Marvin:
Sorry for the tardy response. I just completed an upgrade from Ubuntu
9.04 to 10.04, and also updated the files for my modem and fax. This
process was not as difficult this time as it was the first time, but it did
highlight a need for me to document the steps that I took to do so. Perhaps
this will help someone else, too.
Some background: Last year I bought a new eMachine computer that had
Windows Vista installed. Included was a soft modem, but no fax program. I
subsequently downloaded Ubuntu 9.04 as my primary OS, with Vista on a
separate partition. With the help of this forum I was able to download the
necessary files and programs to make a fully functional fax. In September
of 2010 I upgraded Ubuntu along with the modem files and the latest version
of efax-gtk.
To determine the chipset that the softmodem had I downloaded the
utility program scanModem from here:
http://132.68.73.235/linmodems/index.html#scanModem (down the page under “So
what next...?”). The output from scanModem has a number of files. In
ModemData.txt, “firmware information” showed that the “communication
controller” was “Agere Systems Device 0620” with a chipset ID of 11c1:0620.
In output file Agrsm.txt, the “current confirmed support is with the
agrsm-20090418.tar.gz at
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040”;. It was also
suggested to get agrsm-tools_0.0.1_all.deb from this url. I downloaded the
2 files that were the most current (under “Last Modified”).
After these 2 files were downloaded I ran agrsm-test in terminal. This
(I believe) is necessary to load the drivers and to create a link for the
fax (experts, please correct me if this is wrong).
For fax (efax-gtk) version updates, I went to
http://efax-gtk.sourceforge.net/ to look for precompiled (I don't know how
to compile) packages to download. If there is an update, go to (in Ubuntu)
Applications/Office/Efax-gtk/settings and copy/print out the existing
settings. Then go to Synaptic Package Mgr and remove the current version
before downloading the new. I downloaded v3.2.3-2 from here. Clicking on
the link took me to http://packages.debian.org/unstable/comm/efax-gtk. Here
I clicked on “squeeze” at the top, which took me to
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/efax-gtk. Here, I clicked on
Architecture/i386 from a table on that page. This took me to
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/i386/efax-gtk/download, where I clicked
on ftp.us.debian.org/debian in a list under North America. I saved this
file, then double clicked it to install. When install was complete, I ran
agrsm-test again. I then checked Applications/Office/Efax-gtk/settings, and
the settings (from the previous efax version) were unchanged.
Prior to running Efax-gtk, I shutdown email and the Internet, then run
the command modprobe agrserial in terminal.
Works great.
Bill
Marvin Stodolsky wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> You should write up your efax solution clearly enough so that others
> will be able to follow it as a guide.
> Send it to both this List and http://old.nabble.com/, with say a title
> like:
> Efax with Agere 11c1:0620 chipsest supported vt
> agrsm06pci_2.1.80~20090825_i386.deb
>
> Thus it will be searchable in both Archives.
>
> MarvS
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:28 PM, A4Skyhawk <donnabill22@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> Marvin:
>> Chris solved my problems w/ receiving faxes and using the socket for
>> sending. I now have a fully functional fax modem. Thanks for all your
>> help.
>> Along this journey I remember a website for reporting the status of
>> modem operation on Ubuntu/Linux, but I can't find it now. Where should I
>> record my modem status?
>>
>> Bill Lowther
>>
>>
>>
>> Marvin Stodolsky wrote:
>>>
>>> A4,
>>>
>>> You needn't run my agrsm-test, once it has been shown to be effective.
>>> Rather it should suffice to:
>>> $ sudo modprobe agrserial
>>> which will suffice to load agrmodem+agrserial and dynamically create
>>> the port, with the symbolic to it:
>>> /dev/ttySAGR --> /dev/ttyAGS3
>>>
>>> This provides the access to the modem, and all else is an efax issue,
>>> better addressed to the efax list.
>>>
>>> MarvS
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 3:10 PM, A4Skyhawk <donnabill22@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am now able to fax out successfully after receiving help here
>>>> (http://www.nabble.com/ScanModem-report-to25518870.html). Thank you
>>>> very
>>>> much for your support.
