Olemis The code has a pre-compiled 32 bit component, which cannot be used in a 64 bit compile. MarvS On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Olemis Lang <olemis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Olemis Lang <olemis@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 21:33:20 -0400 > Subject: Re: ID 047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) > To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> > > On 7/4/12, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Olemis Lang <olemis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hi all ! >>> >>> I'm reopening discussion in this thread [1]_ mainly because I want to >>> know whether it is possible to install softmodem mentioned in message >>> subject (i.e. 047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc. ) in system with amd64 >>> architecture . >>> > [...] >>> >>> .. [1] Re: ID 047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) >>> >>> (http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-nineth/msg00013.html) >>> > [...] >>> >> Dear Olemis, >> >> sadly there modem in question [047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc.] is >> problematic in 32 bit where it is supposed to work in theory but sadly >> few or no success reports to date (in practice) much less in 64 bit :( >> There is sadly no 64 bit support for this modem chipset. >> > [...] > > Thanks very much for your reply . I'd tried c > with a different internal modem having Agere chipset and worked for a > long time without too much trouble . That's why I was hoping to make > this USB device work this time as well ... anyways ... > > <OT> > > Fortunately I managed to change it , and now I got one of these > > {{{ > #!sh > > $ lsusb | grep Conexant > Bus 002 Device 022: ID 0572:1340 Conexant Systems (Rockwell), Inc. > > }}} > > It works like a charm by just installing dgcmodem so I recommend users > to try Conexant USB modems of series 132x , 1340 (<= these I've tried > personally ;) , ... i.e. all those supported by dgcmodem [1]_ package > ... but ... considering my experience , beware of the fact that > Conexant modems of series 1300 , 1301, 1303 (<= these I've tried > personally) ... i.e. those driven by hsfmodem [2]_ , have been > extremely problematic in the following ways : > > - overriding hsf* audio kernel modules fail , leading > to mute system (i.e. no sound at all) > - I could not get a connection to work more than > 3 min before system crashes , apparently some > kind of deadlock , or major unrecoverable exception > due to the fact that CapsLock and similar system > keys don't even toggle state . > > ... hope comments above will help others to find an easy-to-install device ... > > </OT> > > .. [1] DGC (softmodem) driver > (http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/dgc/index.php) > > .. [2] HSF (softmodem) driver > (http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/index.php) > > -- > Regards, > > Olemis. > > Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/ > Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/ > > Featured article:
