Hi there, I'm trying to install a voice modem on my Ubuntu server. My
end goal is to run some program to immediately drop calls from
specific numbers (NRA and other telemarketers who call often).
lspci suggests that it is an Intel 537 Modem:
01:02.0 Modem: SILICON Laboratories Intel 537 [Winmodem] (rev 04)
I ran scanModem, following the directions on the linmodems website,
which instructed me to attach ModemData.txt to this email. I have
pasted the contents below, as well as attaching the file.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Derek
ModemData.txt:
Only plain text email is forwarded by the Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
List Server,
as HTML can contain viruses. Use as the email Subject Line:
YourName, YourCountry kernel 2.6.27-11-server
With this Subject Line cogent experts will be alerted, and useful
case names left in the Archive.
YourCountry will enable Country specific guidance. Linux experts in
YourCountry
can be found through: http://www.linux.org/groups/index.html.
They will know your Country's modem code, which may be essential for
dialup service.
Responses from Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are sometimes blocked by an
Internet Provider mail filters.
So in a day, also check the Archived responses at http://www.linmodems.org
-------------------------- System information
----------------------------
CPU=i686,
Linux version 2.6.27-11-server (buildd@vernadsky) (gcc version 4.3.2
(Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Wed Apr 1 21:53:55 UTC 2009
scanModem update of: 2009_09_15
The modem symbolic link is /dev/modem -> /dev/537
The dialer utility package WVDIAL does not appear to be installed on
your System.
For Ubuntu Jaunty users, there are at the bottom of http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/:
wvdial_jaunty_amd64.zip for x86_64, 64 bit bus systems.
wvdial_jaunty_i386.zip for 32 bit systems.
These are about 1 MB in size. After downloaded and copied into your
Linux partition:
$ unzip wv*.zip
Within the new folder:
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
will complete the wvdial installation
Please read Modem/DOCs/wvdial.txt for usage information.
The dkms driver upgrade utilities are installed,
There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files
Potentially useful modem drivers now loaded are:
Intel537
Attached USB devices are:
ID 058f:9360 Alcor Micro Corp. 8-in-1 Media Card Reader
If a cellphone is not detected, see http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-878554.html
A sample report is: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-nineth/msg00578.html
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 01:02.0, firmware information and bootup
diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
01:02.0 1543:3052 1543:3000 Modem: SILICON Laboratories Intel 537
[Winmodem]
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
18: 235761 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb3
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 01:02.0 ----
=== Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent
software. ===
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 01:02.0:
Modem chipset detected on
NAME="Modem: SILICON Laboratories Intel 537 [Winmodem] "
CLASS=0703
PCIDEV=1543:3052
SUBSYS=1543:3000
IRQ=18
IDENT=INTEL537_on_1543:3052
For candidate modem in: 01:02.0
0703 Modem: SILICON Laboratories Intel 537 [Winmodem]
Primary device ID: 1543:3052
Support type needed or chipset: INTEL537_on_1543:3052
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/2.6.27-11-server/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.
Compressed files at: /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.27.tar.bz2 /usr/src/vpb-
driver.tar.bz2
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 277160 2008-11-20 13:58 /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: wlan0
wmaster0
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:
--------------------------------------
/device/modem symbolic link: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8
2009-09-27 15:54 /dev/modem -> /dev/537
slmodemd created symbolic link /dev/ttySL0:
Within /etc/udev/ files:
/etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules:# Intelmodem537ep
/etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules:#KERNEL=="537ep0", SYMLINK=="modem"
Within /etc/modprobe.conf files:
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
--------- end modem support lines --------