>>>> A couple of issues remain:
>>>> 1) When I first launch Efax-gtk and try to send a fax, I get an error
>>>> message - "unrecoverable error". I then open terminal and execute $
>>>> sudo
>>>> agrsm-test, after which I can send a fax. Is this the required first
>>>> step
>>>> to using efax-gtk, or am I missing something in the setup of efax-gtk?
>>>> 2) I have not been able to receive a fax. Here are the messages
>>>> following a
>>>> few of my attempts:
>>>>
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:21:27 waiting for activity
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:22:20 activity detected
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:22:33 fax call answered
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:23:03 Warning: 577 reception errors
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:23:04 Warning: reception errors
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:22:33 remote ID -> 16103884447
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:22:33 session 98lpi 14.4kbps 8.5"/215mm any 1D -
>>>> -
>>>> 20ms
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:22:35 session 98lpi 14.4kbps 8.5"/215mm any 1D -
>>>> -
>>>> 20ms
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:23:03 received 578 lines with 577 errors
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:23:09 finished - success
>>>>
>>>> another :
>>>>
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:23:10 opened /dev/ttySAGR
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:23:11 using Agere SoftModem Version 2.1.80.0Agere
>>>> SystemsData/Fax2.1.80.0 in class 2.0
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:23:12 waiting for activity
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:25:28 activity detected
>>>> Too many failed attempts
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:25:42 fax call answered
>>>> *** buffer overflow detected ***: efix-0.9a terminated
>>>> ======= Backtrace: =========
>>>> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x48)[0xb7df2da8]
>>>> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7df0eb0]
>>>> efix-0.9a[0x804c3ae]
>>>> efix-0.9a[0x804c80e]
>>>> efix-0.9a[0x8049dae]
>>>> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5)[0xb7d0b775]
>>>> efix-0.9a[0x8048f61]
>>>> ======= Memory map: ========
>>>> 08048000-08052000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 57318 /usr/bin/efix-0.9a
>>>> 08052000-08055000 rw-p 00009000 08:02 57318 /usr/bin/efix-0.9a
>>>> 08055000-08069000 rw-p 08055000 00:00 0
>>>> 085ec000-0860d000 rw-p 085ec000 00:00 0 [heap]
>>>> b7b76000-b7b83000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2599 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
>>>> b7b83000-b7b84000 r--p 0000c000 08:02 2599 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
>>>> b7b84000-b7b85000 rw-p 0000d000 08:02 2599 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
>>>> b7b94000-b7b95000 rw-p b7b94000 00:00 0
>>>> b7b95000-b7bd4000 r--p 00000000 08:02 13369
>>>> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_CTYPE
>>>> b7bd4000-b7bd5000 r--p 00000000 08:02 13374
>>>> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_NUMERIC
>>>> b7bd5000-b7bd6000 r--p 00000000 08:02 13377
>>>> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_TIME
>>>> b7bd6000-b7cc1000 r--p 00000000 08:02 13368
>>>> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_COLLATE
>>>> b7cc1000-b7cc2000 rw-p b7cc1000 00:00 0
>>>> b7cc2000-b7cf2000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2649 /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1
>>>> b7cf2000-b7cf3000 r--p 0002f000 08:02 2649 /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1
>>>> b7cf3000-b7cf4000 rw-p 00030000 08:02 2649 /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1
>>>> b7cf4000-b7cf5000 rw-p b7cf4000 00:00 0
>>>> b7cf5000-b7e51000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2659
>>>> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.9.so
>>>> b7e51000-b7e52000 ---p 0015c000 08:02 2659
