Good morning Vatsala

 I can see that took a lot of typing! at the very least we should be
able to sort out your LAN tonight and save having to do that again.

Lesson in softmodems: (some of this is covered in the info from
scanModem)

soft modems have two layers of complexity fromour point of view. There
is a controller chipset, in this case SiS 1039:7013. These are really
common, the desktop I am sitting at has one as well.

Whats under that is whats really important, there is a chipset and/or codec
which may or may not be supported under linux. The codec in your modem
does not appear to be recognised, but we may strike it lucky!

Time will  tell.

I see you have posted to the linmodems list and they told you to post
back the results of scanModem - can you do that asap so that any uselful
info gets to us before this evening?



On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 11:16:23 +1300
eBhakta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Good Morning all!
> 
>         Here are the (typed) results (in WinXP)...
> 
> ============================
> ============================
> 
> "General" tab:
> 
> "Agere Systems AC'97 Modem"
> 
> Location: PCI bus 0, device 2, function 6
> 
> "The device is working properly."
> 
> ============================
> 
> "Diagnostics" tab: "Modem Information"
> 
> Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_7013&SUBSYS_82161033&REV_A0
> 
> ============================
> 
> "Query Modem" results:
> 
> ATQ0V1E0 => Success
> AT+GMM => H.324 video-ready rev. 1.0
> AT+FCLASS=? => 0,1,8
> AT#CLS=? => COMMAND NOT SUPPORTED
> AT +GCI? => +GCI:7E
> AT+GCI=? =>
> +GCI:(00,04,07,09,0A,0D,0F,14,16,19,1B,20,25,26,27,2B,2D,2E,31,33,35,36,37,3
> C,3D,46,49,4F,50,51,52,53,54,57,58,59,5E,61,62,64,68,69,6C,70,73,77,7B,7E,7F
> ,82,83,84,85,87,88,89,8A,8B,8C,8E,98,9C,9F,A0,A1,A5,A6,A9,AE,B2,B3,B4,B5,B7,
> B8,BB,BC,C1)
> ATI1 => Success
> ATI2 => Success
> ATI3 => Agere SoftModem Version 2.1.29
> ATI4 => Built on 04/29/2003 09:58:20
> ATI5 => 2.1.29, AMR SIS MB, AC97 ID:SIL REV:0x27, 09
> ATI6 => Success
> ATI7 AMR SiS MB
> 
> ==================================
> End of results in WinXP for NEC Versa C160.
> ==================================
> ==================================
> 
> Now for the (typed) scanModem "ModemDATA.txt" file results in Linux
> ubuntu...
> 
> ==================================
> 
> ------------ System information -------------
> debian testing/unstable on System with processor: i686
> support by kernel: 2.6.8.1-3-386
> assembled with compiler: 3.3.4
> no gcc compiler installed
> A /dev/modem symbolic link is not set.
> COMM services are not active
> 
> Under 2.6.n kernels, there is currently modem support by:
>             the more expensive Controller chipset modems using the open
> source serial code
>             Conexant software downloaded through http://www.linuxant.com
>             Smartlink slmodem drivers, including USB hardware
>             USB modems using the Open Source acm.ko driver
>             Lucent DSP (digital signal processing) chipsets but NOT:
>             soft modems (though some are supported by slmodem drivers)
>             Intel 536EP and 537 modems
> For all other modems, support projections are not available as of this
> update=2004_Oct_26
> 
> Resident PPP support modules are properly uncompressed.
> An AC97 modem codec was not detected
> 
> --------------- End SIL_id section ----------------
> 
> Path to lspci is: /usr/bin/lspci
> --------------- lspci scan --------------------
>     PCI_bus
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 740 Host (rev 01)
> 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI
> bridge (AGP)
> 0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL
> Media IO] (rev 25)
> 0000:00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0016
> 0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
> 0000:00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller
> (rev a0)
> 0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> Sound Controller (rev a0)
> 0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 0000:00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0
> Controller
> 0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900
> PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
> 0000:00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus
> Controller (rev02)
> 0000:00:0a.1 Firewire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI 4510 IEEE-1394
> Controller
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
> Modem candidates are at PCI_busses: 0000:00:02.6
> Providing detail for device at PCI_bus 0000:00:02.6
>     with vendor-ID:device-ID
>             ----:----
> Class0703: 1039:7013 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem
> Controller (rev a0)
> (prog-if 00 [Generic])
>     Subsystem 1033:8216 NEC Corporation: Unknown device 8216
>             Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
>             I/O ports at 1000
>             I/O ports at 2400 [size=128]
> 
> Internel_test:    ./scanModem test 1039:7013 1033:8216 debian 2.6.8.1-3-386
> 3
> 
> The soft modem Subsystem operates under a controller
>     1039:7013 SiS 630
> capable of supporting under Linux AT LEAST modem Subsystem chips from
> manufacturers:
>             Pctel
>             AgereSystems
>             Intel
>             Smartlink
>     Checking Subsystem against prior reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     From prior reports, the codec of the Subsystem is:
> The Codec is not recognized.
> 
>     Information on several modem chipset providers is provided below,
> because ambiguities remain on the correct choice of supporting software.
> 
> === Checking PCI IDs through chipset providers and modem assemblers ===
> 
> Vendor 11c1 corresponds to Lucent Technologies or subsidiary Agere Systems,
> Inc.
> Information is at: http://www.agere.com/client/modem_dsp.html. Produced are
> both:
>     1) modems identifiable from their primary PCI IDs and
>     2) soft modem Subsystem chips requiring identification through codec
> readouts.
> 
>  AgereSoftModem drivers only support AC97 or MC97 modem controllers with
> codecs characterized by one of:
>     SIL_id = 39
>     mc97 codec is SIL27
>     0x27 , as output by modem diagnostics under Microsoft Windows (Note:
> this is there in the WinXP diagnostics results above:)
>  If uncertain, identify the softmodem codec through tests described in
> Modem/SoftModem.txt
> Support is currently ONLY for 2.4.n kernels (Note: looks like the kernel
> will need to be recompiled... as Nick concluded correctly) and the following
> modem controllers:
>     8086: (2416 2426 2446 7196 2486 24C6), with 8086 == Intel
>     1039:7013 SiS :)
>     1106:3068 VIA
> Access the soft modem software through code sponsor IBM at:
> http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-52698
> The SmartLink slmodem-2.9.9 may serve for modems not served by this
> AgereSystems software.
> 
> The ltmodem drivers do NOT support this modem: 1039:7013 :(
> 
> SmartLink at http://www.smlink.com/ owns vendor IDs 163c 2000 2003 2004
> Products include the:
>     163c:5459 SmartPC1561 modem and chipsets for other Brandname PCI modems;
>     a chipset for USB modems, the SmartUSB56 (ST7554) based modems
>         with vendor/product usb ids: 0483:7554 supported.
> Fax support is provided, though the AT&F command is not supported by the
> drivers.
> Multiple modems on the same PC are supported.
> There is a success report for 64 bit AMD x86_64 processor mother boards:
>     http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-fourth/msg02594.html
> 
> Download software through:
> http://www.smlink.com/main/index1.php?ln=en&main_id=40
> with backups at http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/resources.html
> 
> There are two support options:
> 1) The slmodem-2.9.n series provides after compiling:
>     slamr - the low level driver
>     slusb - the low level driver for USB modems
>     slmodemd - a daemon creating modem ports and providing higher level
> functions.
>  Loading of slamr with:
>  # modprobe slamr
>  will generate a warning, for soft modems with non-SmartLink chips.
>  So long as the driver loads, just ignore it. Read related kernel messages
> with:
>  # dmesg | grep slamr
>  which may give a report including: "slamr: mc97 codec is SILnm" , with n,m
> numbers
>  a) For such responses, there are good prospects for the modem being
