Re: USB-Modem, slusb and kernels later than 2.6.24

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Dear Jacques,

please accept my apologizes for appearing harsh. I appreciate really
your efforts. I didn't want to start a quarrel either. Though I am not a
beginner in bash programming i have to admit, that I didn't  really have
a thorough look on the script. You are absolutely right.

I recently installed SuSe 11.4 on the mentioned machine. A few months
ago the machine had access to broadband, so modem was not really necessary.

But anyway I think, just in case it is good, when modems work.

I will check the USB-libraries. Scanner and some other external devices
work, but who kows?

Best regards

Bernd


Jacques Goldberg schrieb:
> Dear Bernd,
>
>
> I am not trying to criticize what you do, nor do I wish to start a
> quarrel.
>
> I want to make my best to help you and find where your problem is
> located.
>
> This is exceedingly easy while being "hands on" the computer, and
> exceedingly difficult while being limited to the information supplied
> by the person in trouble,
>
> Here is your log with my comments flagged by leading >>>
>
> bernd@LRK:~/src/slmodem-2.9.11-20110321> sudo winmodusb
> Running modprobe ungrab-winmodem
> DONE
>
> >>> because of bash  syntax error ( = in a test must have a space on
> its left and a space on its right, both missing in your winusb, the
> >>>output of the test is always TRUE thus your DONE does not prove
> that this modprobe was "done".
>
> Running modprobe slusb
>
> >>>this one too ens with a misleading DONE (below, near the end) for
> the same reason. No PROOF that slusb was loaded
>
> >>>the following command was probably typed by you while waiting for
> your script to end, unfortunately you did not quote who >>>introduced
> it (it is NOT in the script, which is why I risk a GUESS that it was
> introduced by you.
>
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-default/extra/slusb.ko
>
> >>>and you killed your script winmodusb  while it was active at line
> 17, but clearly modprobe -v slusb was never completed'
>
> /home/bernd/bin/winmodusb: Zeile 17:  7953 Getötet               
> modprobe -v slusb
>
> >>> A few line below you get a comforting DONE (due to a programming
> error in the script) which makes you believe that slusb was >>> loaded
> into memory ... , unfortunately you did not check its presence in
> memory after your insmod command
>
> >>> as you should do by     lsmod|grep slsub    instead of a line in a
> script.
>
>
> >>> now plenty of system messages some but not necessarily all
> occurring during the failing modprobe
>
> Message from syslogd@LRK at May 20 20:24:29 ...
>
>  kernel:[  441.892465] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
>
>
> Message from syslogd@LRK at May 20 20:24:29 ...
>  kernel:[  441.892472] last sysfs file: /sys/module/usbcore/initstate
>
> Message from syslogd@LRK at May 20 20:24:29 ...
>  kernel:[  441.892655] Process modprobe (pid: 7953, ti=ea64a000
> task=e54bee30 task.ti=ea64a000)
>
> Message from syslogd@LRK at May 20 20:24:29 ...
>  kernel:[  441.892661] Stack:
>
> Message from syslogd@LRK at May 20 20:24:29 ...
>  kernel:[  441.892704] Call Trace:
>
> Message from syslogd@LRK at May 20 20:24:29 ...
>  kernel:[  441.893068] Code: 28 00 00 00 00 0f 88 9e 03 00 00 8b 44 24
> 14 03 44 24 18 89 44 24 10 73 12 8b 54 24 14 c7 44 24 10 ff ff ff ff
> f7 d2 89 54 24 18 <0f> b6 06 8b 5c 24 14 84 c0 74 7c 8d 54 24 24 89 f0
> e8 51 ea ff
>
> Message from syslogd@LRK at May 20 20:24:29 ...
>  kernel:[  441.893123] EIP: [<c03f8fc9>] vsnprintf+0x49/0x400 SS:ESP
> 0068:ea64bd54
>
> Message from syslogd@LRK at May 20 20:24:29 ...
>  kernel:[  441.893135] CR2: 0000000000000000
>
> >>>the second misleading DONE from the script
>
> DONE
>
> Making node /dev/slusb0
>
> >>>The node correctly created
>
> Running slmodemd -c GERMANY /dev/slusb0 &
> bernd@LRK:~/src/slmodem-2.9.11-20110321> error: mdm setup: cannot open
> dev `/dev/slusb0': No such device or address
> error: cannot setup device `/dev/slusb0'
> >>>and the final message that slmodem cannot start because slusb has
> not been loaded in the memory.
> bernd@LRK:~/src/slmodem-2.9.11-20110321>
>
> >>>>
>
>
> Please always remember that Linux is a true multitasking system,
> several commands can run simultaneously, and the order in which output
> messages appear is independent of the order in which the commands were
> submitted, unless you carefully wait for the completion of each
> command before giving the next. Specially when sleep's are introduced
> in a script.
>
>
> Which is why I humbly tried to discourage you from using scripts for
> debugging purposes.
>
>
> I am sorry for these bad news but you are still before slusb has
> successfully been loaded.
>
> I have a bet (educated bet, from the System messages) but it is no
> more than a bet.
>
> You  have a wrong set of USB libraries in your machine, older or newer
> than what the code in slusb assumes.
>
>
> Jacques
>
>
> On 05/22/2011 03:21 PM, Bernd Weber wrote:
>