>>>> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.9.so
>>>> b7e52000-b7e54000 r--p 0015c000 08:02 2659
>>>> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.9.so
>>>> b7e54000-b7e55000 rw-p 0015e000 08:02 2659
>>>> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.9.so
>>>> b7e55000-b7e58000 rw-p b7e55000 00:00 0
>>>> b7e58000-b7f0e000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 12548
>>>> /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.2000.1
>>>> b7f0e000-b7f0f000 r--p 000b5000 08:02 12548
>>>> /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.2000.1
>>>> b7f0f000-b7f10000 rw-p 000b6000 08:02 12548
>>>> /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.2000.1
>>>> b7f10000-b7f11000 r--p 00000000 08:02 13372
>>>> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MONETARY
>>>> b7f11000-b7f12000 r--p 00000000 08:02 13378
>>>> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
>>>> b7f12000-b7f13000 r--p 00000000 08:02 13375
>>>> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_PAPER
>>>> b7f13000-b7f14000 r--p 00000000 08:02 13373
>>>> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_NAME
>>>> b7f14000-b7f15000 r--p 00000000 08:02 13367
>>>> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_ADDRESS
>>>> b7f15000-b7f16000 r--p 00000000 08:02 13376
>>>> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE
>>>> b7f16000-b7f17000 r--p 00000000 08:02 13371
>>>> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT
>>>> b7f17000-b7f1e000 r--s 00000000 08:02 2619
>>>> /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache
>>>> b7f1e000-b7f1f000 r--p 00000000 08:02 13370
>>>> /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
>>>> b7f1f000-b7f21000 rw-p b7f1f000 00:00 0
>>>> b7f21000-b7f22000 r-xp b7f21000 00:00 0 [vdso]
>>>> b7f22000-b7f3e000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 7999 /lib/ld-2.9.so
>>>> b7f3e000-b7f3f000 r--p 0001b000 08:02 7999 /lib/ld-2.9.so
>>>> b7f3f000-b7f40000 rw-p 0001c000 08:02 7999 /lib/ld-2.9.so
>>>> bf821000-bf840000 rw-p bffe1000 00:00 0 [stack]
>>>> rangecheck -15
>>>> rangecheck -15
>>>>
>>>> ** (evince:11549): WARNING **: Error rendering thumbnail
>>>> rangecheck -15
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:26:24 Warning: 593 reception errors
>>>> rangecheck -15
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:26:40 Error: timed out after waiting
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:26:40 Warning: wrong response after command: +FKS
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:25:42 remote ID -> 16103884447
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:25:42 session 98lpi 14.4kbps 8.5"/215mm any 1D -
>>>> -
>>>> 20ms
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:25:44 session 98lpi 14.4kbps 8.5"/215mm any 1D -
>>>> -
>>>> 20ms
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:26:24 received 593 lines with 593 errors
>>>> efax-0.9a: 12:26:40 finished - invalid modem response
>>>>
>>>> another:
>>>>
>>>> efax-0.9a: 14:18:38 opened /dev/ttySAGR
>>>> efax-0.9a: 14:18:40 using Agere SoftModem Version 2.1.80.0Agere
>>>> SystemsData/Fax2.1.80.0 in class 2.0
>>>> efax-0.9a: 14:18:55 fax call answered
>>>> efax-0.9a: 14:19:37 Warning: 588 reception errors
>>>> efax-0.9a: 14:19:53 Error: timed out after waiting
>>>> efax-0.9a: 14:19:53 Warning: wrong response after command: +FKS
>>>> efax-0.9a: 14:18:55 remote ID -> 16103884447
>>>> efax-0.9a: 14:18:55 session 98lpi 14.4kbps 8.5"/215mm any 1D -
>>>> -
>>>> 20ms
>>>> efax-0.9a: 14:18:57 session 98lpi 14.4kbps 8.5"/215mm any 1D -
>>>> -
>>>> 20ms
>>>> efax-0.9a: 14:19:37 received 588 lines with 588 errors
>>>> efax-0.9a: 14:19:53 finished - invalid modem response
>>>>
>>>> When I open "List received faxes", and double click on the date/time
>>>> title
>>>> for that attempted fax receipt, nothing opens in document viewer, it
>>>> just
>>>> displays "Loading" and no other text.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your support,
>>>> Bill
>>>>
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