the data file is attached!
Thanks in advance.
-hans
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-------------------------- System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686,
This is
Linux version 2.6.29-sabayon (root@sabayon) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Gentoo 4.3.2 p1.1) ) #1 SMP Fri Apr 3 07:59:17 UTC 2009
scanModem update of: 2009_05_12
There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files
Potentially useful modem drivers now loaded are:
slamrTest=
If a USB modem or cellphone is attached and was not detected, please
provide available information in your request to discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
For candidate card in slot 02:0b.0, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
02:0b.0 1813:4000 Communication controller: Ambient Technologies Inc HaM controllerless modem
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
9: 731916 XT-PIC-XT acpi, uhci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb2, EMU10K1, eth0
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 02:0b.0 ----
[ 0.683377] pci 0000:02:0b.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xf3800000-0xf3800fff]
[ 0.683388] pci 0000:02:0b.0: reg 14 io port: [0xd000-0xd0ff]
[ 0.683432] pci 0000:02:0b.0: supports D2
[ 0.683438] pci 0000:02:0b.0: PME# supported from D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.683445] pci 0000:02:0b.0: PME# disabled
The PCI slot 02:0b.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.
PCIbus=02:0b.0
02:0b.0 Communication controller: Ambient Technologies Inc HaM controllerless modem (rev 02)
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
Memory at f3800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
=== Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software. ===
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 02:0b.0:
Modem chipset detected on
NAME="Communication controller: Ambient Technologies Inc HaM controllerless modem "
CLASS=0780
PCIDEV=1813:4000
SUBSYS=none
IRQ=9
IDENT=AmbientTech
For candidate modem in: 02:0b.0
0780 Communication controller: Ambient Technologies Inc HaM controllerless modem
Primary device ID: 1813:4000
Support type needed or chipset: AmbientTech
Under Linux 2.6.n kernels, the chipset is NOT SUPPORTED . Read DOCs/InfoGeneral.txt about alternatives.
Vendor=1813 Ambient Tech was acquired by Intel with its HaM (Host assisted Modem) chipsets.
There is no support under 2.6.n kernels!!
Intel-v92ham-453.tgz 2.4.n kernels was the FINAL 2.4.n update for HaM modems, available at:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/Intel/ham/
http://developer.intel.com/design/modems/support/drivers.htm
It is NOT functional when compiled under 2.6.n kernels.
But under the 2.4.nn kernels, all HaM chipsets were supported,
with a single EXCEPTION: the odd PCI_ID 1813:4100 modems. For the explanation, see message:
http://linmodems.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?1:mss:9448:200210:fbhcoigfcimgkjdedjad
====== end AmbientTech 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/2.6.29-sabayon/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:
-r-s--x--x 1 root root 223224 2008-10-14 08:18 /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
lock
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.
==========================================================
KERNEL=="slamr", NAME="slamr0" GROUP="dialout"
KERNEL=="slusb", NAME="slusb0" GROUP="dialout" RUN+="slmodem_usb.sh"
Checking for modem support lines:
--------------------------------------
/device/modem symbolic link:
slmodemd created symbolic link /dev/ttySL0:
Within /etc/udev/ files:
/etc/udev/rules.d/55-slmodem.rules:KERNEL=="slusb", NAME="slusb0" GROUP="dialout" RUN+="slmodem_usb.sh"
Within /etc/modprobe.conf files:
/etc/modprobe.conf:### update-modules: start processing /etc/modprobe.d/slmodem
/etc/modprobe.conf:# slmodem 2.9.x kernel modules configuration file
/etc/modprobe.conf:### update-modules: end processing /etc/modprobe.d/slmodem
/etc/modprobe.d/slmodem:# slmodem 2.9.x kernel modules configuration file
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
/etc/modules.conf:### update-modules: start processing /etc/modules.d/slmodem
/etc/modules.conf:# slmodem 2.9.x kernel modules' configuration file
/etc/modules.conf:### update-modules: end processing /etc/modules.d/slmodem
/etc/modules.conf.old:### modules-update: start processing /etc/modules.d/slmodem
/etc/modules.conf.old:# slmodem 2.9.x kernel modules' configuration file
/etc/modules.conf.old:### modules-update: end processing /etc/modules.d/slmodem
--------- end modem support lines --------
