dial up modem not found in fedora core 6

RoaCh Of DisCor · 11-03-2006, 12:04 AM

Hi. My friend is trying to get online from his laptop. He is running Fedora Core 6, and is unable to get his modem recognized by kppp. He's tried setting up an account with kppp, and tried /dev/modem as his device, as well as the other ttYS's but had no luck.

His modem is a HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP .

Could anyone possibly help with this? Thanks.
-RoaCh

Simon Bridge · 11-03-2006, 12:53 AM

has he run scanModem?

RoaCh Of DisCor · 11-03-2006, 09:32 PM

Hi, I had him run scanModem.

This is from mymodem.txt

-------------------------* System information ----------------------------* Fedora Core release 6 (Zod) Kernel* Linux version 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen (brewbuilder@hs20-bc2-4.build.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.1.1 20061011 (Red Hat 4.1.1-30)) #1 SMP Mon Oct 16 15:11:19 EDT 2006* scanModem update of:* 2006_November_01

USB modem not detected by lsusb
Modem or host audio card candidates have firmware information:* PCI slot PCI ID* SubsystemID Name* ---------- --------- --------- --------------* 00:1b.0 8086:27d8 1179:ff31 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G*
* Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:* * 21:* * 187790* * * 44693* * * * Phys-irq* HDA Intel
* --- Bootup diagnositcs for card in PCI slot 00:1b.0 ---- ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64

RoaCh Of DisCor · 11-06-2006, 11:56 PM

anyone ?

decrepit · 11-07-2006, 04:38 AM

what sort of modem is it? I'm not familar with the name you've posted.
If it's an internal "winmodem" you could be in trouble. If it's an external, it probably doesn't matter that it hasn't been detected. Forget exactly how to do it now, but you just have to use the serial port the modem's connected to.

Simon Bridge · 11-08-2006, 09:17 AM

Basically, you're looking at the wrong txt file.

scanModem provides a number of files. Read through all of them. The one to look at especially is called "ModemData.txt" ... it should contain a huge block to copy and past to help forums... like here

DavidMcCann · 11-08-2006, 11:42 AM

The word "soft" in the modem name sounds suspicious: it might be a winmodem, particularly if it connects to USB.

I'm using a dial-up serial modem at this moment and I never did any sort of scan for its presence. I simply ran the program system-control-network and answered its questions with the aid of the help.

Simon Bridge · 11-09-2006, 03:23 AM

Guys guys guys...

The modem he's talking about is an internal data/fax modem with a conexant chipset (google is your freind). It came with his freind's laptop, possibly an hp, and it is definately a winmodem. Basically it should work with the generic (non-free) conexant driver. It may work with one of free drivers for HSF or similar - maybe even the slmodem + alsa drivers.

There is a good chance that a decent driver may be available for install via YUM (FC6 right?). However ... this may not be the case. Whatever, we need the output of the scanModem script before advising any specific course of action.

Other references:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=494560
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/

Of course - the simplest solution is just to buy an external modem and use that. Serial modems are supported out of the box in FC6, google USB modems (or use the HCL here) before you buy any.