Joel, The serial drivers compiled into the kernel should suffice to support PCI ID SubsystemID Name ---------- --------- --------- -------------- 11c1:0480 1668:0500 Communication controller: Ageren Systems Venus Modem $ sudo wvdialconf should report detection of the modem. If so, with: $ sudo edit /etc/wvdial.conf edit in your personal infor on the lines beginning with ; deleting the symbols ; < > Then you should be able to dialout with $ sudo wvdial MarvS On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Joel Parthemore <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Country: USA > > I used the most recent version of scanModem I could find. (It is, > however, 23 weeks old.)' > > I have been working at this all day and getting nowhere. :-/ > > ---------------------------------------- > Contents of ModemData.txt: > ---------------------------------------- > > 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 2.6.38-8-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=1.0.23 > Linux version 2.6.38-8-generic (buildd@vernadsky) (gcc version 4.5.2 > (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu3) ) #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 > scanModem update of: 2011_02_04 > > Distrib_ID=Ubuntu > DistribCodeName=natty > 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 413c:2010 Dell Computer Corp. > ID 413c:1003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard Hub > ID 0461:4d03 Primax Electronics, Ltd Kensington Mouse-in-a-box > 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: > 01:08.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems Venus Modem (V90, 56KFlex) > High Definition Audio cards can host modem chips. > > For candidate card in slot 01:08.0, firmware information and bootup > diagnostics are: > PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name > ---------- --------- --------- -------------- > 01:08.0 11c1:0480 1668:0500 Communication controller: Agere > Systems Venus Modem > > Modem interrupt assignment and sharing: > 17: 95 IO-APIC-fasteoi > --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 01:08.0 ---- > [ 0.182205] pci 0000:01:08.0: [11c1:0480] type 0 class 0x000780 > [ 0.182227] pci 0000:01:08.0: reg 10: [mem 0xff8ffc00-0xff8ffcff] > [ 0.182239] pci 0000:01:08.0: reg 14: [io 0xe800-0xe8ff] > [ 0.182252] pci 0000:01:08.0: reg 18: [io 0xe400-0xe4ff] > [ 0.182264] pci 0000:01:08.0: reg 1c: [io 0xecb8-0xecbf] > [ 0.182314] pci 0000:01:08.0: supports D2 > [ 0.182317] pci 0000:01:08.0: PME# supported from D2 D3hot D3cold > [ 0.182323] pci 0000:01:08.0: PME# disabled > [ 0.636619] serial 0000:01:08.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> > IRQ 17 > [ 0.657039] 0000:01:08.0: ttyS4 at I/O 0xe800 (irq = 17) is a 16550A > > The PCI slot 01:08.0 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 01:08.0: > Modem chipset detected on > NAME="Communication controller: Agere Systems Venus Modem " > CLASS=0780 > PCIDEV=11c1:0480 > SUBSYS=1668:0500 > IRQ=17 > IDENT=Agere.Venus_serial_drivers > > For candidate modem in: 01:08.0 > 0780 Communication controller: Agere Systems Venus Modem > Primary device ID: 11c1:0480 > Support type needed or chipset: Agere.Venus_serial_drivers > > > -------------- end Agere Systems section ------------------- > > Completed candidate modem analyses. > > The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev > > The kernel was compiled with gcc version 4.5.2 and a compiler is not > installed > > linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic resources needed for compiling are not > manifestly ready! > The patch utility is needed for compiling ALSA drivers, and possibly > others. > > If compiling is necessary packages must be installed, providing: > gcc-4.5 make linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic > > > 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 > 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/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 > /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2 > /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2 > Within any ancient /etc/devfs files: > > Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files: > > --------- end modem support lines -------- > > >
