Ian, Try the agrsm06pci-2.1.80~20100106.tar.gz - has the newest Agere/LSI code Additionally there are; automation & testing agrsm-tools-0.0.1-2.noarch.rpm General background agrsm_howto.txt All available at: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/ Marv S On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Ian Barnett <iancbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I cannot communicate with my USB modem. > > Which agrsm driver should I use? > > I ran a full update today so I am using the latest kernel but the kernel version numbers match quite old files. > > Thanks, > > Ian > > > 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 CentOS release 5.4 (Final) > Kernel kernel 2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen > 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, CentOS > Kernel , ALSA_version= > Linux version 2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen (mockbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)) #1 SMP Thu Jan 7 21:14:48 EST 2010 > 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: > > Attached USB devices are: > ID 047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem > 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 > Candidate PCI devices with modem chips are: > High Definition Audio cards can host modem chips. > === Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software. === > Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 002: > Modem chipset detected on > SLOT="Bus 002 Device 002:" > NAME="Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem" > bus=002 > USBmodemID=047e:2892 > IDENT=agrsm > Driver=agrsm > For a detailed USB cellphone usage report, see http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-eighth/msg03240.html > For candidate modem in: 002 > Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem > Primary device ID: 047e:2892 > Support type needed or chipset: agrsm > > > 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 ------------------- > > The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev > Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 4.1.2 > and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.1.2 > linux-headers-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen resources needed for compiling are not manifestly ready! > If compiling is necessary packages must be installed, providing: > kernel-source-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen > > 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: > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 312172 Jan 20 2009 /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 > lock > 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 peth0 tun0 vif0.0 virbr0 xenbr0 > 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: > slmodemd created symbolic link /dev/ttySL0: > Within /etc/udev/ files: > /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules:KERNEL=="modems/mwave*", NAME="%k", GROUP="uucp", MODE="0660" > 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 -------- > _________________________________________________________________ > Videos that have everyone talking! 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