Hi folk I am a relative newcomer to Linux and am getting to know my
way round tentatively. What suggestions??
Wayne
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-------------------------- System information ----------------------------
CPU=x86_64, Ubuntu , ALSA_version=1.0.24
Linux version 3.2.0-26-generic (buildd@batsu) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 17:49:24 UTC 2012
scanModem update of: 2011_08_08
Distrib_ID=Ubuntu
DistribCodeName=precise
AptRepositoryStem=http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
The dkms driver upgrade utilities are installed,
Some modem drivers can only be used in 32 bit modem on x86_64 systems,
while some others are competent on x86_64 Systems. Cases are:
1) http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-seventh/msg03119.html
for the snd-hda-intel audio+modem driver. Also applicable to AC97 modem controllers.
In both cases, 32 bit libraries must be installed to support the slmodemd helper having a precompiled 32 bit component.
2) For USB modems using the slusb.ko driver. 32 bit libraries must be installed to support the slmodemd helper having a precompiled 32 bit component
3) The hsfmodem and hcfpcimodem drivers for Conexant chipsest modes are x86_64 competent.
4) agrsm packages for LSI/AgereSystems softmodems are not competent on x86_64 systems.
There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files
Potentially useful modem drivers now loaded are:
snd_hda_intel
Attached USB devices are:
ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
ID 0402:9665 ALi Corp. Gateway Webcam
ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
ID 047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem
ID 04f2:0111 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd KU-9908 Keyboard
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:
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
High Definition Audio cards can host modem chips.
For candidate card in slot 00:16.0, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:16.0 8086:3b64 1025:036d Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
41: 3 4 3 3 PCI-MSI-edge mei
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:16.0 ----
[ 1.368355] pci 0000:00:16.0: [8086:3b64] type 0 class 0x000780
[ 1.368387] pci 0000:00:16.0: reg 10: [mem 0x94406100-0x9440610f 64bit]
[ 1.368489] pci 0000:00:16.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[ 1.368494] pci 0000:00:16.0: PME# disabled
[ 17.290429] mei 0000:00:16.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 17.290439] mei 0000:00:16.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 17.290519] mei 0000:00:16.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 4719.483052] mei 0000:00:16.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
The PCI slot 00:16.0 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.
For candidate card in slot 00:1b.0, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:1b.0 8086:3b56 1025:036d Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio
Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
43: 1232 42 39 39 PCI-MSI-edge snd_hda_intel
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:1b.0 ----
[ 1.371202] pci 0000:00:1b.0: [8086:3b56] type 0 class 0x000403
[ 1.371225] pci 0000:00:1b.0: reg 10: [mem 0x94400000-0x94403fff 64bit]
[ 1.371325] pci 0000:00:1b.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[ 1.371330] pci 0000:00:1b.0: PME# disabled
[ 18.249221] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 18.249294] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 18.249333] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 18.306016] input: HDA Intel HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11
[ 18.306158] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input12
[ 18.306273] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input13
[ 4719.009115] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 4719.024754] PM: suspend of drv:snd_hda_intel dev:0000:00:1b.0 complete after 425.975 msecs
[ 4719.481929] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100006, writing 0x100002)
[ 4719.483066] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 4719.483074] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 4719.483123] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
The PCI slot 00:1b.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 002:
Modem chipset detected on
SLOT="Bus 002 Device 012:"
NAME="Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem"
bus=002
USBmodemID=047e:2892
IDENT=agrsm
Driver=agrsm
For a detailed USB cellphone usage report, see http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-eighth/msg03240.html
For candidate modem in: 002
Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem
Primary device ID: 047e:2892
Support type needed or chipset: agrsm
Writing DOCs/Intel.txt
There is no agrsm software support for x86_64 systems, through the modem may be
supported on Intel/i386 installations, which do more slowly servce x86_64 processors.
The AgereSystems/LSI agrsm code supports compiling of a agrmodem + agrserial driver pair.
There are a few different chipsets which use this driver pair, but they use different code resources:
Chipsets KV* PackageNames (most current as of November 2009)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11c1:048c and 11c1:048f 2.6.29 agrsm048pci-2.1.60_20100108_i386.deb or agrsm048pci-2.1.60_20100108.tar.gz
11c1:0620 2.6.31 agrsm06pci-2.1.80_20100106_i386.deb or agrsm06pci-2.1.80~20100106.tar.gz !!
11c11040 (on HDA audio cards) 2.6.31 agrsm-11c11040_20091225_i386.deb or agrsm-11c11040-2.1.80~20091225.tar.bz2 !!
All available at: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/
Additionally there are;
automation & testing agrsm-tools_0.0.1_all.deb or agrsm-tools-0.0.1-2.noarch.rpm
General background agrsm_howto.txt
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* KV == latest kernel release with a reported success
!! Latest update with major credit to Nikolay Zhuravlev
But see conflict issue: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-nineth/msg02753.html
For the 11c11040 chip with kernels 2.6.31 and later a change in a modules loading settingmay be necessary.
Within the file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf (or equivalent for your Distro), change the phrase:
options snd-hda-intel power_save=10
to:
options snd-hda-intel power_save=0
or the agrsm drivers will not function. For Ubuntu related systems this can be done with:
$ sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
Report from Bjorn Wielens:
Please note- trying to load the modules on a OpenSuSE 11.2 system gives
an error about the module_version symbol. Using:
# modprobe --force agrmodem
# modprobe --force agrserial
is necessary to load the drivers, and does not appear to cause ill effects.
All of the above packages are dkms competent. This means that if your Linux distros dkms package
is previously installed, if provides for future updates matching forthcoming kernels.
-------------- end Agere Systems section -------------------
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:16.0:
Modem chipset not detected on
NAME="Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller "
CLASS=0780
PCIDEV=8086:3b64
SUBSYS=1025:036d
IRQ=41
HDA2=00:1b.0
For candidate modem in: 00:16.0
0780 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller
Primary device ID: 8086:3b64
Support type needed or chipset:
Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:1b.0:
Modem chipset not detected on
NAME="Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio "
CLASS=0403
PCIDEV=8086:3b56
SUBSYS=1025:036d
IRQ=43
For candidate modem in: 00:1b.0
0403 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio
Primary device ID: 8086:3b56
Support type needed or chipset:
The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udev
Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 4.6.3
and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 4.6
linux-headers-3.2.0-26-generic resources needed for compiling are not manifestly ready!
If compiling is necessary packages must be installed, providing:
linux-headers-3.2.0-26-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 pppd properties:
-rwsr-xr-- 1 root dip 325744 Feb 4 2011 /usr/sbin/pppd
In case of an "error 17" "serial loopback" problem, see:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/linmodems/archive-sixth/msg02637.html
To enable dialout without Root permission do:
$ su - root (not for Ubuntu)
sudo chmod a+x /usr/sbin/pppd
or under Ubuntu related Linuxes
sudo chmod a+x /usr/sbin/pppd
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 eth1
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:
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/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:
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