Hi All,
Thanks for the updates. I am out of town at the moment. So would surely
try out these things once I will be back at my place.
Regards,
Manish Kalonia
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 22:10 -0400, Marvin Stodolsky wrote:
> Antonio,
>
> Re: This brings up a question regarding the new /etc/modprobe.d/ directory
> that is now become depracated?
> ----------
> /etc/modprobe.d/ is not itself deprecated, to my understanding.
> Rather there is being implemented a requirement that all files within
> /etc/modprobe.d/ have an ending .conf
> For example, here are the contents of my Ubuntu folder:
> $ ls /etc/modprobe.d/
> agrsm.conf blacklist.conf
> blacklist-modem.conf dkms.conf
> alsa-base.conf blacklist-firewire.conf blacklist-oss.conf
> libpisock9.conf
> blacklist-ath_pci.conf blacklist-framebuffer.conf blacklist-watchdog.conf
>
> wherein agrsm.conf is just the rename of my older agrsm, facilitating
> port creation and loading of agrmodem + agrserial upon:
> $ modprobe agrserial.
>
> MarvS
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Antonio Olivares
> <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Marv & Manish,
> >
> > The output from scanModem reports that the agrsm-tools package does
> > provide for autoloading?
> >
> > The agrsm-tools package supports driver autoloading, but does not itself
> > contain drivers.
> >
> > This brings up a question regarding the new /etc/modprobe.d/ directory
> > that is now become depracated? How is the driver to be loaded if not
> > put directly in the /etc/modprobe.d/ directory?
> >
> > The only thing that I can come up with is a modified script for
> > /etc/init.d/ and use of chkconfig and add it as a service with it.
> > Something like
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > #
> > # agrsmd: Starts the agrsm-11c11040 Modem Daemon
> > #
> > # chkconfig: 345 90 10
> > # description: This is the user space part of the
> > 11c11040 agrsm Modem driver
> >
> > modprobe agrmodem
> > modprobe agrserial
> >
> > if ! [[ -e /dev/modem ]] &> /dev/null; then
> > {
> > echo "Linking /dev/ttyAGS3 to /dev/modem to let kppp access modem"
> > ln -s /dev/ttyAGS3 /dev/ttySAGR
> > ln -s /dev/ttyAGS3 /dev/modem
> > }
> > fi
> >
> > # See how we were called.
> > case "$1" in
> > start)
> > echo -n "Starting agrsm . . ."
> > modprobe agrmodem
> > modprobe agrserial
> > echo "done"
> > ;;
> > stop)
> > echo -n "Shutting down agrsm . . ."
> > modprobe -r agrserial
> > modprobe -r agrmodem
> > echo "done"
> > ;;
> > status)
> > ;;
> > restart)
> > $0 stop
> > $0 start
> > ;;
> > *)
> > echo "Usage: agrsm {start|stop|restart|status}"
> > exit 1
> > esac
> >
> > exit 0
> >
> > save it to agrsmd. Then copy this file over to /etc/rc.d/init.d or
> > /etc/init.d/ folder and add it with chkconfig as superuser
> > $ su -
> > passwd:
> > # cp agrsmd /etc/init.d/ or /etc/rc.d/init.d/
> > # chkconfig agrsm --add
> > then check to see if the links are created or not?
> >
> > [root@localhost init.d]# chkconfig agrsmd on
> > [root@localhost init.d]# cd ..
> > [root@localhost rc.d]# for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
> >
> > and you should see some K00? and S00? stuff created with agrsmd.
> >
> > Modified a bit to match agrsm from slmodemd startup script found here.
> >
> > http://www20.brinkster.com/olivares/slmodemd-setup-1.html
> >
> > I do not know if this will actually work, but I did have some success
> > with modified pctel scripts with chkconfig in Fedora. I hope that the
> > script works but it comes with no warranty :( I know the script
> > somehow works in Slax, but only Hugo confirmed that it works since I
> > could not get the agrsm 11c1:0620 modem to work for me.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Antonio
> >
> > On 9/24/09, Marvin Stodolsky <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Antonio,
> >>
> >> Would you provide Manish with instructions for driver loading on
> >> RPM systems, using a /etc/init.d/ script.
> >>
> >> Manish
> >>
> >> Autoloading a bootup loading of winmodem drivers is NOT recommended.
> >> While they may be working well now, after some future kernel update,
> >> they could contribute to a crash during bootup. You would then need
> >> to work with a Rescue Disk to recover functionality.
> >>
> >> If you have installed the agrsm-tools package, then
> >> # modprobe agrserial
> >> will setup all needed for subsequent dialout.
> >>
> >> If you want to take the RISKs of having them autoload,
> >> then add lines to the file /etc/module
> >> agrmodem
> >> agrserial
> >>
> >> or somewhat more conservatively, write a loading script for /etc/init.d/
> >>
> >> Marvin
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Manish Kalonia
> >> <manishkalonia85@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> Hi Marvin,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks a lot for the help. The sound is working fine. I had to search
> >>> for the dkms package from the suse webpage. But still I have to load the
> >>> drivers after every restart. Is there any way that these drivers get
> >>> loaded automatically instead of regular drivers.
> >>>
> >>> Anyways, thanks again for the help.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Manish Kalonia
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 21:24 -0400, Marvin Stodolsky wrote:
> >>>> Manish,
> >>>>
> >>>> For openSUSE 11.1 - Kernel Linux version 2.6.27.29-0.1-default and modem
> >>>> Codec: LSI ID 1040
> >>>> Vendor Id: 0x11c11040
> >>>>
> >>>> from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/ you
> >>>> should first install SuSE's dkms package, then from
> >>>> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/ , the
> >>>> agrsm-tools-0.0.1-2.noarch.rpm , just a diagnostic helper
> >>>> >From http://linux.zsolttech.com/linmodem/agrsm/Testing/ the code
> >>>> package
> >>>> dkms-agrsm-2.1.80-9mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
> >>>>
> >>>> These should be installed in order dkms,
> >>>> dkms-agrsm-2.1.80-9mdv2009.0.i586.rpm, agrsm-tools-0.0.1-2.noarch.rpm
> >>>>
> >>>> Loss of sound is expected.
> >>>> Bjorn is most experienced to help you.
> >>>>
> >>>> Service of 11c11040 under 2.6.28 kernels has not yet been accomplished.
> >>>>
> >>>> MarvS
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Manish Kalonia
> >>>> <manishkalonia85@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> > Hi,
> >>>> >
> >>>> > I am using opensuse 11.1 on a CQ45-137TX compaq machine. I followed the
> >>>> > necessary steps described in making modules HOWTO section. But after
> >>>> > making the modules from the kernel source and rebooting my sound system
> >>>> > stopped working. Also, i could not make any modules from the agrsm
> >>>> > files. I am attaching the ModemData file.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Thanks in advance
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Thanks and Reply,
> >>>> > Manish Kalonia
> >>>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