>> Hi Jacques,
>>
>> this script worked fine for the other Linux-Versions. So I saw no
>> necessity to debug it.
>> Besides, the error is caused by the "modprobe -v slusb" - command,
>> executed by the script.
>>
>> Of course I had read the README-file in the tarball. It is of little
>> use. There is nothing said about the option USB=1, for example.
>> I don't simply follow the instructions in the README, because they don't
>> just work.
>> I saw the mistakes in the script now. They are of little importance for
>> the failure I described, because the essential commands as ungrab and
>> modprobe slusb are executed nevertheless.
>> In the script:
>> modprobe ungrab-winmodem
>> modprobe -v slusb
>> mknod -m 600 /dev/slusb0 c 242 0
>>
>> As you can see, in the essential lines you don't have a confusion
>> between node, or module. The insertion of the compiled module just
>> throws an exception. After that the USV-Port was blocked, so I had to
>> reboot my computer tp get my external USB-Drive to be recognized again
>> at that Port.
>>
>>
>> As I remember I got the script from the technion site some years ago.
>> Because it worked I saw no need to debug it.
>>
>> Greetings
>>
>> Bernd
>>
>> Jacques Goldberg schrieb:
>>> Bernd,
>>>
>>>
>>> Whoever the author of the script which you used, winmodusb, you should
>>> not use it. Instead of debugging your modem driver, this turns into
>>> debugging a script which does anything else than what the author
>>> intended it to do. The script as you sent it is full of mistake,
>>> such as
>>> quotes where back quotes are meant, slusb0 (a device) confused with
>>> slusb (a program), and more.
>>>
>>> I know it is tiring to type again and again a sequence of commands.
>>>
>>> Why would you not simply follow the instructions in the README file of
>>> the tarball which you used?
>>>
>>> I did it on an 32 bits laptop which unfortunately does not have the
>>> right Smartllink or compatible modem but a Conexant, and everything
>>> went
>>> smooth until slmodemd tried to start the wrong modem.
>>>
>>>
>>> By the way at least while debugging, running slmodemd in the background
>>> may become a cause of headache as the simple way to stop a session
>>> is by
>>> killing slmodemd with CTRL-C.
>>>
>>>
>>> My former remark about powering the modem is not in conflict with your
>>> previous usage of the modem with an other computer and/or another
>>> version of Linux. Simply, we have seen here more than a handful of
>>> users
>>> not understanding why the driver would not start, because they had
>>> forgotten to power up their external modem. The pseudodevice such as
>>> /dev/slusb0 will not exist if the modem is not connected and powered,
>>> because the system then does not know about its existence. I have made
>>> the mistake enough times myself to have thought of that as a possible
>>> cause of your troubles.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05/20/2011 10:26 PM, Bernd Weber wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Antoni, hi Jacquea,
>>>>
>>>> thank you very much. I forgot that depmod thing. This was the best way
>>>> to come to the next errors. Please find attached what the syslogd said
>>>> and the shell-script I used to activate the modem.
>>>>
>>>> Besides: the modem was powered and is O.K. I know this, because I
>>>> use it
>>>> on another machine with SuSe 10.2.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Bernd
>>>>
>>>> Jacques Goldberg schrieb:
>>>>> On 05/20/2011 04:56 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bernd,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Bernd Weber<weber.bernd@xxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Antonio,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thank you for the link. The slusb.ko is compiled now. But a "make
>>>>>>> install" only installs the slamr.ko into the
>>>>>>> /lib/modules/kernel/extra-directory. Even when I copy the module
>>>>>>> manually, modprobe doesen't find the module:
>>>>>>> modprobe slusb
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you have any ideas?
>>>>>> run
>>>>>>>>>>> of course with the modem connected and powered up, something
>>>>> which might have been skipped while fighting with the software...
>>>>>> # depmod -a
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> $ sudo depmod -a
>>>>>> then
>>>>>> $ sudo modprobe slusb
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> # modprobe slusb
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Antonio
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bernd
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Antonio Olivares schrieb:
>>>>>>>> Bernd,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please check the following pages out:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg883918.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg883985.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg884183.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Check them out and see if you can get it working on your system?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Antonio
