Re: Help with one of: Agere Soft Modem, or PC Card Modem

> Also if you are not in the USA, you should set a Country Code line in
> wvdial.conf
> Init2 = AT+CGI=hexadecimal_country_code
>
> MarvS
>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Antonio Olivares
> <olivares14031@...> wrote:
>> Quick questrion Nikolaus,
>>
>> Your ISP is Copper.Net right?
>>
>> http://www.copper.net/FAQ.aspx#17
>>
>>  What operating systems does Copper.net support?
>>
>> Copper.net is compatible with all mainstream operating systems. We
>> recommend and can offer technical support on Windows 95, 98, ME,
>> 2000/NT, XP, Vista and Apple Mac OS 8 or greater. Copper.net is also a
>> good inexpensive option for AOL(R) bring-your-own-access and Web TV.
>>
>> You have many things that look good, making the agrm-2008??? code
>> satisfy 11c11040 chipset, Your modem dials out, but ends up pulling
>> out,
>>
>> add a line
>> Auto DNS = yes
>> to wvdial.conf file,
>>
>> or If you know ahead of time the Namservers of Copper.Net add them to
>> /etc/resolv.conf
>> for instance the ones I use are
>>
>> [olivares@localhost Documents]$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
>> nameserver 66.201.0.203
>> nameserver 66.94.120.9
>> [olivares@localhost Documents]$
>>
>> Try to find out your nameservers or the line Auto DNS = yes and report back.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Antonio
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Nikolaus Vonessen
>> <nikolaus@...> wrote:
>>> I have an Acer laptop (Extensa 4420) with Ubuntu 8.04.  The laptop has
>>> a built-in modem, as well as a pc card slot, for which I have an old
>>> modem (which works under windows, and which worked for a friend of
>>> mine on a different laptop under some flavor of linux).  I can get
>>> neither to work, and would greatly appreciate your assistance in
>>> getting one of them to work.  I'll first give an overview of what I
>>> tried so far, and then more details in Parts A and B below.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Nikolaus
>>>
>>> ----------------
>>>
>>> The built-in modem is identified under windows as follows:
>>> Under Vista, "Phone and Modem Options" shows that the built-in modem
>>> is an Agere Systems HDA Modem.  Under Properies, Diagnostics:
>>>
>>> Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_11C1&DEV_1040&SUBSYS_10250100&REV_1002
>>>
>>> So Vendor ID seems to be 11C1 and Product ID 1040.  Accordingly,
>>> I tried to get this modem to work following the instructions at
>>> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/,
>>> but had no success.  MORE BELOW IN PART A.
>>>
>>> The laptop has also a pc card slot, and I have an old pc card modem
>>> (ZOOM V.92 PC Card Model 3075, the one with an "L" in the serial
>>> number).  This modem works under windows (vista), and reportedly
>>> worked for a friend on a different laptop on some version of linux.  I
>>> also cannot get this modem to work: The modem is found using
>>> "pccardctl status" or "pccardctl info", "bound to driver "serial_cs"".
>>> But wvdialconf only finds the modem some of the time, and I have not
>>> been able to figure out what causes it to find it or not.
>>>
>>> When it is found, the connection speed between wvdial and the pc card
>>> modem is usually extremely slow.  I verified this in kermit, where the
>>> command "at&v" takes forever (unless I keep hitting return, upon which
>>> the modem reports back its output about half a line at a time for each
>>> "return").
>>>
>>> Finally, the few times I got the connection speed between wvdial and
>>> the modem to be fast, the modem dials correctly and establishes a
>>> connection with the internet service provider, and gets to the point
>>> where it receives the login prompt.  Then wvdial submits my username
>>> (souzavonessen@...), which is echoed, however, by the modem as
>>> "ooeeoer.Net".  Then nothing works anymore, and the connection breaks.
>>> MORE BELOW IN PART B.
>>>
>>> Attachment:
>>>
>>> ModemData.txt
>>>
>>> =====================================================================
>>> PART A - The Agere Soft Modem:
>>>
>>> -
>>> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/linux-image-2.6.21.0-22_2.6.21.0-22_i386.deb
>>>  didn't work: When I try to boot into this kernel it fails (freezes
>>>  while booting), both with and without kernel boot option "pci=noacpi".
>>>
>>>  I am ignorant; this is maybe because my CPU is an "AMD Athlon
>>>  64X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-55 1.80GHz".  If so, how do I install
>>>  "kernel-2.6.21.0-22.i686.rpm", and what do I have to do to make this
>>>  work?
>>>
>>> - I also tried to follow the instructions in
>>>  http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/agere-driver-1.0-10dd.txt
>>>  I made sure I have the kernel headers installed (information from
>>>  synaptic package manager) for my version of linux,
>>>  2.6.24-18-generic.  "make" resulted in various warnings (listed a
>>>  few lines down), the rest of the installation process seemed to
>>>  work.  But "sudo wvdialconf" either doesn't detect the modem, or
>>>  dies with last output line of
>>>
>>>        "Modem Port Scan <*1>: S0 S1 S2 S3 Segmentation fault".
