Re: Driver for 536ep-Modem does not compile

Philippe Vouters <philippe.vouters@xxxxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:24:43 +0100

Hello Ludwig, Wolfgang,

Would it eventually happen you configured your openSUSE Linux with fixed 
IP addresses, hence it would not setup /etc/resolv.conf after a DHCP 
query ? Expressed otherwise, do you have setup your openSUSE network 
configuration for DHCP queries ?

Best regards,
Philippe

Le 29/02/2012 13:00, Ludwig Gebauer a écrit :
Hello Philippe,

What is the unclear for me with Wolfgang and Ludwig work is whether the
wvdial/pppd pair is actually querying for the DNS servers without
running NetworkManager ???? So I do not know whether this is specific to
Wolfgang's ISP or not ?

With "Auto DNS = yes" in wvdial.conf, DNS addresses show up in the wvdial protocol, when running wvdial (ISP: www.yooline.de ), whether network manager is activated or not. And whether network manager is activated or not, I have to edit resolv.conf manually.

Since a few weeks, DSL exists here in my village, 12 km afar from Brunswick (so much about the highly industrialisated etc. country Germany), and with my DSL _modem_ (not a modem _router_!) I have the same effect: DNS addresses must be transferred manually to resolv.conf.

Seems to be an openSUSE 11.4 issue.

Best regards
Ludwig

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
Datum: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:03:28 +0100
Von: Philippe Vouters<philippe.vouters@xxxxxxxxxxx>
An: Wolfgang Junker<junker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ludwig Gebauer<ludwiggebauer@xxxxxxx>
CC: Linmodems<discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Antonio Olivares<olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx>
Betreff: Re: Driver for 536ep-Modem does not compile

Dear Wolgang, dear Ludwig,

I am pretty glad Wolgang could solve the DNS issue. Concerning my work
onto the 536EP driver and as soon as Wolgang got a ppp connection up,
then the 536EP driver was no longer involved.

I must admit I never tested the ppp daemon in a NetworkManager
environment. Perhaps Wolfgang may write an HOWTO on this DNS issue he
faced ?

What is the unclear for me with Wolfgang and Ludwig work is whether the
wvdial/pppd pair is actually querying for the DNS servers without
running NetworkManager ???? So I do not know whether this is specific to
Wolfgang's ISP or not ?

Not that this has become entirely impossible for me test anything as for
cost reasons we entirely switched to VoIP. I am already glad the efax
command I advise on my Web site still works and enables me to
troubleshoot problems with the driver under Fedora.

Warmest regards to both.
Philippe

Le 28/02/2012 00:02, Wolfgang Junker a écrit :
Dear Ludwig, dear Philippe,

Ludwig, many thanks for your helpful comments! (I am answering in
English, so that Philippe can understand, I hope that is o.k.)
First of all I must say, that I agree with your opinion on openSUSE
11.4: I was really happy with SUSE 10.3, but openSUSE 11.4 costs me a
lot of grey hairs because of the many many buggy programs...

Concerning the /etc/resolv.conf I had already found out (spending much
time with trial and error) that the file cannot be dynamically adapted
at the same time by the NetworkManager and the modem. So I concluded for
myself that I have to switch off the NetworkManager completely in YAST
if I want to use the modem, because I thought I need the DNS specific to
the router/internet provider/server. This worked indeed, but what I
learned from your comments is that I
can just statically insert _any_ existing (but not private) DNS-address
and that will serve for both, modem and NetworkManager. So if I try

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

(the nameservers of google I found in the net) I can indeed connect via
modem and via NetworkManager with the same resolv.conf. This solves my
problem with the modem (wvdial and kppp now work without having to
switch off the NetworkManager) and makes (networking-)life sufficiently
simple. Thank you for this helpful instruction!
By the way, do you have a preferred choice of DNS-adresses? The just
mentioned ones seem to slow down my internet connection.

Philippe, do you need more information for adapting the ep536-drivers to
openSUSE? As far as I am concerned things now seem to work fine. Many
thanks for your great help!

All the best
Wolfgang

On Mon, 27 Feb 2012, Ludwig Gebauer wrote:

Hallo Wolfgang,

um mich endgültig unbeliebt zu machen:
In der resolv.conf muss mindestens ein funktionierender und
erreichbarer Nameserver stehen.
Der Eintrag 192.168.0.1 in deiner resolv.conf fällt sowohl nach
Wikipedia

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_IP-Adresse

als auch nach RIPE (Suche mit 192.168.0.1)

https://apps.db.ripe.net/search/query.html

in den privaten Adressbereich, taugt also nicht wirklich als
Nameserveradresse. Selbst wenn es sich tatsächlich um einen Nameserver
deines DSL_Providers handeln sollte, dürfte er kaum auf anderem Weg
als über die direkte DSL-Verbindung, z.B. über 56K-Modem und/oder
einen anderen Provider, zu erreichen sein.

MfG Ludwig

Hallo Wolfgang,

bitte um Entschuldigung, dass ich mich ungefragt in die Diskussion
einmische.

Seit SuSE nicht mehr SuSE ist sondern openSUSE, scheint Qualität nicht
mehr wirklich ein Ziel der Entwicklung zu sein. Sachen, die in 9.0 und
10.3 noch aus der Schachtel (bzw. von der DVD) funktionierten,
verlangen in 11.4 Bastelei.

U.a. wird die resolv.conf nicht, wie behauptet, automatisch editiert.
Sowohl für das smartlink-Softmodem (als auch für ein DSL-Modem)
musste
ich dieselbe manuell ändern. Ich habe jetzt nur noch drin stehen:

nameserver xxx.xxx.x.x
nameserver yyy.yyy.y.y

_Alles_ Andere rausgelöscht. Seither funzt es.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Ludwig Gebauer

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
Datum: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:49:16 +0100 (CET)
Von: Wolfgang Junker<junker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
An: Philippe Vouters<philippe.vouters@xxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Antonio Olivares<olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx>, Linmodems
<discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Betreff: Re: Driver for 536ep-Modem does not compile

Dear Philippe,

this time your test-script gives:

linux:~/Installationen/Modem-536ep/b # sh test.sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO>>  /etc/init.d/536EP
insserv: warning: script 'S01Intel536_boot' missing LSB tags and
overrides
insserv: warning: script 'K01vpnclient_init' missing LSB tags and
overrides
insserv: warning: script 'Intel536_boot' missing LSB tags and
overrides
insserv: warning: script 'Intel536_boot' missing LSB tags and
overrides
insserv: warning: script 'vpnclient_init' missing LSB tags and
overrides
linux:~/Installationen/Modem-536ep/b # echo $?
0
...................................................................

As far as I understand the comments in the thread you discovered
one can just ignore the comments about the "missing LSB tags"?

Concerning the DNS-issue I have the file /etc/resolv.conf, which
reads

### /etc/resolv.conf file autogenerated by netconfig!
#
# Before you change this file manually, consider to define the
# static DNS configuration using the following variables in the
# /etc/sysconfig/network/config file:
# NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST
# NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS
# NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER
# or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting:
# NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY=''
#
# See also the netconfig(8) manual page and other documentation.
#
# Note: Manual change of this file disables netconfig too, but
# may get lost when this file contains comments or empty lines
# only, the netconfig settings are same with settings in this
# file and in case of a "netconfig update -f" call.
#
### Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file!
search localdomain site
nameserver 192.168.0.1
.................................................................

The 192.168.0.1 is the DNS of my DSL-provider. Is there anything
wrong with it?

