(Attached is an old ModemData.txt that was created; prior, to a power surge,
that shorted out my PCI Smartlink 1800 Chipset Modem).
I'm currently looking for a replacement PCI Modem that is supported by the
Sasha Khapyorsky's maintained slamr modem driver, and I'm having some
difficuties in locating a suitable inexpensive replacement PCI modem via the
Internet.
I've been able to locate some inexpensive PCI SmartLink 2801 chipset modems,
but I'm unsure if the SL2801 chipset on these PCI modems is supported by the
slamr driver.
Based on the information I acquired from the Internet concerning supported
PCI SmartLink chipset modems, the slamr driver supports the following:
SL1500: SmartPCI56 (3-chip)
SL1800: SmartPCI561 (3-chip)
SL1900: SmartPCI562 (2-chip, silicon DAA)
SL1801: SmartPCI563 (2-chip, transformer DAA)
And, there is no mention of support for a PCI SL2801 chipset modem.
Any recommendations for an inexpensive PCI modem replacement is appreciated.
Thanks,
Ken
P.S. Not having a modem in my dual boot Windows XP/Ubuntu (Hardy 8.04)
desktop PC is a pain. :(
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-------------------------- System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686,
Linux version 2.6.24-25-386 (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.2.4 (Ubuntu 4.2.4-1ubuntu3)) #1 Tue Oct 20 06:50:20 UTC 2009
scanModem update of: 2009_11_26
The modem symbolic link is /dev/modem -> ttySL0
The slmodemd set symbolic link is /dev/ttySL0 -> /dev/pts/0
The dkms driver upgrade utilities are installed,
Modem drivers blocked from loading during bootup are listed in /etc/modprobe* file lines:
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-restricted:blacklist ltmodem
Potentially useful modem drivers now loaded are:
slamr
slamrTest=mc97
Attached USB devices are:
ID 6253:0100 TwinHan Technology Co., Ltd Ir reciver f. remote control
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 00:06.0, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:06.0 10b9:5459 14fe:9100 Modem: ALi Corporation SmartLink SmartPCI561 56K Modem
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
16: 2033168 IO-APIC-fasteoi SL1800
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:06.0 ----
[ 23.968838] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:06.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 23.971472] 0000:00:06.0: ttyS2 at I/O 0xa028 (irq = 16) is a 8250
[ 23.972814] 0000:00:06.0: ttyS3 at I/O 0xa040 (irq = 16) is a 8250
[ 23.972931] Couldn't register serial port 0000:00:06.0: -28
[ 39.955492] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:06.0 disabled
[ 40.118510] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:06.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
The PCI slot 00:06.0 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.
=== Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software. ===
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:06.0:
Modem chipset detected on
NAME="Modem: ALi Corporation SmartLink SmartPCI561 56K Modem"
CLASS=0703
PCIDEV=10b9:5459
SUBSYS=14fe:9100
IRQ=16
slamrTest=mc97
IDENT=slamr
For candidate modem in: 00:06.0
0703 Modem: ALi Corporation SmartLink SmartPCI561 56K Modem
Primary device ID: 10b9:5459
Support type needed or chipset: slamr
The modem is supported by the Smartlink
plus the slmodemd helper utility. Read the
DOCs/Smartlink.txt and Modem/DOCs/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance.
For 2.6.24-25-386 compiling drivers is necessary. As of October 2007 the current packages at
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/ are the
ungrab-winmodem-20070505.tar.gz and slmodem-2.9.11-20080126.tar.gz
Writing DOCs/Smartlink.txt
============ end Smartlink section =====================
Completed candidate modem analyses.
The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev
Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 4.2.4
and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.2.4
Minimal compiling resources appear complete:
make utility - /usr/bin/make
Compiler version 4.2
linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.24-25-386/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/sl-modem.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-x 1 root dip 269256 2007-10-04 14:57 /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: eth0
Which can interfere with Browser naviagation.
Don't worry about the following, it is for experts should trouble shooting be necessary.
==========================================================
# start/stop the daemon when the USB modem is connected
KERNEL=="slusb[0-9]*", GROUP="dialout", RUN+="/etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon"
Checking for modem support lines:
--------------------------------------
/device/modem symbolic link: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2009-12-02 08:59 /dev/modem -> ttySL0
slmodemd created symbolic link /dev/ttySL0: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-12-02 08:59 /dev/ttySL0 -> /dev/pts/0
Within /etc/udev/ files:
/etc/udev/rules.d/030_sl-modem-daemon.rules:# start/stop the daemon when the USB modem is connected
/etc/udev/rules.d/030_sl-modem-daemon.rules:KERNEL=="slusb[0-9]*", GROUP="dialout", RUN+="/etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon"
/etc/udev/sl-modem-daemon.rules:# start/stop the daemon when the USB modem is connected
/etc/udev/sl-modem-daemon.rules:KERNEL=="slusb[0-9]*", GROUP="dialout", RUN+="/etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon"
Within /etc/modprobe.conf files:
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem:# Uncomment these entries in order to blacklist unwanted modem drivers
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem:# blacklist snd-atiixp-modem
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem:# blacklist snd-via82xx-modem
/etc/modprobe.d/sl-modem-daemon.modutils:install slamr modprobe --ignore-install ungrab-winmodem ; modprobe --ignore-install slamr; test -e /dev/slamr0 || (/bin/mknod -m 660 /dev/slamr0 c 242 0 2>/dev/null && chgrp dialout /dev/slamr0)
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-restricted:blacklist ltmodem
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
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