Linmodems Mailing list Archives

Mailing-List: contact discuss-help@linmodems.org; run by ezmlm
From: postid <postid@basicisp.net>
To: discuss@linmodems.org
Subject: Re: Elmer, USA, Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 kernel 2.6.8-2-686
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:45:45 +0000
User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2
References: <200806241011.49105.postid@basicisp.net> <75107330806241153u397f7cfer4aa81f7b206d8a5e@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <75107330806241153u397f7cfer4aa81f7b206d8a5e@mail.gmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
  charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
Message-Id: <200806241345.46608.postid@basicisp.net>

On Tuesday 24 June 2008 06:53 pm, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> Many things look fine, you have setup the modem correctly.  AT least
> one problem is
>
> /**** scanModem output ****/
>  Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
>   11:     135715          XT-PIC  yenta, ohci1394, Intel ICH4, ehci_hcd,
>  uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, eth2, radeon@PCI:1:0:0, eth0
>   --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 0000:00:1f.6 ----
>  ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
>  ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
>
> Packages needed for support of Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)
>  support should be installed: alsa-base and alsa-utilities!!
>  They are necessary for support of ALSA modem drivers, many Conexant
> chipset modems and success of modem diagnostics for modems requiring
> slmodemd actions.
> /**** scanModem output ****/
>
> You do not have packages alsa-base and alsa-utilities.  :(  Apparently
> this is what is holding the modem back from functioning.
>
Pardon me for forgetting to mention that I did follow the instruction to 
install alsa-base and alsa-utils. This computer had OSS installed previously.

> If you install those packages and the problem persists, then something
> else is getting in the way.

When I do as instructed in slmodem-ALSA.txt

# slmodem --country=b5 --alsa hw:1

or

# slmodem --country=b5 --alsa hw:0


I get the following response:

# bash: slmodem: command not found

I have slmodemd in /usr/sbin and the command produced an error message
before. What did I do wrong?
>
> Regards,
>
> Antonio
>
> On 6/24/08, postid <postid@basicisp.net> wrote:
> >  A few years ago I tried to get this working (see archives for Red Hat
> > 2.4.20-20.9 on IBM R40 with Agere softmoden) but the Agere driver once
> > available through IBM gave flaky performance. I've been using a PCMCIA
> > modem,
> > but it recently got fried by a campus phone system so I'm back to looking
> > at the internal modem. This time I'm using Debian Sarge, but hope to
> > upgrade when Lenny goes stable.
> >
> > I ran scanmodem, then followed the directions to download
> > SLMODEMD.gcc3.3.tar.gz, then followed the directions found there to
> > install the ALSA packages, then do:
> >
> > R40:/home/ellsworth# cp slmodemd /usr/sbin
> > R40:/home/ellsworth# modprobe snd-intel8x0m
> >
> > At the next steps I got errors:
> >
> > R40:/home/ellsworth# slmodemd --alsa -c b5 modem:1
> > error: mixer setup: attach hw:1 error: No such file or directory
> > ALSA lib pcm.c:1947:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Invalid type for PCM modem:1
> > definition (id: modem, value: cards.pcm.modem)
> > error: alsa setup: cannot open playback device 'modem:1': Invalid
> > argument error: cannot setup device `modem:1'
> > R40:/home/ellsworth# modprobe -r snd-intel8x0m
> > R40:/home/ellsworth# modprobe snd-intel8x0m
> > R40:/home/ellsworth# cat /proc/asound/pcm
> > 00-00: Intel ICH - Modem : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem - Modem : playback 1
> > : capture 1
> > R40:/home/ellsworth# slmodemd --alsa -c b5 modem:1
> > error: mixer setup: attach hw:1 error: No such file or directory
> > ALSA lib pcm.c:1947:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Invalid type for PCM modem:1
> > definition (id: modem, value: cards.pcm.modem)
> > error: alsa setup: cannot open playback device 'modem:1': Invalid
> > argument error: cannot setup device `modem:1'
> > R40:/home/ellsworth#
> >
> > I'm getting in over my head again. Advice?
> >
> >
> >
> > Only plain text email is forwarded by the  Discuss@Linmodems.org List
> > Server,
> >  as HTML can contain viruses. Use as the email Subject Line:
> >            YourName, YourCountry Debian GNU/Linux 3.1  kernel 2.6.8-2-686
> >  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@Linmodems.org 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,  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
> > Linux version 2.6.8-2-686 (dilinger@toaster.hq.voxel.net) (gcc version
> > 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-6)) #1 Mon Jan 24 03:58:38 EST 2005
> >  scanModem update of:  2008_06_17
> >
> >  There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe*  files
> > USB modems not recognized
> >
> > For candidate card in slot 0000:00:1f.6, firmware information and bootup
> > diagnostics are:
> >  PCI slot	PCI ID		SubsystemID	Name
> >  ----------	---------	---------	--------------
> >  0000:00:1f.6	8086:24c6	1014:0524	Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM
> >
> >  Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
> >  11:     135715          XT-PIC  yenta, ohci1394, Intel ICH4, ehci_hcd,
> > uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, eth2, radeon@PCI:1:0:0, eth0
> >  --- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 0000:00:1f.6 ----
> > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
> > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
> >
> >
> > Packages needed for support of Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)
> > support should be installed: alsa-base and alsa-utilities!!
> > They are necessary for support of ALSA modem drivers, many Conexant
> > chipset modems and success of modem diagnostics for modems requiring
> > slmodemd actions.
> >
> > === Finished firmware and bootup diagnostics, next deducing cogent
> > software. ===
> >
> > Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 0000:00:1f.6:
> > 	Modem chipset  detected on
> > NAME="Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM "
> > CLASS=0703
> > PCIDEV=8086:24c6
> > SUBSYS=1014:0524
> > IRQ=11
> > SOFT=8086:24c6.MC97
> > CodecArchived=SIL27
> > IDENT=slmodemd
> > SLMODEMD_DEVICE=modem:1
> >
> >  For candidate modem in:  0000:00:1f.6
> >    0703 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM
> >       Primary device ID:  8086:24c6
> >     Subsystem PCI_id  1014:0524
> >     Softmodem codec or chipset from diagnostics:
> >                                from    Archives: SIL27, an
> > LSI/AgereSystems type
> >
> >
> >
> > Support type needed or chipset:	slmodemd
> >
> >  An ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) modem driver:
> >  provides Low Level support enabling contact with the modem hardware.
> >  For all BUT Conexant chip soft modems (using hsfmodem software)
> >  complementary High Level support is through a Smartlink utility: 
> > slmodemd
> >
> >  Download from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/
> >  the package SLMODEMD.gcc3.3.tar.gz having a compiled slmodemd. Unpack
> > under Linux with:
> >  	$ tar zxf SLMODEMD.gcc3.3.tar.gz
> >  and read instructions therein. But briefly, the modem is setup with
> > command:
> >  	 slmodemd -c YOUR_COUNTRY --alsa modem:1
> >  reporting dynamic creation of ports:
> > 	/dev/ttySL0 --> /dev/pts/N   , with N some number
> >  Read DOCs/Smartlink.txt and Modem/DOCs/YourSystem.txt for follow through
> > guidance.
> >
> > ----------------end Softmodem section --------------
> >
> > Writing DOCs/Intel.txt
> > Writing DOCs/Smartlink.txt
> > ============ end Smartlink section =====================
> >
> >  Completed candidate modem analyses.
> >
> >  The base of the UDEV device file system is: /dev/.udevdb
> >
> >  Versions adequately match for the compiler installed: 3.3.5
> >              and the compiler used in kernel assembly: 3.3.5
> >
> >
> >
> >  Minimal compiling resources appear complete:
> >    make utility - /usr/bin/make
> >    Compiler version 3.3
> >    linuc_headers base folder /lib/modules/2.6.8-2-686/build
> >
> >  However some compilations and executable functions may need additional
> > files,
> >  in the FileNames.h (so called kernel "h"eaders) collection installed
> > in  /usr/include/ .
> >  For martian_modem, additional required packages are libc6-dev (and for
> > Debian/Ubuntu,
> >  linux-libc-dev). The also required headers of package libc6 are commonly
> > installed by default.
> >  Compiling hsfmodem drivers does require linux-libc-dev and libc6-dev
> > packages, for kernels 2.6.24 and later versions.
> >  In not included on your install CD, search for them at
> > http://packages.ubuntu.com
> >  or comparable Repository for other Linux distros.
> >  When compiling ALSA drivers, the utility "patch" will also be needed.
> >
> >
> >
> > kernel-kbuild is installed
> >
> >
> > 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 265880 2005-03-24 14:21 /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)
> >          chmod a+x /usr/sbin/pppd
> > or under Ubuntu related Linuxes
> > 	 chmod a+x /usr/sbin/pppd
> >
> > Checking settings of:	/etc/ppp/options
> > asyncmap 0
> > auth
> > crtscts
> > lock
> > hide-password
> > modem
> > proxyarp
> > 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
> >
> > Read Modem/DOCs/YourSystem.txt concerning other COMM channels: eth0 eth1
> > eth2
> > sit0
> > 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:
> >
> >      Within any ancient /etc/devfs files:
> >
> >      Within ancient kernel 2.4.n /etc/module.conf files:
> >
> > --------- end modem support lines --------
Webmaster: Russell Nelson
Last modified: Wed Jul 30 11:02:43 EDT 2003