Sincerely
Wolfgang

On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, Philippe Vouters wrote:

Wolgang,

I think I got the reason why insserv from your SUSE distribution is
complaining. This is explained at

http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-login/457806-insserv-warning-script-s12itmagents30-missing-lsb-tags-overrides.html

Can you from a root account change directory to b you previously
created:
# cd b
# cat>  test.sh<<- EOF
#!bin/sh
INITDIR=/etc/init.d
echo "### BEGIN INIT INFO>>" ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Provides: Intel536 boot">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Required-Start: \$syslog">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Should-Start:">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Required-Stop: \$syslog">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Should-Stop:">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Default-Start: 3 5">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Default-Stop: 1 2">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Short-Description: Intel536 boot script">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Description: Start, stop, get status of Intel 536EP\
driver">>
${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "### END INIT INFO">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
sed '1,6d' Intel536_boot>  /tmp/Intel536_boot
cat ${INITDIR}/536EP /tmp/Intel536_boot>  ${INITDIR}/Intel536_boot
chown root.root ${INITDIR}/Intel536_boot
chmod 755 ${INITDIR}/Intel536_boot
insserv ${INITDIR}/Intel536_boot
rm ${INITDIR}/536EP
rm /tmp/Intel536_boot
EOF

Finally:

sh test.sh
echo $?

Vielen danken.
Warmest regards,

Philippe

Le 19/02/2012 19:07, Wolfgang Junker a écrit :
Dear Philippe,

here is the output of your test-script:

linux:~/Installationen/Modem-536ep/b # sh test.sh
#!/bin/sh>  /etc/init.d//536EP
### BEGIN INIT INFO>>  /etc/init.d//536EP
insserv: warning: script 'S01Intel536_boot' missing LSB tags and
overrides
insserv: warning: script 'K01vpnclient_init' missing LSB tags and
overrides
insserv: warning: script 'Intel536_boot' missing LSB tags and
overrides
insserv: warning: script 'Intel536_boot' missing LSB tags and
overrides
insserv: warning: script 'vpnclient_init' missing LSB tags and
overrides
test.sh: Zeile 19: EOF: Kommando nicht gefunden.
linux:~/Installationen/Modem-536ep/b # echo $?
127

...................................................................

When I run wvdial I get the following messages:

-->  WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
-->  Cannot get information for serial port.
-->  Initializing modem.
-->  Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
-->  Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0&C1&D2
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0&C1&D2
OK
-->  Modem initialized.
-->  Idle Seconds = 300, disabling automatic reconnect.
-->  Sending: ATDT01920787
-->  Waiting for carrier.
ATDT01920787
CONNECT 50666
-->  Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
-->  Starting pppd at Sun Feb 19 16:24:44 2012
-->  Pid of pppd: 14966
-->  Using interface ppp0
-->  pppd: [18][06][08]
-->  pppd: [18][06][08]
-->  pppd: [18][06][08]
-->  pppd: [18][06][08]
-->  local IP address 145.254.249.173
-->  pppd: [18][06][08]
-->  remote IP address 145.253.1.232
-->  pppd: [18][06][08]
-->  Script /etc/ppp/ip-up run successful
-->  Default route Ok.
-->  warning, can't find address for `www.suse.de`
-->  warning, address lookup does not work
-->  Nameserver (DNS) failure, the connection may not work.
-->  Connected... Press Ctrl-C to disconnect
-->  pppd: [18][06][08]
.................................................................

and $ tail -f /var/log/messages gives:

Feb 19 16:24:44 linux pppd[14966]: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded.
Feb 19 16:24:44 linux pppd[14966]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
Feb 19 16:24:44 linux pppd[14966]: Using interface ppp0
Feb 19 16:24:44 linux pppd[14966]: Connect: ppp0<-->  /dev/536ep
Feb 19 16:24:44 linux modem-manager: (net/ppp0): could not get
port's
parent device
Feb 19 16:24:45 linux pppd[14966]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Feb 19 16:24:45 linux pppd[14966]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Feb 19 16:24:45 linux pppd[14966]: local IP address 145.254.249.173
Feb 19 16:24:45 linux pppd[14966]: remote IP address 145.253.1.232
Feb 19 16:24:46 linux pppd[14966]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished
(pid
14968), status = 0x0
..................................................................

The Config-file /etc/wvdial.conf looks like this:

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/modem
Baud = 57600
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0&C1&D2
Init3 =
Area Code =
Phone = 01920787
Username = arcor
Password = internet
Ask Password = 0
Dial Command = ATDT
Stupid Mode = 1
Compuserve = 0
Force Address =
Idle Seconds = 300
DialMessage1 =
DialMessage2 =
ISDN = 0
Auto DNS = 0
....................................................................

It seems that SUSE has adapted wvdial, because I didn't look for
'www.suse.de', this seems to be a built-in DNS-check of SUSE. The
option
"Auto DNS = " in the wvdial.conf is also due to SUSE and asks
whether
to
get the DNS from the provider or not. I tried "0" and "1" but
experienced the same behaviour with both choices.

Cordially
Wolfgang

On Sun, 19 Feb 2012, Philippe Vouters wrote:

Dear Wolfgang,

As a beginning to this reply and basing the
/etc/init.d/Intel536_inst
code from your stoppreload boot script, can try the following from
a
root account:

First commands:
# mkdir b
# cd b
# cp /path/to/intel-536-537/Intel536_boot ./
# cat>  test.sh<<- EOF
#!bin/sh
INITDIR=/etc/init.d/
echo "#!/bin/sh>" ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "### BEGIN INIT INFO>>" ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Provides: Intel536_boot">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Required-Start: \$syslog">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Required-Stop: \$syslog">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Default-Start: 3 5">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Default-Stop: 1 2">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "# Description: Start/Stop the Intel 536EP driver">>
${INITDIR}/536EP
echo "### END INIT INFO">>  ${INITDIR}/536EP
sed '1,6d' Intel536_boot>  /tmp/Intel536_boot
cat ${INITDIR}/536EP /tmp/Intel536_boot>  ${INITDIR}/Intel536_boot
chown root:root ${INITDIR}/Intel536_boot
chmod 755 ${INITDIR}/Intel536_boot
insserv ${INITDIR}/Intel536_boot
rm ${INITDIR}/536EP
rm /tmp/Intel536_boot
EOF

Finally:

sh test.sh
echo $?

efax sounds quite excellent with absolutely nothing abnormal in
/var/log/messages. wvdial sound much better. For wvdial, I think
you
should have a closer look at your /etc/wvdial.conf. I would need
your
wvdial run output to better understand the problem you are facing.
My
guess is that pppd does not correctly setup your Internet
connection.

Philippe

Le 18/02/2012 20:02, Wolfgang Junker a écrit :
Dear Philippe,

sorry for my misunderstanding, here is the file
/etc/init.d/stoppreload:

#! /bin/sh
#
# Copyright (c) 2007 SuSE Linux Products GmbH Nuernberg, Germany.
All
rights reserved.
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: stoppreload
# Required-Start: $ALL boot.startpreload $remote_fs
# Required-Stop: $null
# Default-Start: 1 2 3 5
# Default-Stop:
# Description: Stopping and parsing the preloadtrace output
# Short-Description: Stop preload (and blktrace)
### END INIT INFO

. /etc/rc.status
rc_reset

case "$1" in
start)
/usr/sbin/stop_preload&
rc_status -v -r
;;
stop)
rc_status -v
;;
reload)
rc_failed 3
rc_status -v
;;
status)
rc_failed 4
rc_status -v
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status}"
exit 1
;;
esac

rc_exit

.....................................................................