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Bernd Weber<weber.bernd@xxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Antonio,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> thanks a lot. This option carried me a step further - to the next
>>>>>>>>> error.
>>>>>>>>> Please find enclosed the compilation and the error-log as well.
>>>>>>>>> In the tar-ball enclosed are different patch-file. But there
>>>>>>>>> is no
>>>>>>>>> documentation to what file or files these shold be applied and in
>>>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>>>> cases.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bernd
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Antonio Olivares schrieb:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Bernd,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Try to use a special command make USB=1
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> $ sudo make USB=1
>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>> $ make USB=1
>>>>>>>>>> the slusb as well as the slamr driver will be compiled.  Try
>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> report back.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Antonio
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Bernd
>>>>>>>>>> Weber<weber.bernd@xxxxxxxx>    wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Jacques,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I am using a 32-bits machine.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> the URL:
>>>>>>>>>>> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/slmodem-2.9.11-20110321.tar.gz
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> My steps:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> tar xzvf slmodem-2.9.11-20110321.tar.gz
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> make
>>>>>>>>>>> make install
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> And then I learned that slusb.ko wasn't compiled. I couldn't
>>>>>>>>>>> find the
>>>>>>>>>>> reason. On some pages I got hints that there might be problems
>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>> kernels later than 2.6.24.
>>>>>>>>>>> May be I should have done further configuration efforts for
>>>>>>>>>>> slusb. But I
>>>>>>>>>>> didn't find hints what I should do. So I have the choice to
>>>>>>>>>>> experiment a
>>>>>>>>>>> few days or ask questions ;)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Greetings Bernd
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Jacques Goldberg schrieb:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Bernd,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Please give us the URL of the file which compiled slamr and
>>>>>>>>>>>> failed
>>>>>>>>>>>> slusb - I just would like to give it a try on my machine
>>>>>>>>>>>> (because I had the necessary hardware in my office, I happend
>>>>>>>>>>>> to watch
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sacha, the author of the drivers, compiling and testing them ,
>>>>>>>>>>>> and I
>>>>>>>>>>>> am curious to see what fails and where)
>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, are you using a 32 bits or a 64 bits machine?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jacques
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05/19/2011 05:50 PM, Bernd Weber wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the last kernel slusb worked with was 2.6.18.2-34-default,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Suse 10.2
>>>>>>>>>>>>> with slmodem-2.9.10.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I compiled the latest version on SuSe 11.4. But slusb wasn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>> compiled,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> only slamr. I tediously searched the site of linmodem, but
>>>>>>>>>>>>> didn't find
>>>>>>>>>>>>> an answer whats to do. SuSe 11.4 comes with kernel 2.6.37
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Modem in question is a Fujitsu Siemens USB-Modem.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> As I said, it works fine with older kernels and older
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Versions of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> slmodem.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If there is some programming to be done, please let me know.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Though I am
>>>>>>>>>>>>> much better in Perl than in C/C++, if necessary I would
>>>>>>>>>>>>> try to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> solve the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> problems.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Could somebody give me a short briefing?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Greetings
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bernd
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>



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