> supported.
>  b) For a response like: slamr: mc97 codec is BCM64
>     the soft modem has a Broadcom codec and the 2nd alternative must be
> tested.
> 
> 2) In recent 2.6.n kernel releases there is a driver snd-intel8x0m.ko ,
>  for which the slmodem-2.9.9-alsa slmodemd provides port creation and high
> level services.
>  Even if 1) serves well, it is worth testing 2) because:
>     a) The driver snd-intel8x0m.ko will come with future kernel releases,
>      while YOU would have to compile slamr with every kernel upgrade.
>     b) The slmodemd remains functional with minor 2.6.n upgrades, and thus
> does NOT have to be
> compiled again.
>     c) there will not be a warning about "Tainted kernel" upon driver
> insertion.
> 
> For further implementation tails on 1) and 2), read Modem/Slmodem.txt
> 
> === Checking PCI IDs through chipset providers and modem assemblers ===
> Vendor 1039 is SiS, Silicon Integrated System.
> 
>     ===== PCI_ID checking completed =====
> Update=2004_Oct_26
> 
> Analyzing information for PCMCIA device at PCI Bus 00:0a.0
> GREPping for an inserted PCMCIA modem with filter:        (?)ommunication
>  If a PCMCIA modem is currently inserted and the sockets activated by
>     /etc/init.d/pcmcia start
>  then the PCMCIA bridge is NOT transparent. (Note: no PCMCIA modem
> installed)
> 
>  If the modem is known to have a Lucent digital signal processing chipset,
>  then PCMCIA.tar.gz variant assembled by Joern Wustenfeld is necessary,
>  rather then the standard ltmodem-8.26a9.tar.gz at http://ltmodem.heby.de/
> GCCCversion=
> The following information blocks just query some ppp support items.
> 
> ======================================
>     grep ppp /etc/modprobe.conf
> ---------------------------------------------
> 
> Be sure to read the section about ppp related modules and aliases in
> Modem/General.txt
> 
>     A port needed for the PPP protocol is absent!!! (Note: Uh oh... modem
> "PPP" works okay under WinXP)
>     echo " crw-------    1 root    root    108,    0 Dec 31 1969 /dev/ppp"
> 
> A /dev/modem symbolic link is not present
> 
>     No devfsd.conf file found, indicated absense of the devfsd daemon
> package
>     for device file system (devfs) symbolic link support.
> 
> DEVFSD=
>     ------ dmesg queries ------
> Enabling disabled K7/SSE Support.
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10) *0, disabled.
> 
>     There are Debian packages with modem drivers from Smartlink:
>         sl-modem-daemon - SmartLink software modem daemon
>         sl-modem-source - SmartLink software modem driver - module building
> source
>     Many modem subSystems serving under AC97/MC97 Controllers are also
> supported.
> 
>  The Modem/DriverCompiling.txt is a MUST READ,
>  if you are experienced in configuring kernel-source/ (Note: newbie here...)
>  or get "unresolved symbols" upon driver insertion.
> 
>     Most recent WinModem fixes are in:
> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/FAQ.html
> 
> =======================================
> End of results in Linux "ubuntu" for NEC Versa C160.
> =======================================
> =======================================
> 
> Seems from these results the modem should be go under Linux... (all going
> well, say a prayer...). Thanks for all the help. Next step is obviously the
> compiling etc., to get the thing going... :$ Hmm... Help!
> 
> Regards,
> Bhaktavatsala Dasa (Vatsala)
> 
> @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~vatsalaji - Hare Krishna!
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rik Tindall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 11:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Re:Getting connected with Linux...
> 
> 
> > Nick Rout wrote:
> >
> > > <>On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 22:50, Rik Tindall wrote:
> > >
> > >>A simple other option:
> > >>
> > >>If the laptop still boots WinXP, go to Control Panel - System - Hardware
> > >>Devices ..
> > >>
> > >>Post us back exactly what the modem is listed as there - brand, model,
> > >>number etc.
> 

-- 
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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