I compiled the efax and did $./efax -vewinchmart, the output is as
follows:

./efax: Sat Feb 18 17:18:16 2012 efax v 0.9a-001114 Copyright
1999 Ed
Casas
./efax: Sat Feb 18 17:18:16 2012 efax v 0.9a-001114 Copyright
1999 Ed
Casas
efax: 18:16 compiled Feb 16 2012 22:50:31
efax: 18:16 argv[0]=./efax
efax: 18:16 argv[1]=-vewinchmart
efax: 18:16 using built-in 128x0 font
efax: 18:18 opened /dev/modem
efax: 18:18 command "Q0V1"
efax: 18:18 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 18:28 command "Q0V1"
efax: 18:28 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 18:28 .765 [ATQ0V1<CR><CR><LF>]
efax: 18:28 .829 [OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:28 response "OK"
efax: 18:28 command "E0"
efax: 18:28 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 18:28 .849 [ATE0<CR><CR><LF>]
efax: 18:28 .896 [OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:28 response "OK"
efax: 18:28 command "I3"
efax: 18:28 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 18:28 .948 [<CR><LF>536EP<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:28 .969 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:28 response "OK"
efax: 18:28 command "+FCLASS=?"
efax: 18:28 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 18:29 .016 [<CR><LF>0,1,8<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:29 .037 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:29 response "OK"
efax: 18:29 command "+FCLASS=1"
efax: 18:29 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 18:29 .108 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:29 response "OK"
efax: 18:29 using 536EP in class 1
efax: 18:29 command "+FRM=?"
efax: 18:29 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 18:29 .157
[<CR><LF>24,48,72,73,74,96,97,98,121,122,145,146<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:29 .177 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:29 response "OK"
efax: 18:29 command "A"
efax: 18:29 waiting 120.0 s
efax: 18:34 .068 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:34 response "CONNECT"
efax: 18:34 fax call answered
efax: 18:34 sent 23 bytes:
efax: 18:34 ff c0 02 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 18:34 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 18:34 sent CSI - answering ID
efax: 18:34 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 18:35 .796 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:35 response "CONNECT"
efax: 18:35 sent 6 bytes: ff c8 01 00 76 1e
efax: 18:35 sent DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 18:35 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 18:36 .156 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:36 response "OK"
efax: 18:36 command "+FRH=3"
efax: 18:36 waiting 3.0 s
efax: 18:39 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 18:39 .189 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:39 response "OK"
efax: 18:39 received 0 bytes:
efax: 18:39 received DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 18:39 command "+FTH=3"
efax: 18:39 waiting 3.1 s
efax: 18:39 .257 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:39 response "CONNECT"
efax: 18:39 sent 23 bytes:
efax: 18:39 ff c0 02 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 18:39 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 18:39 sent CSI - answering ID
efax: 18:39 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 18:40 .988 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:40 response "CONNECT"
efax: 18:40 sent 6 bytes: ff c8 01 00 76 1e
efax: 18:40 sent DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 18:40 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 18:41 .348 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:41 response "OK"
efax: 18:41 command "+FRH=3"
efax: 18:41 waiting 3.0 s
efax: 18:44 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 18:44 .377 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:44 response "OK"
efax: 18:44 received 0 bytes:
efax: 18:44 received DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 18:44 command "+FTH=3"
efax: 18:44 waiting 3.1 s
efax: 18:44 .448 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:44 response "CONNECT"
efax: 18:44 sent 23 bytes:
efax: 18:44 ff c0 02 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 18:44 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 18:44 sent CSI - answering ID
efax: 18:44 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 18:46 .177 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:46 response "CONNECT"
efax: 18:46 sent 6 bytes: ff c8 01 00 76 1e
efax: 18:46 sent DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 18:46 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 18:46 .536 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:46 response "OK"
efax: 18:46 command "+FRH=3"
efax: 18:46 waiting 3.0 s
efax: 18:49 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 18:49 .569 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:49 response "OK"
efax: 18:49 received 0 bytes:
efax: 18:49 received DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 18:49 command "+FTH=3"
efax: 18:49 waiting 3.1 s
efax: 18:49 .636 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:49 response "CONNECT"
efax: 18:49 sent 23 bytes:
efax: 18:49 ff c0 02 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 18:49 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 18:49 sent CSI - answering ID
efax: 18:49 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 18:51 .368 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:51 response "CONNECT"
efax: 18:51 sent 6 bytes: ff c8 01 00 76 1e
efax: 18:51 sent DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 18:51 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 18:51 .728 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:51 response "OK"
efax: 18:51 command "+FRH=3"
efax: 18:51 waiting 3.0 s
efax: 18:54 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 18:54 .758 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:54 response "OK"
efax: 18:54 received 0 bytes:
efax: 18:54 received DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 18:54 command "+FTH=3"
efax: 18:54 waiting 3.1 s
efax: 18:54 .828 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:54 response "CONNECT"
efax: 18:54 sent 23 bytes:
efax: 18:54 ff c0 02 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 18:54 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 18:54 sent CSI - answering ID
efax: 18:54 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 18:56 .557 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:56 response "CONNECT"
efax: 18:56 sent 6 bytes: ff c8 01 00 76 1e
efax: 18:56 sent DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 18:56 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 18:56 .916 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:56 response "OK"
efax: 18:56 command "+FRH=3"
efax: 18:56 waiting 3.0 s
efax: 18:59 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 18:59 .948 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 18:59 response "OK"
efax: 18:59 received 0 bytes:
efax: 18:59 received DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 18:59 Error: no command/response from remote
efax: 18:59 command "+FTH=3"
efax: 18:59 waiting 3.1 s
efax: 19:00 .016 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 19:00 response "CONNECT"
efax: 19:00 sent 3 bytes: ff c8 5f
efax: 19:00 sent DCN - disconnect
efax: 19:00 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 19:01 .256 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 19:01 response "OK"
efax: 19:01 command "H"
efax: 19:01 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 19:01 .708 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 19:01 response "OK"
efax: 19:01 command "Q0V1"
efax: 19:01 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 19:01 .788 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 19:01 response "OK"
efax: 19:01 command "H"
efax: 19:01 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 19:02 .328 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 19:02 response "OK"
efax: 19:02 done, returning 3 (invalid modem response)

....................................................................

tail -f /var/log/messages gives:

Feb 18 17:16:16 linux su: (to root) junker on /dev/pts/4
Feb 18 17:18:16 linux kernel: [ 3785.035276] pci 0000:00:06.0:
enabling
device (0010 ->  0012)
Feb 18 17:18:16 linux kernel: [ 3785.035294] pci 0000:00:06.0: PCI
INT A
->  Link[LNKA] ->  GSI 10 (level, low) ->  IRQ 10

....................................................................

This looked quite pretty to my, so I tried wvdial (not wvdialconf,
which
looks for the wrong serial ports), and in fact I get a stable
connection
to an Internet Provider of my choice!!
The bad news is, there is no throughput, wvdial says the
following:

-->  warning, address lookup does not work
-->  Nameserver (DNS) failure, the connection may not work.

This seems to be a new issue or is it connected to anything
before?
Anyway, if you think at some point it's useful to ssh to my
computer,
I
wouldn't mind.

Sincerely
Wolfgang

On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Philippe Vouters wrote:

Dear Wolgang,

Yes indeed I was a bit surprised that in a so population dense
region
such as Aachen and in a so developed country such as Germany you
did
not have a broadband facility. But I played your game.

Perhaps, I poorly expressed myself. The build
/etc/init.d/Intel536_boot and /etc/init.d/vpnclient_init you just
sent
me are NOT fully suited to a modern SUSE distribution such as
yours
as
it showed up with $ sudo make install with the "set -x" you
added on
my demand. These two boot scripts show errors when installing
them.
Can you send me any other one but these two boot scripts you will
find
in /etc/init.d ?

Why do I insist on running efax first ? This is because it is a
much
simpler software using the modem only involving itself. It is
much
more easy to understand what can be going wrong with the driver's
installation and anyhow and above all if efax does not run
correctly,
there is strictly no hope that wvdial will correctly work. In
conclusion, efax with its simplicity is an ideal candidate to
troubleshoot any modem driver.

Note that for the runs below I run a special driver that I
modified
for one user also running a Fedora 16 distribution. The previous
version showed up one kernel oops under kernel 3.1.x that I never
noticed under 2.6.x kernels. So I keep this in my mind, just in
case
my changes need more work. I just commented out parts of the
code in
a
problem reproduced 536EP run using efax. I am not yet fully sure
about
the code parts I can safely recomment in. As you have a DSL
subscription, this oops and its temporary solution is described
at

http://vouters.dyndns.org/tima/Linux-drivers-Troubleshooting_a_oops.html

for your curiosity.

