Hello: Hi, I've just installed UBUNTU11.04 in my computer and I wonder if my old 56k USB winmodem could work for dial-up connection to the Internet. I've been searching about this item in the internet, but I couldn´t find any useful information for a newbie like me (my computing skill is quite low). I tried dowloading and installing dkms_2.1.1.2-5ubuntu1_all.deb, sl-modem-source_2.9.11~20100718-4_i386.deb, sl-modem-daemon_2.9.11~20100718-4_i386.deb and wvdial_1.61-2_i386.deb. A slusb0 file is created under /dev but not a de/ttySL0 file and wvdial doesn´t detect the modem, so some help would be appreciatted. Does the slusb driver work under the 2.6.38-8-generic kernel? Thanks in advance Javier This is the scanModem output: -------------------------- 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://es.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 0483:7554 SGS Thomson Microelectronics 56k SoftModem ID 152e:2507 LG (HLDS) 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: High Definition Audio cards can host modem chips. === Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent software. === Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 004: Modem chipset detected on SLOT="Bus 004 Device 002:" NAME="SGS Thomson Microelectronics 56k SoftModem" bus=004 USBmodemID=0483:7554 IDENT=slusb Driver=slusb For a detailed USB cellphone usage report, see http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-eighth/msg03240.html For candidate modem in: 004 SGS Thomson Microelectronics 56k SoftModem Primary device ID: 0483:7554 Support type needed or chipset: slusb There is a package sl-modem-source providing a source code the modem driver slusb , If can be searched for at http://pacakge.ubuntu.com. ; After downloading install under Linux with: $ sudo dpkg -i sl*.deb It is preferable to install the dkms package first. With DKMS support installed, driver updates with kernel updates will be automatically done. The modem is supported by the Smartlink slusb plus the slmodemd helper utility. Read the DOCs/Smartlink.txt and Modem/DOCs/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance. For 2.6.38-8-generic compiling drivers is necessary. As of October 2007 the current packages at http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/ ; are the ungrab-winmodem-20070505.tar.gz and slmodem-2.9.11-20080126.tar.gz Writing DOCs/Smartlink.txt ============ end Smartlink section ===================== The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 4.5.2 and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.5.2 linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic resources needed for compiling are not manifestly ready! If compiling is necessary packages must be installed, providing: 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 --------
