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Hi,

I'm a total newbie with linux and I'm a rural resident - there's no
high-speed here. I have Ubuntu 10.04 and I hope you can help me set up
my modem. It's technical stuff that goes beyond me at the moment - I
spent the past couple of days trying to figure it out.

Thank you for any help you can provide!

Garret
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--------------------------  System information ----------------------------
CPU=i686,  Ubuntu ,  ALSA_version=1.0.21
Linux version 2.6.32-24-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) ) #39-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 28 06:07:29 UTC 2010
 scanModem update of:  2010_05_29

Distrib_ID=Ubuntu
DistribCodeName=lucid
AptRepositoryStem=http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/


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 0930:6545 Toshiba Corp. Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 Stick (4GB) / PNY Attache 4GB Stick
 ID 05fe:2001 Chic Technology Corp. 
 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

Candidate PCI devices with modem chips are:
02:01.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem (rev 03)
High Definition Audio cards can host modem chips.

For candidate card in slot 02:01.0, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
 PCI slot	PCI ID		SubsystemID	Name
 ----------	---------	---------	--------------
 02:01.0	11c1:048c	11c1:044c	Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem 

 Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: 
===================================
 The modem interrupt (IRQ) is 255 . IRQs of 0 or 255 are not functional!! 
 The CPU cannot control the modem until this situation is corrected!!
 Possible corrections are:
   1) Within the boot up BIOS, change from a Windows to a non-PNP/Other Operating System type.
   Instructions for accessing BIOS are at:
      http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/resources.html within:  Additional Resourcces.
   2a) Add an option "pci=routeirq" to the kernel boot up line.
      Here is an example paragraph from  /boot/grub/menu.lst :
	title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-686
	root            (hd0,6)
	kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-686 root=/dev/hda7 ro pci=routeirq
	initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-686
	savedefault
   2b) Same as above, but use "pollirq" instead of "pci=routeirq". 
   3) Within some BIOS setups, IRQ assignments can be changed.
   4) On non-laptop systems, moving the modem card to another slot has helped.
   5) Sometimes upgrading the kernel changes IRQ assignment.
=====================================

 --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 02:01.0 ----
[    0.085751] pci 0000:02:01.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfdcff000-0xfdcff0ff]
[    0.085762] pci 0000:02:01.0: reg 14 io port: [0xdf00-0xdf07]
[    0.085773] pci 0000:02:01.0: reg 18 io port: [0xde00-0xdeff]
[    0.085835] pci 0000:02:01.0: supports D2
[    0.085838] pci 0000:02:01.0: PME# supported from D2 D3hot D3cold
[    0.085844] pci 0000:02:01.0: PME# disabled

 The PCI slot 02:01.0 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 02:01.0:
	Modem chipset  detected on
NAME="Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem "
CLASS=0780
PCIDEV=11c1:048c
SUBSYS=11c1:044c
IRQ=255
IDENT=agrsm

 For candidate modem in:  02:01.0
   0780 Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem 
      Primary device ID:  11c1:048c
 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 -------------------

 Completed candidate modem analyses.

 The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev

 Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 4.4.3
             and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.4.3

 The patch utility is needed for compiling ALSA drivers, and possibly others. 

 
 Minimal compiling resources appear complete:
   make utility - /usr/bin/make
   Compiler version 4.4
   linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.32-24-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 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

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.
==========================================================

 Checking for modem support lines:
 --------------------------------------
     /device/modem symbolic link:   
slmodemd created symbolic link /dev/ttySL0:  
     Within /etc/udev/ files:

     Within /etc/modprobe.conf files:
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem.conf:# Uncomment these entries in order to blacklist unwanted modem drivers
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem.conf:# blacklist snd-atiixp-modem
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem.conf:# blacklist snd-via82xx-modem
     Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:

     Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:

--------- end modem support lines --------


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