Read hereafter my today's run under Linux Fedora 16 (kernel
3.2.6).
If
you do not read such, we shall adjust for our next mail
exchanges.

Also as I feel you are confident in me and provided we are really
short of ideas, would you authorize me with much care against
possible
unwanted intruders to SSH connect to your SUSE system ? I already
did
it for a modem issue connecting to a computer somewhere in Latin
America. I have been remotely working on the system while its
owner
who was so tired was quietly sleeping. When he woke up, he
noticed a
mail from me telling his modem was perfectly working. I got such
a
warm thank that I'll never forget it.

With my warmest regards to you.
Philippe

[philippe@victor ~]$ uname -r
3.2.6-3.fc16.i686
[philippe@victor intel-536-537]$ sudo make install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/philippe/intel-536-537'
rm -f /etc/hamregistry.bin
bash Intel536_inst
running kernel 3.2.6-3.fc16.i686
installing hamregistry, used for persistant storage
installing Intel536 driver
install REDHAT Intel536 boot script and links
starting module and utilities
hamregistry: no process found

done
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/philippe/intel-536-537'

[philippe@victor intel-536-537]$ dmesg | tail
...
[ 5134.776989] Intel 536EP card found
...

Now running efax:

[philippe@victor ~]$ efax -vewinchmart
efax: Fri Feb 17 22:15:24 2012 efax v 0.9a-001114 Copyright 1999
Ed
Casas
efax: Fri Feb 17 22:15:24 2012 efax v 0.9a-001114 Copyright 1999
Ed
Casas
efax: 15:24 compiled Feb 8 2011 17:28:56
efax: 15:24 argv[0]=efax
efax: 15:24 argv[1]=-vewinchmart
efax: 15:25 opened /dev/modem
efax: 15:25 command "Q0V1"
efax: 15:25 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 15:28 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 15:28 .494 [ATQ0V1<CR><CR><LF>]
efax: 15:28 .554 [OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:28 response "OK"
efax: 15:28 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 15:30 command "Q0V1"
efax: 15:30 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 15:30 .674 [ATQ0V1<CR><CR><LF>]
efax: 15:30 .734 [OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:30 response "OK"
efax: 15:30 command "E0"
efax: 15:30 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 15:30 .854 [ATE0<CR><CR><LF>]
efax: 15:30 .904 [OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:30 response "OK"
efax: 15:31 command "I3"
efax: 15:31 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 15:31 .054 [<CR><LF>536EP<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:31 .074 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:31 response "OK"
efax: 15:31 command "+FCLASS=?"
efax: 15:31 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 15:31 .224 [<CR><LF>0,1,8<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:31 .244 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:31 response "OK"
efax: 15:31 command "+FCLASS=1"
efax: 15:31 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 15:31 .414 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:31 response "OK"
efax: 15:31 using 536EP in class 1
efax: 15:31 command "+FRM=?"
efax: 15:31 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 15:31 .564
[<CR><LF>24,48,72,73,74,96,97,98,121,122,145,146<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:31 .584 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:31 response "OK"
efax: 15:31 command "A"
efax: 15:31 waiting 120.0 s
efax: 15:36 .504 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:36 response "CONNECT"
efax: 15:36 fax call answered
efax: 15:36 sent 23 bytes:
efax: 15:36 ff c0 02 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:36 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:36 sent CSI - answering ID
efax: 15:36 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 15:38 .234 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:38 response "CONNECT"
efax: 15:38 sent 6 bytes: ff c8 01 00 76 1e
efax: 15:38 sent DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 15:38 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 15:38 .594 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:38 response "OK"
efax: 15:38 command "+FRH=3"
efax: 15:38 waiting 3.0 s
efax: 15:41 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 15:41 .624 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:41 response "OK"
efax: 15:41 received 79 bytes:
efax: 15:41 ff c8 01 00 76 1e 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:41 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 00 00 00 dd 01 00 00 00 00
efax: 15:41 00 00 f4 cf 33 36 60 07 fb 43 44 6e ee bf 01 00
efax: 15:41 00 00 f4 cf fa 43 87 34 ef bf 87 34 ef bf b8 3a
efax: 15:41 ef bf 04 57 eb 43 35 5b 05 08 60 07 fb 43 3f
efax: 15:41 received DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 15:41 command "+FTH=3"
efax: 15:41 waiting 3.1 s
efax: 15:41 .694 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:41 response "CONNECT"
efax: 15:41 sent 23 bytes:
efax: 15:41 ff c0 02 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:41 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:41 sent CSI - answering ID
efax: 15:41 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 15:43 .424 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:43 response "CONNECT"
efax: 15:43 sent 6 bytes: ff c8 01 00 76 1e
efax: 15:43 sent DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 15:43 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 15:43 .784 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:43 response "OK"
efax: 15:43 command "+FRH=3"
efax: 15:43 waiting 3.0 s
efax: 15:46 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 15:46 .814 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:46 response "OK"
efax: 15:46 received 79 bytes:
efax: 15:46 ff c8 01 00 76 1e 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:46 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 00 00 00 dd 01 00 00 00 00
efax: 15:46 00 00 f4 cf 33 36 60 07 fb 43 44 6e ee bf 01 00
efax: 15:46 00 00 f4 cf fa 43 87 34 ef bf 87 34 ef bf b8 3a
efax: 15:46 ef bf 04 57 eb 43 35 5b 05 08 60 07 fb 43 3f
efax: 15:46 received DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 15:46 command "+FTH=3"
efax: 15:46 waiting 3.1 s
efax: 15:46 .884 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:46 response "CONNECT"
efax: 15:46 sent 23 bytes:
efax: 15:46 ff c0 02 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:46 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:46 sent CSI - answering ID
efax: 15:46 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 15:48 .614 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:48 response "CONNECT"
efax: 15:48 sent 6 bytes: ff c8 01 00 76 1e
efax: 15:48 sent DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 15:48 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 15:48 .974 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:48 response "OK"
efax: 15:48 command "+FRH=3"
efax: 15:48 waiting 3.0 s
efax: 15:51 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 15:52 .004 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:52 response "OK"
efax: 15:52 received 79 bytes:
efax: 15:52 ff c8 01 00 76 1e 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:52 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 00 00 00 dd 01 00 00 00 00
efax: 15:52 00 00 f4 cf 33 36 60 07 fb 43 44 6e ee bf 01 00
efax: 15:52 00 00 f4 cf fa 43 87 34 ef bf 87 34 ef bf b8 3a
efax: 15:52 ef bf 04 57 eb 43 35 5b 05 08 60 07 fb 43 3f
efax: 15:52 received DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 15:52 command "+FTH=3"
efax: 15:52 waiting 3.1 s
efax: 15:52 .074 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:52 response "CONNECT"
efax: 15:52 sent 23 bytes:
efax: 15:52 ff c0 02 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:52 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:52 sent CSI - answering ID
efax: 15:52 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 15:53 .804 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:53 response "CONNECT"
efax: 15:53 sent 6 bytes: ff c8 01 00 76 1e
efax: 15:53 sent DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 15:53 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 15:54 .164 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:54 response "OK"
efax: 15:54 command "+FRH=3"
efax: 15:54 waiting 3.0 s
efax: 15:57 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 15:57 .194 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:57 response "OK"
efax: 15:57 received 79 bytes:
efax: 15:57 ff c8 01 00 76 1e 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:57 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 00 00 00 dd 01 00 00 00 00
efax: 15:57 00 00 f4 cf 33 36 60 07 fb 43 44 6e ee bf 01 00
efax: 15:57 00 00 f4 cf fa 43 87 34 ef bf 87 34 ef bf b8 3a
efax: 15:57 ef bf 04 57 eb 43 35 5b 05 08 60 07 fb 43 3f
efax: 15:57 received DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 15:57 command "+FTH=3"
efax: 15:57 waiting 3.1 s
efax: 15:57 .264 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:57 response "CONNECT"
efax: 15:57 sent 23 bytes:
efax: 15:57 ff c0 02 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:57 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 15:57 sent CSI - answering ID
efax: 15:57 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 15:58 .994 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:58 response "CONNECT"
efax: 15:58 sent 6 bytes: ff c8 01 00 76 1e
efax: 15:58 sent DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 15:58 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 15:59 .354 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 15:59 response "OK"
efax: 15:59 command "+FRH=3"
efax: 15:59 waiting 3.0 s
efax: 16:02 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 16:02 .384 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 16:02 response "OK"
efax: 16:02 received 79 bytes:
efax: 16:02 ff c8 01 00 76 1e 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
efax: 16:02 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 00 00 00 dd 01 00 00 00 00
efax: 16:02 00 00 f4 cf 33 36 60 07 fb 43 44 6e ee bf 01 00
efax: 16:02 00 00 f4 cf fa 43 87 34 ef bf 87 34 ef bf b8 3a
efax: 16:02 ef bf 04 57 eb 43 35 5b 05 08 60 07 fb 43 3f
efax: 16:02 received DIS - answering capabilities
efax: 16:02 Error: no command/response from remote
efax: 16:02 command "+FTH=3"
efax: 16:02 waiting 3.1 s
efax: 16:02 .454 [<CR><LF>CONNECT<CR><LF>]
efax: 16:02 response "CONNECT"
efax: 16:02 sent 3 bytes: ff c8 5f
efax: 16:02 sent DCN - disconnect
efax: 16:02 waiting 13.6 s
efax: 16:03 .694 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 16:03 response "OK"
efax: 16:03 command "H"
efax: 16:03 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 16:04 .144 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 16:04 response "OK"
efax: 16:04 command "Q0V1"
efax: 16:04 waiting 2.0 s
efax: 16:04 .324 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 16:04 response "OK"
efax: 16:04 command "H"
efax: 16:04 waiting 5.0 s
efax: 16:04 .864 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>]
efax: 16:04 response "OK"
efax: 16:04 done, returning 3 (invalid modem response)
[philippe@victor ~]$