>>>
>>> ---------------------- output of "make" -------------------------
>>> nikolaus@nv-ubuntu:~/modem/agrsm/agrsm$ make
>>> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-18-generic/build
>>> SUBDIRS=/home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm modules
>>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-18-generic'
>>>  CC [M]  /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/agrsoftmodem.o
>>>  CC [M]  /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/serial26.o
>>> /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/serial26.c: In function
>>> ‘serial8250_get_mctrl’:
>>> /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/serial26.c:1371: warning: unused variable
>>> ‘flags’
>>> /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/serial26.c: In function
>>> ‘serial8250_config_port’:
>>> /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/serial26.c:2039: warning: unused variable
>>> ‘ret’
>>> /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/serial26.c: At top level:
>>> /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/serial26.c:2131: warning: initialization
>>> from incompatible pointer type
>>> /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/serial26.c:2132: warning: initialization
>>> from incompatible pointer type
>>> /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/serial26.c:1922: warning:
>>> ‘serial8250_request_rsa_resource’ defined but not used
>>>  LD [M]  /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/agrmodem.o
>>>  LD [M]  /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/agrserial.o
>>>  Building modules, stage 2.
>>>  MODPOST 2 modules
>>> WARNING: could not find /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/.agrsm_core.o.cmd
>>> for /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/agrsm_core.o
>>>  CC      /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/agrmodem.mod.o
>>>  LD [M]  /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/agrmodem.ko
>>>  CC      /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/agrserial.mod.o
>>>  LD [M]  /home/nikolaus/modem/agrsm/agrsm/agrserial.ko
>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-18-generic'
>>> nikolaus@nv-ubuntu:~/modem/agrsm/agrsm$
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> =====================================================================
>>> PART B - The PC Card Modem:
>>>
>>> Here is some more information for the pc card modem, in case it helps:
>>>
>>> - Output of "pccardctl -vv ls"
>>> - Output of at&v under kermit
>>> - Various examples of wvdialconf finding the pc card modem or not
>>> - The output of wvdial when (by chance?) there is a fast connection
>>>  between wvdial and the modem (but even in this case, no success to
>>>  conecting to the internet service provider).
>>>
>>> -------------- Output of "pccardctl -vv ls" ------------------------------
>>> Socket 0 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:0b:06.0)
>>>        Configuration:  state: on       ready: unknown
>>>                        Voltage: 5.0V Vcc: 5.0V Vpp: 0.0V
>>> --none--
>>> --none--
>>> Socket 0 Device 0:      [serial_cs]             (bus ID: 0.0)
>>>        Configuration:  state: on
>>>        Product Name:   Zoom PCMCIA V92 DataFax
>>>        Identification: manf_id: 0x0200 card_id: 0x0001
>>>                        function: 2 (serial)
>>>                        prod_id(1): "Zoom" (0x365d0956)
>>>                        prod_id(2): "PCMCIA V92 DataFax" (0xa6d21139)
>>>                        prod_id(3): --- (---)
>>>                        prod_id(4): --- (---)
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> -------------- Output of "at&v" under kermit ------------------------------
>>> C-Kermit 8.0.211, 10 Apr 2004, for Linux
>>>  Copyright (C) 1985, 2004,
>>>  Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
>>> Type ? or HELP for help.
>>> (...) C-Kermit>set modem type generic (...) C-Kermit>set port /dev/ttyS0
>>> (...) C-Kermit>set speed 115200
>>> /dev/ttyS0, 115200 bps
>>> (...) C-Kermit>set carrier-watch off (...) C-Kermit>connect
>>> Connecting to /dev/ttyS0, speed 115200
>>>  Escape character: Ctrl-\ (ASCII 28, FS): enabled
>>> Type the escape character followed by C to get back,
>>> or followed by ? to see other options.
>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>> ATZ
>>> OK
>>> AT&V
>>>
>>>    Option               Selection       AT Cmd
>>>    ---------------      ------------    --------
>>>    Comm Standard        CCITT           B
>>>    CommandCharEcho      Enabled         E
>>>    Speaker Volume       Medium          L
>>>    Speaker Control      OnUntilCarrier  M
>>>    Result Codes         Enabled         Q
>>>    Dialer Type          Tone            T/P
>>>    ResultCode Form      Text            V
>>>    ExtendResultCode     Enabled         X
>>>    DialTone Detect      Enabled         X
>>>    BusyTone Detect      Enabled         X
>>>    LSD Action           Standard RS232  &C
>>>    DTR Action           Standard RS232  &D
>>> Press any key to continue; ESC to quit.
>>>
>>>    Option               Selection       AT Cmd
>>>    ---------------      ------------    --------
>>>    V22b Guard Tone      Disabled        &G
>>>    Flow Control         Hardware        &K
>>>    Error Control Mode   V42,MNP,Buffer  \N
>>>    Data Compression     V44 V42bis MNP5 %C
>>>    AutoAnswerRing#      0               S0
>>>    AT Escape Char       43              S2
>>>    CarriageReturn Char  13              S3
>>>    Linefeed Char        10              S4
>>>    Backspace Char       8               S5
>>>    Blind Dial Pause     2 sec           S6
>>>    NoAnswer Timeout     140 sec         S7
>>>    "," Pause Time       2 sec           S8
>>> Press any key to continue; ESC to quit.
