After finding out that my previous Intel modem didn't work, I have since
tried a Conexant, of which I have refused to pay Linuxant for drivers, and
am now trying a PCTel. scanModem reported that I should use
PCTel-0.9.7-9-RHT-10tar.gz, so I untar'ed that and then installed. I ran
into a problem with a gcc mismatch, so I modified the gcc symlink to point
to gcc-4.1 during the install (instead of 4.3). Everything went well until I
ran faxaddmodem and then it probed for the speed, outputting:
Probing for best speed to talk to modem: 38400 19200 9600 4800 2400 1200
Unable to deduce DTE-DCE speed; check that you are using the
correct device and/or that your modem is setup properly. If
all else fails, try the -s option to lock the speed.
I'm not quite sure how to proceed from here, although some other Internet
posts suggest forcing 38400 or running 'setserial /dev/ttyS_PCTEL0 uart
16550A port 0xe800 irq 10 autoconfigure. On an aside, 'lspci -v' reports the
following, of which the <access denied> seems to be a little weird. I've
attached my ModemData.txt, and hope that someone will have some suggestions.
00:0c.0 Communication controller: PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56 (rev 01)
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at e800 [size=64]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pctel_hw
Kernel modules: pctel
Thanks,
ddcc
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-------------------------- System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686,
Linux version 2.6.26-2-486 (Debian 2.6.26-15lenny2) (dannf@xxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080704 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25)) #1 Mon May 11 18:33:01 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:
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 00:0c.0, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:0c.0 134d:7890 Communication controller: PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
10: 0 XT-PIC-XT uhci_hcd:usb1
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:0c.0 ----
PCIbus=00:0c.0
00:0c.0 Communication controller: PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56 (rev 01)
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at e800 [size=64]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
=== Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software. ===
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:0c.0:
Modem chipset detected on
NAME="Communication controller: PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56 "
CLASS=0780
PCIDEV=134d:7890
SUBSYS=none
IRQ=10
IDENT=PCTEL
For candidate modem in: 00:0c.0
0780 Communication controller: PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56
Primary device ID: 134d:7890
Support type needed or chipset: PCTEL
At http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux
Get the pctel-0.9.7-9-rht-10.tar.gz
Unpack under Linux with:
tar zxf pctel*.tar.gz
and read instuctions therein.
Read DOCs/Pctel.txt and Modem/DOCs/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance.
Writing DOCs/Pctel.txt
Completed candidate modem analyses.
The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev
Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 4.1.3
and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.1.3
Minimal compiling resources appear complete:
make utility - /usr/bin/make
Compiler version 4.1
linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-486/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.
For Debian and some related distributions, a package kernel-kbuild-2.6-26 may be needed to support driver compiling.
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 settings of: /etc/ppp/options
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.
==========================================================
Checking for modem support lines:
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/device/modem symbolic link:
slmodemd created symbolic link /dev/ttySL0:
Within /etc/udev/ files:
/etc/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules:SUBSYSTEM=="atm", RUN+="dsl-modem.agent"
/etc/udev/rules.d/00-hsf.rules:KERNEL=="ttySHSF0", SYMLINK="modem"
Within /etc/modprobe.conf files:
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
/etc/modules.conf:alias /dev/modem /dev/ttySHSF
/etc/modules.conf:probeall /dev/ttySHSF hsfpcibasic2 hsfpcibasic3 hsfmc97ich hsfmc97via hsfmc97ali hsfmc97ati hsfmc97sis hsfusbcd2 snd_hda_intel snd-hda-codec-hsfmodem
--------- end modem support lines --------
For Debian users, the linux-headers-2.6.26-2-486.deb can be used instead of kernel-source/