Checking with $ tail -f /var/log/messages

Feb 17 22:15:24 victor kernel: [ 5587.556264] type=1400
audit(1329513324.763:95): avc: denied { read write } for pid=9012
comm="efax" name="536ep" dev=devtmpfs ino=70965
scontext=user_u:user_r:user_t:s0
tcontext=user_u:object_r:device_t:s0
tclass=chr_file
Feb 17 22:15:24 victor kernel: [ 5587.556276] type=1400
audit(1329513324.763:96): avc: denied { open } for pid=9012
comm="efax" name="536ep" dev=devtmpfs ino=70965
scontext=user_u:user_r:user_t:s0
tcontext=user_u:object_r:device_t:s0
tclass=chr_file
Feb 17 22:15:24 victor kernel: [ 5587.556324] pci 0000:03:04.0:
PCI
INT A ->  GSI 17 (level, low) ->  IRQ 17
Feb 17 22:15:24 victor kernel: [ 5587.556733] type=1400
audit(1329513324.763:97): avc: denied { write } for pid=8262
comm="hamregistry" name="ham" dev=proc ino=4026532245
scontext=user_u:user_r:user_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:proc_t:s0
tclass=file
Feb 17 22:15:25 victor kernel: [ 5588.057234] type=1400
audit(1329513325.264:98): avc: denied { ioctl } for pid=9012
comm="efax" path="/dev/536ep" dev=devtmpfs ino=70965
scontext=user_u:user_r:user_t:s0
tcontext=user_u:object_r:device_t:s0
tclass=chr_file

Le 17/02/2012 21:43, Wolfgang Junker a écrit :
Dear Philippe,

I have been using your modem drivers on this computer for almost
ten
years, starting from my very first ancient Redhat-installation
until my
previous SUSE 10.3-distribution. They have been invaluable to me
and I
am much indebted to you for your
great job! Nowadays I am using DSL to connect to the internet,
as
probably most of us do, and would like to use the modem for
sending
faxes and as an alternative, if DSL is down. But not everybody
in
the
world is in such a comfortable position and I think it is really
worthwhile to keep the drivers up to date. After all, this is
one
of the
great things about Linux, that I can have the most uptodate and
excellent system on a 10 year old computer (but with good
hardware...).
If I tried to put Windows7 on my computer it wouldn't make a
peep...
Therefore I am happy that I can assist you in improving the
code,
and
after all, it's fun to solve a problem and learn a little bit
more
about
linux.

Having said this let us come back to our problem:

Here is the vpnclient_init script from /etc/init.d:

#!/bin/sh

##########################################################################

# Copyright (c) 2001, Cisco Systems, All Rights Reserved

###########################################################################

#
# File: vpnclient_init
# Date: 04/23/2001
#

###########################################################################

#
# chkconfig: 345 85 85
# description: Startup script for the vpn client. Version 4.8.02
(0030)
#

###########################################################################

# Source function library.
VPNCLIENT="/opt/cisco-vpnclient/bin/vpnclient"
VPNDEV="cipsec0"
VPNMOD=cisco_ipsec
case `uname -r` in
2.[56].*)
VPNMOD_FILE="${VPNMOD}.ko"
;;
*)
VPNMOD_FILE="$VPNMOD"
;;
esac

WHOAMI=`id | sed -e 's/(.*//'`

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting ${VPNCLIENT}: "
if [ "$WHOAMI" != "uid=0" ] ; then
echo "Failed (super user access required)"
exit 1
fi
/sbin/lsmod | grep -q "${VPNMOD}"
if [ "$?" = "0" ] ; then
echo "module ${VPNMOD} is already running. Use restart instead."
exit 1
fi

if [ -f /etc/resolv.conf.vpnbackup ]; then
echo "restoring /etc/resolv.conf"
mv /etc/resolv.conf.vpnbackup /etc/resolv.conf
fi
if [ -d /lib/modules/preferred ]; then
PC=/lib/modules/preferred/CiscoVPN
else
PC=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/CiscoVPN
fi
if [ -d $PC ] ; then
/sbin/insmod ${PC}/${VPNMOD_FILE}
if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
echo "Failed (insmod)"
exit 1
fi
else
echo "module directory $PC not found."
exit 1
fi
case "`uname -r`" in
2.6.*)
;;
2.5.*)
;;
2.4.*)
;;
2.2.*)
;;
2.0.*)
#
# This is only needed due to a bug in 2.0.x kernels that affects
# arp lookups.
#
ifconfig $VPNDEV 222.222.222.222 ;
if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
echo "Failed (ifconfig)"
/sbin/rmmod ${VPNMOD}
exit 1
fi
;;
*)
echo "Failed (unsupported Linux version)"
/sbin/rmmod ${VPNMOD}
exit 1
;;
esac

echo "Done"
;;
stop)
echo -n "Shutting down ${VPNCLIENT}: "
if [ "$WHOAMI" != "uid=0" ] ; then
echo "Failed (super user access required)"
exit 1
fi
killall cvpnd>  /dev/null 2>&1

/sbin/lsmod | grep -q "${VPNMOD}"
if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
echo "module ${VPNMOD} is not running."
exit 1
fi
/sbin/ifconfig $VPNDEV down
if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
echo "Failed (ifconfig)"
exit 1
fi
/sbin/rmmod ${VPNMOD}
if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
echo "Failed (rmmod)"
exit 1
fi
echo "Done"
;;
status)
/sbin/lsmod | egrep 'Module'
/sbin/lsmod | egrep "${VPNMOD}"
if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
echo
echo "Status Failed (lsmod ${VPNMOD}) - The VPN module is not
loaded."
fi
echo
/sbin/ifconfig $VPNDEV
if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
echo
echo "Status Failed (ifconfig ${VPNDEV}) - The virtual
interface is
not
present."
exit 1
fi
;;
restart|reload)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
exit 1
esac

exit 0

.....................................................................

I didn't quite understand if you also need the Intel536_boot
script
from
/etc/init.d. Isn't this the same as from your tarball?