>>>
>>>    Option               Selection       AT Cmd
>>>    ---------------      ------------    --------
>>>    No Carrier Disc      2000 msec       S10
>>>    DTMF Dial Speed      70 msec         S11
>>>    Escape GuardTime     1000 msec       S12
>>>    Data Calling Tone    Disabled        S35
>>>    Line Rate            33600           S37
>>> Press any key to continue; ESC to quit.
>>>
>>>    Stored Phone Numbers
>>>    --------------------
>>>     &Z0=
>>>     &Z1=
>>>     &Z2=
>>>
>>> OK
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ------------  wvdialconf with pc card modem EJECTED -----------------------
>>> nikolaus@nv-ubuntu:~/Modem$ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
>>> Editing `/etc/wvdial.conf'.
>>>
>>> Scanning your serial ports for a modem.
>>>
>>> Modem Port Scan<*1>: S0   S1   S2   S3
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry, no modem was detected!  Is it in use by another program?
>>> Did you configure it properly with setserial?
>>>
>>> Please read the FAQ at http://open.nit.ca/wiki/?WvDial
>>>
>>> If you still have problems, send mail to <wvdial-list@...>.
>>> nikolaus@nv-ubuntu:~/Modem$
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ------------  wvdialconf with pc card modem - partial success -------------
>>> nikolaus@nv-ubuntu:~/Modem$ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
>>> [sudo] password for nikolaus: Editing `/etc/wvdial.conf'.
>>>
>>> Scanning your serial ports for a modem.
>>>
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- A
>>> ttyS0<*1>: failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK
>>> ttyS0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0
>>> ttyS0<*1>: Max speed is 115200; that should be safe.
>>> ttyS0<*1>: Max speed is 115200; that should be safe.
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- Zoom V.92 PCMCIA
>>> ttyS0<*1>: failed with 115200 baud, next try: 115200 baud
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- ATQ0
>>> ttyS0<*1>: and failed too at 115200, giving up.
>>> Modem Port Scan<*1>: S1   S2   S3
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry, no modem was detected!  Is it in use by another program?
>>> Did you configure it properly with setserial?
>>>
>>> Please read the FAQ at http://open.nit.ca/wiki/?WvDial
>>>
>>> If you still have problems, send mail to <wvdial-list@...>.
>>> nikolaus@nv-ubuntu:~/Modem$
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ------------  wvdialconf with pc card modem - success ---------------------
>>> nikolaus@nv-ubuntu:~/Modem$ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
>>> Editing `/etc/wvdial.conf'.
>>>
>>> Scanning your serial ports for a modem.
>>>
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- A
>>> ttyS0<*1>: failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- ATQ0 V1 E1
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &D2 -- OK
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- ATQ0 V1 E1 S
>>> ttyS0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- OK
>>> ttyS0<*1>: Max speed is 115200; that should be safe.
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &D2 -- Zoom V.92 PC
>>> ttyS0<*1>: failed with 115200 baud, next try: 9600 baud
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &D2 -- A
>>> ttyS0<*1>: failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud
>>> ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &D2 -- OK
>>> Modem Port Scan<*1>: S2   S3
>>>
>>> Found a modem on /dev/ttyS0.
>>> Modem configuration written to /etc/wvdial.conf.
>>> ttyS0<Info>: Speed 115200; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &D2"
>>> nikolaus@nv-ubuntu:~/Modem$
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ---- output of "sudo wvdial" in the rare cases I can access the modem -----
>>>
>>> Note: The modem establishes a connection, wvdial detects the login
>>>      prompt, and tries to send the username,
>>>      "souzavonessen@...".  The next line echoes, however, not
>>>      the correct username, but "ooeeoer.Net", and things go wrong
>>>      from there.  When I changed the username to "souzavonessen", the
>>>      next line echoes "ooee".
>>>
>>> --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
>>> --> Initializing modem.
>>> --> Sending: ATZ
>>> ATZ
>>> OK
>>> --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
>>> ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
>>> OK
>>> --> Modem initialized.
>>> --> Sending: ATDT5524020
>>> --> Waiting for carrier.
>>> ATDT5524020
>>> CONNECT 49333 V44
>>> --> Carrier detected.  Waiting for prompt.
>>> Level 3 Comm nas3.2mt1 UQKT2
>>> Username:/login:/Login:
>>> --> Looks like a login prompt.
>>> --> Sending: souzavonessen@...
>>> ooeeoer.Net
>>> --> Don't know what to do!  Starting pppd and hoping for the best.
>>> --> Starting pppd at Thu Apr 24 21:06:32 2008
>>> --> Pid of pppd: 7702
>>> --> Using interface ppp0
>>> --> pppd:
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