Hi all,
I' m running opensuse 11.2 with stock kernel 2.6.31, and after lots of
RTFM and running scanModem, my eyes are not seeing a modem anywhere in
the logs, though I do have an RJ-11 on my Microboard Innovation
notebook I bought last year. Best only docs I could find on this
notebook list the modem as:
MDC 1.5 (AZALIA)
I don't see those Strings anywhere in the files created. Googling
indicates its a software modem. Please help.
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-------------------------- System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686, Welcome , ALSA_version=1.0.20
Linux version 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.4.1 [gcc-4_4-branch revision 150839] (SUSE Linux) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100
scanModem update of: 2010_03_18
/etc/lsb-release not found
Presently install your Linux Distributions dkms package. It provides for automated driver updates,
following upgrade of your kernel. For details see http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml#dkms
There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files
Potentially useful modem drivers now loaded are:
snd_hda_intel
Attached USB devices are:
ID 0db0:6877 Micro Star International RT2573
ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera
ID 0781:554f SanDisk Corp.
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
Candidate PCI devices with modem chips are:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
High Definition Audio cards can host modem chips.
For candidate card in slot 00:1b.0, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:1b.0 8086:284b 1462:3783 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
21: 570 545 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb4, HDA Intel
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:1b.0 ----
[ 0.655128] pci 0000:00:1b.0: reg 10 64bit mmio: [0xfeaf8000-0xfeafbfff]
[ 0.655201] pci 0000:00:1b.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.655207] pci 0000:00:1b.0: PME# disabled
[ 7.118678] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 7.118729] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 7.229404] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input8
The PCI slot 00:1b.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.
===== Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) diagnostics =====
The ALSA packages provide audio support and also drivers for some modems.
ALSA diagnostics are written during bootup to /proc/asound/ folders.
The modem cards detected by "aplay -l" are: None
The /proc/asound/pcm file reports:
-----------------------
00-00: ALC888 Analog : ALC888 Analog : playback 1 : capture 1
00-01: ALC888 Digital : ALC888 Digital : playback 1
00-02: ALC888 Analog : ALC888 Analog : capture 1
about /proc/asound/cards:
------------------------
0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0xfeaf8000 irq 21
PCI slot 00:1b.0 has a High Definition Audio Card
The drivers are in the kernel modules tree at:
/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-xen/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko
The modem codec file for the HDA card is: /proc/asound/card0/codec#1
--------------------------------------------------------
Codec: LSI ID 1040
Address: 1
Function Id: 0x2
Vendor Id: 0x11c11040
Subsystem Id: 0x11c10001
Revision Id: 0x100200
Modem Function Group: 0x1
The audio card hosts a softmodem chip: 0x11c11040
If not a Conexant modem, the driver agrsm with its dependent drivers:
----------
provide audio + modem support with the modem chip residing on the subsystem.
Any particular card can host any one of several soft modem chips.
=== Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software. ===
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:1b.0:
Modem chipset detected on
NAME="Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H "
CLASS=0403
PCIDEV=8086:284b
SUBSYS=1462:3783
IRQ=21
HDA2=00:1b.0
SOFT=8086:284b.HDA
HDAchipVendorID=11c1
CHIP=0x11c11040
IDENT=agrsm
Driver=agrsm
For candidate modem in: 00:1b.0
0403 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H
Primary device ID: 8086:284b
Subsystem PCI_id 1462:3783
Softmodem codec or chipset from diagnostics: 0x11c11040
from Archives:
The HDA card softmodem chip is 0x11c11040
Support type needed or chipset: agrsm
Writing DOCs/Intel.txt
The AgereSystems/LSI agrsm code supports compiling of a agrmodem + agrserial driver pair.
There are a few different chipsets which use this driver pair, but they use different code resources:
Chipsets KV* PackageNames (most current as of November 2009)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11c1:048c and 11c1:048f 2.6.29 agrsm048pci-2.1.60_20100108_i386.deb or agrsm048pci-2.1.60_20100108.tar.gz
11c1:0620 2.6.31 agrsm06pci-2.1.80_20100106_i386.deb or agrsm06pci-2.1.80~20100106.tar.gz !!
11c11040 (on HDA audio cards) 2.6.31 agrsm-11c11040_20091225_i386.deb or agrsm-11c11040-2.1.80~20091225.tar.bz2 !!
All available at: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/
Additionally there are;
automation & testing agrsm-tools_0.0.1_all.deb or agrsm-tools-0.0.1-2.noarch.rpm
General background agrsm_howto.txt
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* KV == latest kernel release with a reported success
!! Latest update with major credit to Nikolay Zhuravlev
But see conflict issue: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-nineth/msg02753.html
For the 11c11040 chip with kernels 2.6.31 and later a change in a modules loading settingmay be necessary.
Within the file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf (or equivalent for your Distro), change the phrase:
options snd-hda-intel power_save=10
to:
options snd-hda-intel power_save=0
or the agrsm drivers will not function. For Ubuntu related systems this can be done with:
$ sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
Report from Bjorn Wielens:
Please note- trying to load the modules on a OpenSuSE 11.2 system gives
an error about the module_version symbol. Using:
# modprobe --force agrmodem
# modprobe --force agrserial
is necessary to load the drivers, and does not appear to cause ill effects.
All of the above packages are dkms competent. This means that if your Linux distros dkms package
is previously installed, if provides for future updates matching forthcoming kernels.
-------------- end Agere Systems section -------------------
Completed candidate modem analyses.
The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev
Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 4.4.1
and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.4
Minimal compiling resources appear complete:
make utility - /usr/bin/make
Compiler version 4.4
linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/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:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root dialout 330764 Oct 19 10:45 /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
noipdefault
noauth
crtscts
lock
modem
asyncmap 0
nodetach
lcp-echo-interval 30
lcp-echo-failure 4
lcp-max-configure 60
lcp-restart 2
idle 600
noipx
file /etc/ppp/filters
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
For guidance on FAX usage, get from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ get faxing.tar.gz
It has samples for a modem using port /dev/ttySL0, which must be changed to match your modem's port.
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.
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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/51-hso-udev.rules:SUBSYSTEM=="tty", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTR{hsotype}=="Modem", SYMLINK+="wmodem0"
/etc/udev/rules.d/51-hso-udev.rules:SUBSYSTEM=="tty", SYSFS{hsotype}=="Modem", SYMLINK+="wmodem0"
/etc/udev/rules.d/77-network.rules:SUBSYSTEM=="net", ENV{INTERFACE}=="lo*|dummy*|vif*.*|br*|bond*|vlan*|gre*|sit*|tap*|tun*|ipip*|ip6tnl*|ipsec*|ppp*|ippp*|isdn*|modem*|dsl*|plip*|irda*", GOTO="skip_ifup"
Within /etc/modprobe.conf files:
/etc/modprobe.d/00-system.conf:# Linux ACP modem (Mwave)
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
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