Re: NEC VErsa C160 modem WAS: Getting connected with Linux...

[Brad Beveridge]

It would probably be also be useful to add info about the NEC Versa to 
linux on laptops or the like.
With my modem I used slmodem-2.9.1, and found a couple of weird things
- sometimes the modem won't dial out, rmmod/modprobe fixes this, so I 
have my pon/poff scripts set to modprobe
 the driver at dial-in time & rmmod it at disconnect
- if you suspend or close the laptop lid while connected the laptop 
will often hang (never got to the bottom of this)
- if the module is left installed after disconnect random noise is 
sometimes left on the phone line

You may experience none of these things, but I thought I'd post in case 
you did :)

Cheers
Brad
Nick Rout wrote:
For posterity I have changed the subject line.
short answer: the modem is driven ok by the slmodem drivers,
specifically version 2.9.9, on ubuntu linux (kernel 2.6.8.1-3)
I think I will do a short howto as there is absolutely no info out there
on getting this laptop modem going with linux. I'll submit it to the
usual places for further posterity.
One point worthy of note - the slmodem tarball contains a debian startup
script for placing in /etc/init.d, and symlinking to the normal debian
runlevel directories. The script basically does two things, loads the
slamr.ko module and then starts the slmodemd daemon which needs to run
for the driver to work. Trouble was it was only doing the first half. I
finally put a "sleep 3" in the script between the module loading and the
daemon starting, it seems that on a 2.2 GHz laptop it was not finishing
loading the module beofre the next bit ran, meaning the second part
failed. The script worked fine after that.


On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 20:06, eBhakta wrote:
 

Hi ya'll... :)
       Success! Profuse thanks go to Nick for getting the modem
figured/configured in Linux/ubuntu... ;) So, the NEC Versa C160 can be
configured okay to run under Linux... :) Knew it should... and does! So,
Microsoft get relegated (appropriately) to the toilet region! Good on ya
Nick! And, thanks to the group... for all the support/help. ;) Bravo! Just a
few things still to figure/configure with ubuntu... :$ Oh my God! Help! Yes,
patience... :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Rout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: Getting connected with Linux...
   

On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 11:58:32 +1300
eBhakta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
     

Hi,
   The scanModem.txt results posted to this list this morning have been
sent to the linmodems list (as per Nick's request)... Hopefully they
       

will
   

get back soon... :$ Greed is certainly a TERRIBLE thing! Not nice at
       

all!
   

Fortunately not everyone is greedy... :) Only a few very miserly rascals
       

in
   

this world... :$ Oh, Nick, can we not figure/configure it based on the
advice/results given in the scanModems.txt document?
       

the difficulty is that the softmodem codec does not appear to be
recognised.
     

Regards,
Bhaktavatsala Dasa (Vatsala)
@ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~vatsalaji - Hare Krishna!
       

   


 

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