Hello. I am trying to get my modem to work by following your directions.
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$ sudo dpkg -i agrsm048pci-2.1.60_20100108_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package agrsm048pci-2.1.60.
(Reading database ... 90610 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking agrsm048pci-2.1.60 (from agrsm048pci-2.1.60_20100108_i386.deb) ...
The dkms driver autocompiling package is not installed.
dkms provides for auto compiling needed drivers upon kernel upgrades.
Once on the Internet do:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install dkms
Thereafter, manually compiling drivers will be unnecessary.
Supported 11c1:048c or 11c1:048f PCI card modem not found!!
Assuming development work and
thus any proceeding with package installation,
with source code in folder /usr/src/
Setting up agrsm048pci-2.1.60 (20100108) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/agrsm048pci-2.1.60.postinst: 3: /usr/sbin/dkms: not found
/var/lib/dpkg/info/agrsm048pci-2.1.60.postinst: 4: /usr/sbin/dkms: not found
/var/lib/dpkg/info/agrsm048pci-2.1.60.postinst: 5: /usr/sbin/dkms: not found
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$ sudo modprobe agrmodem
FATAL: Module agrmodem not found.
sudo modprobe agrserial
FATAL: Module agrmodem not found.
FATAL: Module agrserial not found.
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$ agrsm-test
The agrsm drivers not found for boot kernel 2.6.22-14-generic .
Were they installed for a different kernel version?
Checking all installed module trees:
Exiting
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New files I see added are:
/etc/modprobe.d/agrsm.conf
and directory
/usr/src/agrsm048pci-2.1.60/
1stReadme.txt agrsm.conf agrsoftmodem.c Makefile sample.txt
8250.h agrsm_howto.txt dkms.conf patches serial26.c
agr.h agrsm.rules lib.c postinstall wvdial.txt
agrmodem.h agrsm-test LICENSE README
agrmodemlib.o agrsm-test.txt linuxif.h ReadmeUpdate.txt
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Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong. I chose the package
from my ModemData.text. Was it the wrong one? Did I miss a step?
Without my modem working, I have to drive over 20 miles to get online
with this computer, so please do not give up on me if I take a couple
of days to respond to any messages. Thank you for any direction you
can give me.
Debbie Dailey
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 2.6.22-14-generic
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, Ubuntu , ALSA_version=1.0.14
Linux version 2.6.22-14-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007
scanModem update of: 2010_03_18
Distrib_ID=Ubuntu
DistribCodeName=gutsy
AptRepositoryStem=deb
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)
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:
00:08.1 Communication controller: ESS Technology ESS Modem (rev 12)
High Definition Audio cards can host modem chips.
For candidate card in slot 00:08.1, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
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00:08.1 125d:1989 103c:0018 Communication controller: ESS Technology ESS Modem
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
5: 421 XT-PIC-XT Allegro
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:08.1 ----
=== Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software. ===
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:08.1:
Modem chipset detected on
NAME="Communication controller: ESS Technology ESS Modem "
CLASS=0780
PCIDEV=125d:1989
SUBSYS=103c:0018
IRQ=5
IDENT=ESS.com
For candidate modem in: 00:08.1
0780 Communication controller: ESS Technology ESS Modem
Primary device ID: 125d:1989
Support type needed or chipset: ESS.com
The ESScom 125d:1989 chipset modems are not supported under Linux.
Read DOCs/InfoGeneral.txt about hardware alternatives.
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 001:
Modem chipset detected on
SLOT="Bus 001 Device 002:"
NAME="Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) "
bus=001
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: 001
0780 Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent)
Primary device ID: 125d:1989047e: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)
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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
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* 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.
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Completed candidate modem analyses.
The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev
Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 4.1.3
and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.1.3
The patch utility is needed for compiling ALSA drivers, and possibly others.
Minimal compiling resources appear complete:
make utility - /usr/bin/make
Compiler version 4.1
linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/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:
-rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 269256 2007-10-04 15:57 /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
disconnect "chat -- \d+++\d\c OK ath0 OK"
asyncmap 0
noauth
crtscts
lock
hide-password
modem
passive
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
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 eth1 eth0:avah
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:
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
Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
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