Re: Bill Lowther, USA, Ubuntu 9.04 &10.4, Efax with Agere 11c1:0620 chipset supported

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Bill,

That version you got is *older* than the version suggested by Marv and
it is older than the one that exists now.  Here's what scanModem
points out:
That same version of the driver, I remember I could not get to work,
but when newer versions came out, they worked and I am using one with
11c1:0630 and a similar 11c1:0620 modem.  Here's output so you can
see.

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 -------------------


Here summarized in case:

11c1:0620                       2.6.31
agrsm06pci-2.1.80_20100106_i386.deb or
agrsm06pci-2.1.80~20100106.tar.gz !!

This would be for 2.6.31 and newer kernels :)

Regards,

Antonio

On 9/14/10, A4Skyhawk <624WTL@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Antonio:
>      Yes, I downloaded the most current version, which was
> agrsm-20090418.tar.gz
>
> Bill
>
>
> Antonio Olivares-2 wrote:
>>
>> Bill,
>>
>> Sorry to ask, but did you get the file:
>>
>>> Efax with Agere  11c1:0620 chipsest supported vt
>>> agrsm06pci_2.1.80~20090825_i386.deb
>>
>> You declare that you are using:
>>
>>> 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”;.
>>
>> This is an older version of the driver.  Which BTW, I also have an
>> 11c11:0620 and a 11c11:0630 modem and I use the newer
>> agrsm06pci_2.1.80-20100106.tar.gz from
>>
>> Here's part of scanModem output:
>>
>>  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
>> Welcome to  kernel 2.6.35.4-smp
>>  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,
>> Welcome ,  ALSA_version=1.0.23
>> Linux version 2.6.35.4-smp (root@darkstar) (gcc version 4.4.4 (GCC) )
>> #1 SMP Fri Aug 27 22:05:02 CDT 2010
>>  scanModem update of:  2010_05_29
>> The modem symbolic link is /dev/modem -> /dev/ttyAGS3
>>
>> <! removed -- not needed here -->
>> Predictive  diagnostics for card in bus 03:00.0:
>>         Modem chipset  detected on
>> NAME="Communication controller: Agere Systems Device 0630 "
>> CLASS=0780
>> PCIDEV=11c1:0630
>> SUBSYS=11c1:0630
>> IRQ=16
>> HDA2=00:05.0
>> IDENT=agrsm
>>
>>  For candidate modem in:  03:00.0
>>    0780 Communication controller: Agere Systems Device 0630
>>       Primary device ID:  11c1:0630
>>  Support type needed or chipset:        agrsm
>>
>>
>> for kernel:  2.6.35.4-smp
>>
>>
>>
>> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/agrsm06pci-2.1.80~20100106.tar.gz
>>
>> This driver should work better, but if the other one works, I am not
>> sure that you want to try it out?  Still thank you for your report.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Antonio
>>
>>
>> On 9/14/10, A4Skyhawk <624WTL@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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>>>>>>> Sent from the Linux Winmodem Support - Discussion mailing list
>>>>>>> archive
>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>> Nabble.com.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> at
>>>>> Nabble.com.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>>> Nabble.com.
>>>
>>>
>>
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