The shell output of your commands are as follows:

linux:~/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537 # ls -l
/dev/modem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 17. Feb 17:56 /dev/modem ->  /dev/536ep
linux:~/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537 # ls -l
/dev/536*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root dialout 240, 1 17. Feb 17:56 /dev/536ep
crw------- 1 root root 240, 1 17. Feb 17:56 /dev/536ep0
linux:~/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537 #
/etc/init.d/Intel536_boot status
Intel536 1079683 0
hamregistry NOT running
linux:~/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537 #
/etc/init.d/Intel536_boot stop
hamregistry: Kein Prozess gefunden

linux:~/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537 #
/etc/init.d/Intel536_boot start

tail -f /var/log/messages
Feb 17 20:22:01 linux su: (to root) junker on /dev/pts/0
Feb 17 20:24:54 linux kernel: [ 6462.907952] Intel 536EP card
found
Feb 17 20:24:54 linux modem-manager: (tty/536ep0): could not get
port's parent device

I'll try next the efax and Jacques' hint concerning the
device-link
(thank you for that!).

All the best
Wolfgang

On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Philippe Vouters wrote:

Dear Wolfgang,

First it does look like that the intel-536-537/Intel536_inst
shell
code we have been working on needs some improvements for a SUSE
distribution to avoid the warning messages.

To improve this code, can you send me one but the Intel536_boot
and
vpnclient_init scripts. Both of these two are wrong for a SUSE
distribution. You will find one in /etc/init.d/. I shall use
it as
a
model for correct SUSE boot script programming.

However now, the Intel536.ko driver gets correctly installed in

/lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-default/kernel/drivers/char/Intel536.ko

Can you from two terminals do the following ?

 From one user account terminal:
$ tail -f /var/log/messages

 From a root account terminal:
ls -l /dev/modem
ls -l /dev/536*
/etc/init.d/Intel536_boot status
/etc/init.d/Intel536_boot stop
/etc/init.d/Intel536_boot start

And you send me both screen captures.

There is one message which shows something really wrong that I
cannot
figure out where the fault comes from:
Feb 16 18:12:33 linux modem-manager: (tty/536ep0): could not
get
port's
parent device
Why tty in tty/536ep0 ???? And this message comes from linux
modem-manager, a software I have no control over and I never
used
on
my Fedora distribution.

Anyhow and from now on, reload my
http://vouters.dyndns.org/Intel/Intel-Readme.html Print out its
content and follow carefully each step of the guide. Prior to
testing
with wvdial, use efax which is either in your /usr/bin
directory
or
that you can download from http://vouters.dyndns.org/Intel/ in
source
zip format. To build the binary:
$ cd efax
$ make -f Makefile_original
If ls /usr/bin/efax says nothing, then replace efax by ./efax
in
the
command I document.

Philippe

Le 16/02/2012 19:47, Wolfgang Junker a écrit :
Dear Philippe,

I followed your advice by putting "set -x" into the
Intel536_inst
and commenting out the three lines after "D=...". If I do
$make install
I get the following output:

make[1]: Entering directory
`/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537'
rm -f /etc/hamregistry.bin
bash Intel536_inst
++ uname -r
+ KERNVER=2.6.37.1-1.2-default
+ echo 'running kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-default'
running kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-default
+ '[' ']'
+
CharModDir=/lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-default/kernel/drivers/char
+ case $KERNVER in
+ KMS=ko
+ '[' '!' -d
/lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-default/kernel/drivers/char ']'
+ '[' -a ./hamregistry.bin ']'
+ rm -f /etc/hamregistry.bin
+ echo 'installing hamregistry, used for persistant storage'
installing hamregistry, used for persistant storage
+ install -o root -g root -m 110 hamregistry /usr/sbin
+ echo 'installing Intel536 driver'
installing Intel536 driver
+ install -o root -g root -m 744 Intel536.ko

/lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-default/kernel/drivers/char/Intel536.ko

++ tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'
++ ls /etc/lsb-release /etc/SuSE-release
+ D='/etc/lsb-release
/etc/suse-release'
+ case $D in
+ DISTRIB_ID=SUSE
+ case $DISTRIB_ID in
++ cut -f3 '-d '
++ grep VERSION /etc/SuSE-release
+ DISTVER=11.4
+ echo 'SuSE version 11.4'
SuSE version 11.4
+ case $DISTVER in
+ echo 'SuSE boot scripts'
SuSE boot scripts
+ INITDIR=/etc/init.d
+ echo 'SuSE rc3.d and rc5.d scripts'
SuSE rc3.d and rc5.d scripts
+ [[ 11.4<  10. ]]
+ echo '#!/bin/sh>' /etc/init.d/536EP
#!/bin/sh>  /etc/init.d/536EP
+ echo '### BEGIN INIT INFO>>' /etc/init.d/536EP
### BEGIN INIT INFO>>  /etc/init.d/536EP
+ echo '# Provides: Intel536_boot'
+ echo '# Required-Start: $syslog'
+ echo '# Required-Stop: $syslog'
+ echo '# Default-Start: 3 5'
+ echo '# Default-Stop: 1 2'
+ echo '# Description: Start Intel 536EP driver'
+ echo '### END INIT INFO'
+ cat /etc/init.d/536EP Intel536_boot
+ chown root.root /etc/init.d/Intel536_boot
+ chmod 755 /etc/init.d/Intel536_boot
+ insserv /etc/init.d/Intel536_boot
insserv: warning: script 'K01vpnclient_init' missing LSB tags
and
overrides
insserv: warning: script 'Intel536_boot' missing LSB tags and
overrides
insserv: warning: script 'Intel536_boot' missing LSB tags and
overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming default start
runlevel(s) for
script `Intel536_boot'
insserv: warning: script 'vpnclient_init' missing LSB tags and
overrides
+ rm /etc/init.d/536EP
+ echo 'starting module and utilities'
starting module and utilities
+ /sbin/depmod -A
+ /bin/bash Intel536_boot restart
hamregistry: Kein Prozess gefunden

+ echo done
done
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537'

The module Intel536.ko is being loaded, the devices /dev/536ep
and
/dev/536ep0 are created and the device /dev/modem as a link to
/dev/536ep. The Intel536_boot-script goes into /etc/init.d,
/etc/init.d/rc3.d and /etc/init.d/rc5.d. All seems to be fine,
but
when
I try $wvdialconf I still get the answer

Sorry, no modem was detected!

I did a reboot of the machine to look for boot-messages, and
in
fact
I get

Feb 16 18:12:33 linux kernel: [ 4277.001953] Intel 536EP card
found
Feb 16 18:12:33 linux modem-manager: (tty/536ep0): could not
get
port's
parent device

Also, in the IRQ-list the modem does not show up. What might
be
the
reason for this?

Many thanks for your help!
Wolfgang

On Wed, 15 Feb 2012, Philippe Vouters wrote:

Dear Wolfgang,

Outside subject and first, I am very surprised nm outputs a
bunch of
thousand symbols as one of the shell instructions which
composes
the $
make 536 is to strip the symbols. I surely missed something
here.

Back to your concern, an installable Intel536.ko by $ sudo
make
install. As far as I understand what is happening on your
side,
the
first D=`ls /etc/*-release 2>/dev/null | tr [:upper:]
[:lower:]`
assignment in intel536-537/Intel536_inst sounds correct. It
returns
"/etc/lsb-release /etc/suse-release" with the "suse"
substring
being
exploitable.

However as it also returns the substring "lsb", the second
D=`sed -r
's/DISTRIB_ID=(\w+)/\1/' /etc/lsb-release | tr [:upper:]
[:lower:]` leads to an unexploitable result.

As you are the very first one reporting me this bug despite
me
maintaining this Intel code for many years, before I do
change
anything in it, I must be aware how all the other handled
Linux
distributions return the first D assignment. If none of them
return an
lsb substring, I shall comment out this second D assignment.
If
anyone
of them displays lsb, then I must be aware on what is
returned
by the
second D assignment.

On my Linux Fedora 16 ,here is what tells the first D
assignment:
[philippe@victor intel-536-537]$ echo $D
/etc/fedora-release /etc/redhat-release /etc/system-release
So no lsb substring and the redhat substring being
exploitable
for
the
rest of the code.

As a first and temporary conclusion for us to progress toward
your
satisfaction, edit with the editor of your choice the file
intel536-537/Intel536_inst and manage to have the lines:

# determine distribution:
D=`ls /etc/*-release 2>/dev/null | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]`;

case $D in
*lsb*) D=`sed -r 's/DISTRIB_ID=(\w+)/\1/' /etc/lsb-release |
tr
[:upper:] [:lower:]`;;
esac

look like:

# determine distribution:
D=`ls /etc/*-release 2>/dev/null | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]`;

# case $D in
# *lsb*) D=`sed -r 's/DISTRIB_ID=(\w+)/\1/' /etc/lsb-release
|
tr #
[:upper:] [:lower:]`;;
# esac

This way the second "case $D" just after should correctly
recognize
your distribution as being a SUSE distribution.

As you are a very trustful collaborator, I suggest you also
temporary
add in this file a "set -x" without the double quotes on top
of
it so
that it looks like:

#***********************************************************************************

set -x
KERNVER=`uname -r`
echo "running kernel $KERNVER"

This way everyone will be able to control how well this shell
code
executes.

Best regards,
Philippe

Le 15/02/2012 22:35, Wolfgang Junker a écrit :
Dear Philippe,

I am happy to assist you in solving the problem!

First of all, $nm Intel536.ko outputs a bunch of several
thousand
symbols.

For your first D, $ echo $D gives the output
"/etc/lsb-release /etc/suse-release"

and for the second D

lsb_version="core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0-ia32:

core-3.2-ia32:core-4.0-ia32"

Sincerely
Wolfgang

On Tue, 14 Feb 2012, Philippe Vouters wrote:

Dear Wolfgang,

I notice you are clever and it's pretty enjoyable to work
with
you. I
thought my find command was correct. However I neglected to
test it
before submitting it to you and this is my fault.

The $ make 536 warning you read is quite expected and has
always
existed since the very beginning I inheird this code from
Intel
Corp.
The fact is that Intel did not provide all necessary files
for
a
clean
make with no warning. Just for your curiosity : if you
perform
the
command
$ ls -la coredrv/
that there are two *core.lib files with no *core.lib.cmd
unlike the
other files when you will build them with make 536 and if
you
do
the
command:
$ file<on each of these two *core.lib>
you'll see they are 32-bits ELF binary files. This is
because
of
these
two binary files, I claim Linux 32 bits support only in my
Intel-Readme.html on my Web site.

Now back to something you are expecting : a working
correctly
installed 536EP driver which you can use to connect to
Internet via
wvdial.

First and to check everything is indeed correct you should
now
have an
Intel536.ko file in your intel-536-537/ directory. To even
make it
surer, a:
$ nm Intel536.ko
ought to say no symbols

If the above is quite correct, let us figure out why $ sudo
make
install fails on your computer returning the string:
unknown distribution - no boot scripts have been installed
The answer should be in intel536-537/Intel536_inst on the
shell
code
line you may test outside the burden of the $ make install
First:
$ D=`ls /etc/*-release 2>/dev/null | tr [:upper:]
[:lower:]`
$ echo $D
Next if echo $D display lsb
D=`sed -r 's/DISTRIB_ID=(\w+)/\1/' /etc/lsb-release | tr
[:upper:]
[:lower:]`
echo $D should contain on you side the string "suse" as you
say you
run a SUSE distribution. As it seems and as a fact from
your
cut'n
paste, echo $D should contain no "suse" string, nor any of
the
other
recognized and dealt with distributions:
mandrake, redhat, redflag, conectiva, ubuntu, debian,
slackware,gentoo, knoppix.

So please mail us what tells each echo $D above. With this
information, I shall be able to guide you aiming at your
full
satisfaction.

However, more mail exchanges and work need to be performed
in
close
collaboration with you. Currently I am on a totally dark
land
with
your Linux distribution. Two items to be known with your
actual
distribution : where should the init scripts be installed ?
Next
what
is its common method to activate them at boot time ?

With my warmest regards,
Philippe

Le 14/02/2012 22:47, Wolfgang Junker a écrit :
Dear Philippe,

your find-command does not give any output on my computer.
I
nevertheless tried your suggestion, to change the
occurances
of
(2,6,38)
to (2,6,37) in coredrv.c, locks.c and softserial_io.c .
And in fact, the $ make 536 goes through then with only a
warning

WARNING: could not find

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/.536core.lib.cmd

for

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/536core.lib

and the $ make install goes through with the warning

unknown distribution - no boot scripts have been installed

However, if I follow your advices in the readme.txt, to
make
the
modem work

$ insmod -f Intel536.ko
$ mknod /dev/536ep c 240 1
$ ln -s /dev/536ep /dev/modem

then no modem is detected, e.g. $ wvdialconf replies

Sorry, no modem was detected!

or if I start kppp and scan for the modem, then the
computer
freezes. So
at the moment I do not understand what exactly happens.

Sincerely,
Wolfgang

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012, Philippe Vouters wrote:

Wolfgang,

In coredrv/coredrv.c which fails to compile at line 779
on
your
side,
I do the following:
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE>= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,38)
#define DECLARE_MUTEX DEFINE_SEMAPHORE
#endif

DECLARE_MUTEX(exec_reg_sem);
DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(persistWriteQ);
DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(persistReadQ);
DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(persistShutdownQ);

The above means that if kernel is 2.6.38 or higher, the
DECLARE_MUTEX(exec_reg_sem) reads as
DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(exec_reg_sem)
I might perhaps have missed that kernel 2.6.37 (your
kernel
version)
also needs DEFINE_SEMAPHORE.

To make sure, may I ask you to do the following on your
computer:
$ find /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include \
-exec grep DEFINE_SEMAPHORE {} \; -print

At fist glance, this find command should return matches
on
your
system.

If I refer to your experience, all
LINUX_VERSION_CODE>= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,38) must be
changed
to
LINUX_VERSION_CODE>= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,37)
The changes to be brought are in files coredrv/coredrv.c,
coredrv/locks.c and coredrv/softserial_io.c

If the find command displays DEFINE_SEMAPHORE, you may
change the
code
yourself. You just edit those three files searching for
2,6,38
and
replace every occurence by 2,6,37. Then you tell us
whether
a $
make
536
now builds just as fine under your kernel version.

Thank you in advance to keep us informed.

Philippe

Le 13/02/2012 19:56, Wolfgang Junker a écrit :
Dear Philippe,

it's only now that I come back to my computer. Here are
the
results of
your shell-commands:

$ uname -r|grep "2.6" -->  2.6.37.1-1.2-default
$ make INTEL_MODEM=536EP 536core_26

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-default/build
M=/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv
modules
make[1]: Entering directory
`/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2-obj/i386/default'
make -C ../../../linux-2.6.37.1-1.2
O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2-obj/i386/default/. modules
CC [M]

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/coredrv.o

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/coredrv.c:779:4:

warning: data definition has no type or storage class

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/coredrv.c:779:4:

warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of
‘DECLARE_MUTEX’

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/coredrv.c:779:4:

warning: parameter names (without types) in function
declaration
CC [M]

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/clmmain.o

CC [M]

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/rts.o
CC [M]

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/task.o
CC [M]

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/uart.o
CC [M]

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/wwh_dflt.o

CC [M]

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.o

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:176:1:

warning: data definition has no type or storage class

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:176:1:

warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of
‘DECLARE_MUTEX’

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:176:1:

warning: parameter names (without types) in function
declaration

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:177:1:

warning: data definition has no type or storage class

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:177:1:

warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of
‘DECLARE_MUTEX’

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:177:1:

warning: parameter names (without types) in function
declaration

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:178:1:

warning: data definition has no type or storage class

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:178:1:

warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of
‘DECLARE_MUTEX’

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:178:1:

warning: parameter names (without types) in function
declaration

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:179:1:

warning: data definition has no type or storage class

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:179:1:

warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of
‘DECLARE_MUTEX’

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:179:1:

warning: parameter names (without types) in function
declaration

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:180:1:

warning: data definition has no type or storage class

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:180:1:

warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of
‘DECLARE_MUTEX’

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:180:1:

warning: parameter names (without types) in function
declaration

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:181:1:

warning: data definition has no type or storage class

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:181:1:

warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of
‘DECLARE_MUTEX’

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:181:1:

warning: parameter names (without types) in function
declaration

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:182:1:

warning: data definition has no type or storage class

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:182:1:

warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of
‘DECLARE_MUTEX’

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:182:1:

warning: parameter names (without types) in function
declaration

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:183:1:

warning: data definition has no type or storage class

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:183:1:

warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of
‘DECLARE_MUTEX’

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:183:1:

warning: parameter names (without types) in function
declaration

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:184:1:

warning: data definition has no type or storage class

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:184:1:

warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of
‘DECLARE_MUTEX’

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:184:1:

warning: parameter names (without types) in function
declaration

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:

In
function ‘linux_RSAGetExclusive’:

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:192:24:

error: ‘sem0’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:192:24:

note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once
for
each
function
it appears in

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:196:24:

error: ‘sem1’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:200:24:

error: ‘sem2’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:204:24:

error: ‘sem3’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:208:24:

error: ‘sem4’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:212:24:

error: ‘sem5’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:216:24:

error: ‘sem6’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:220:24:

error: ‘sem7’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:224:24:

error: ‘sem8’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:

In
function ‘linux_RSAFreeExclusive’:

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:242:11:

error: ‘sem0’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:245:11:

error: ‘sem1’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:248:11:

error: ‘sem2’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:251:11:

error: ‘sem3’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:254:11:

error: ‘sem4’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:257:11:

error: ‘sem5’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:260:11:

error: ‘sem6’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:263:11:

error: ‘sem7’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:266:11:

error: ‘sem8’ undeclared (first use in this
function)
make[4]: ***

[/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.o]

Fehler 1
make[3]: ***

[_module_/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv]

Fehler 2
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Fehler 2
make[1]: *** [all] Fehler 2
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2-obj/i386/default'
make: *** [536core_26] Fehler 2

cp Intel536.ko .. -->  file couldn't be found

Wolfgang

On Sun, 12 Feb 2012, Philippe Vouters wrote:

Dear Wolfgang,

I do not know what can be wrong.
Try the following:
$ cd intel-536-537
$ uname -r|grep "2.6"&&  \ cd coredrv&&  make
INTEL_MODEM=536EP
536core_26&&  \
cp Intel536.ko ..&&  cd ..&&  \
strip --strip-debug Intel536.ko

If the above does not output CC and LD strings, try
$ cd coredrv
$ make INTEL_MODEM=536EP 536core_26

and reply to everyone with the cut and paste of what
your
read on
your
terminal screen.

Thanks in advance.

Philippe

Le 12/02/2012 18:31, Wolfgang Junker a écrit :
Philippe,

I may be misinterpreting your words, but you write

"If you run a 2.6.x kernel, then you will need
../Intel/intel-536EP-537EP_2011_12_03.tar.bz2"

Since I am running the kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-default of
SUSE
11.4 I
downloaded the intel-536EP-537EP_2011_12_03.tar.bz2,
but
obtain
after
"make 536" the following output, reported in my
previous
message:

Module precompile check
Current running kernel is: 2.6.37.1-1.2-default
/lib/modules... autoconf.h exists
diff: /boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis
nicht
gefunden
autoconf.h matches running kernel
diff: /boot/vmlinuz.version.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis
nicht
gefunden
version.h matches running kernel
make[1]: Entering directory
`/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537'
2.6.37.1-1.2-default
Failed to build driver

(the german text in lines 4 and 6 means "couldn't find
file or
directory")

Sincerely
Wolfgang

On Sun, 12 Feb 2012, Philippe Vouters wrote:

Wolfgang,

You did not pay enough attention to what I write in
the
TARBALLS
KERNEL COMPATIBILITY: chapter of my
http://vouters.dyndns.org/Intel/Intel-Readme.html
document.
Download
the correct tarball suited for a 2.6.x Linux kernel
which
your
SUSE
11.4 runs as per your indications.
Philippe

Le 12/02/2012 16:41, Antonio Olivares a écrit :
Wolfgang,

This is a new problem that has arised since files
were
changed.
Phillipe has made some changes to the code to
accomodate
them.
However, they were for newer kernels. Adding CC to
Phillipe
so he
can
make some recommendations.

Phillipe,

Wolfgang has Intel-536ep-Modem in his Notebook and
want
for
it to
run
under SUSE 11.4 with kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-default. I
recommended
the
latest driver from your site, but he appears to be
having
problems.

http://vouters.dyndns.org/Intel/intel-536EP-537EP_2012_01_04.tar.bz2

http://vouters.dyndns.org/Intel/

Thanks for your hard work and improvements to Intel
536/Intel
537
family of modems and other contributions to the
community.

Regards,

Antonio

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Wolfgang Junker
<junker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
Antonio,

thank you for pointing the way to the newest
releases.
Unforntunately, I
have still no success:

If I try the intel-536EP-537EP_2012_01_04.tar.bz2 I
get the
same
error log
as described in my previous message.

If I try the intel-536EP-537EP_2011_12_03.tar.bz2 I
obtain
the
follwing
output:

Module precompile check
Current running kernel is: 2.6.37.1-1.2-default
/lib/modules... autoconf.h exists
diff: /boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h: Datei oder
Verzeichnis
nicht
gefunden
autoconf.h matches running kernel
diff: /boot/vmlinuz.version.h: Datei oder
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version.h matches running kernel
make[1]: Entering directory
`/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537'
2.6.37.1-1.2-default
Failed to build driver

Wolfgang

On Sat, 11 Feb 2012, Antonio Olivares wrote:

Wolfgang,

Phillipe Vouters has released newer releases, but
they
are not
present
in linmodems Intel tree. Check here:

http://vouters.dyndns.org/Intel/intel-536EP-537EP_2012_01_04.tar.bz2

for a newer release. Also you may visit the
following
page to
check
for other packages

http://vouters.dyndns.org/Intel/

and Phillipe's great readme.

http://vouters.dyndns.org/Intel/Intel-Readme.html

Should you encounter any difficulties, please let
us
know.

Regards,

Antonio

2012/2/11 Wolfgang
Junker<junker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Hi all,

I have an Intel-536ep-Modem in my Notebook and
want
to
run it
under SUSE
11.4 with kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-default. So I
downloaded
the
intel-536EP-537EP_2011_07_03.tar from

http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/intel/Philippe.Vouters

and tried to compile it, but with no success.
When I
do
"make
536"
I get
the
following error messages:

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/coredrv.c:779:4:

warning: data definition has no type or storage
class

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/coredrv.c:779:4:

warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in
declaration
of
‘DECLARE_MUTEX’

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/coredrv.c:779:4:

warning: parameter names (without types) in
function
declaration

...

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:148:1:

warning: data definition has no type or storage
class

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:148:1:

warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in
declaration
of
‘DECLARE_MUTEX’

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:148:1:

warning: parameter names (without types) in
function
declaration

...

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:

In

function
‘linux_RSAGetExclusive’:

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:164:24:

error: ‘sem0’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:164:24:

note:
each undeclared identifier is reported only once
for
each
function it
appears in

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:168:24:

error: ‘sem1’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

...

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:

In

function
‘linux_RSAFreeExclusive’:

/root/Installationen/Modem-536ep/intel-536-537/coredrv/locks.c:214:11:

error: ‘sem0’ undeclared (first use in this
function)

...

Failed to build driver

Does anyone understand, what is happening and can
help
me?
Many thanks in advance

Wolfgang

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