Hi .. I think there is a little confusion....

I have compiled my driver and I have the pctel.o a ptserial.o files ..

There is no problem
with
insmod -f ptserial.
insmod -f pctel.o

but I have to reference them by the absolute path and the complete name

insmod pctel or insmod ptserial doesnt work

#wvdial
/dev/modem doesnt exist
/dev/modem doesnt exist
/dev/modem doesnt exist
Error ..

#updatedb
updatedb command not found

Hi Aldimeola!

I think there is a misconfusion.
I have the drivers.

./configure .auto worked
make and make install worked too.

... but there is no /dev/modem file and the dialing programs can't work.

Sorry .. but I need help in all the steps. Im a newbie.

Thank for all.

I am using the same modem in Knoppix with no problems(so far anyway).
Please refer to this http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2182

Since you already compiled your kernel in redhat you might try replacing th pctel.0 and ptserial.o with your rh version.

Please let me know if it works and I hope you will send me copies your red hat drivers.

dasenjo

i am very new to this also but i think you may have to create a link to /dev/modem from /dev/ttyS15 (which is, i believe, the port for your PCtel modem?

I am trying to work all this out myself.

hello I have the same problem with mi pctel modem, I have a HSP56MR modem connected in the AMR port, I tried to install the driver of the pctel unofficial page, my distro is Red Hat 9, kernel version 2.4.20-8, and in the final this appears:

make: *** [ptserial.o] Error 1

***** LOADING pctel.o MODULE *****
Warning: The module you are trying to load (lib/pctel.o) is compiled with a gcc
version 2 compiler, while the kernel you are running is compiled with
a gcc version 3 compiler. This is known to not work.
Warning: kernel-module version mismatch
lib/pctel.o was compiled for kernel version 2.4.7
while this kernel is version 2.4.20-8
Warning: loading lib/pctel.o will taint the kernel: no license
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
Warning: loading lib/pctel.o will taint the kernel: forced load
Module pctel loaded, with warnings

***** LOADING ptserial.o MODULE *****
insmod: lib/ptserial.o: No such file or directory

***** DONE *****
thanks for your help

Hi, what up?

My modem is working now, and wvdial and kpp too (/dev/modem).

The steps were:

1 tar - ..
2 cd pctel
3 ./configure -auto (you MUST have installed the kernel-sources package, you can check it with rpm -qa | grep kernel)
4. make install
5. insmod -f driver/ptserial.o
6. insmod -f driver/pctel.o
(The -f option is important cause forces the load of the module)

But you have a problem compiling the driver, you may post the output of the the ./configure line.
What version of the drivers are using, it works only for the 0.9.7

See http://www.medres.ch/~jstifter/pctel/installation

But i shall add 4.5) make install

Please post again if you have problems.

Hi another newbie here,

I've followed this thread with interest, as I seem to have had the same probs as dasenjo, unfortunately now I can't dial out, any ideas?

[root@Tokyo pctel]# insmod -f driver/pctel.o
Warning: The module you are trying to load (driver/pctel.o) is compiled with
a gcc
version 2 compiler, while the kernel you are running is compiled with
a gcc version 3 compiler. This is known to not work.
Warning: loading driver/pctel.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - GPL
linked with proprietary libraries
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted
modules
Warning: loading driver/pctel.o will taint the kernel: forced load
Module pctel loaded, with warnings

[root@Tokyo pctel]# insmod -f driver/ptserial.o
Warning: loading driver/ptserial.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license -
GPL
linked with proprietary libraries
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted
modules
Warning: loading driver/ptserial.o will taint the kernel: forced load
Module ptserial loaded, with warnings

[root@Tokyo pctel]# wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.53
--> Warning: section [Dialer Defaults] does not exist in wvdial.conf.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Configuration does not specify a valid phone number.
--> Configuration does not specify a valid login name.
--> Configuration does not specify a valid password.
[root@Tokyo pctel]#


here is my wvdial.conf file (obviously with the pswd blanked out).

[Modem0]
Modem = /dev/modem
Baud = 57600
SetVolume = 0
Dial Command = ATDT
Init1 = ATZ
FlowControl = XONXOFF
[Dialer cable]
Area Code = 0845
Username = tokyo24
Password = *******
Phone = 2552020
Stupid Mode = 1
Inherits = Modem0

please tell me whats missing, and if I need [Dialer Defaults] where do I find them???????

well it dials out now but the connection craps out when I try to use the sound, I think its an IRQ conflict.

How can I change the IRQ used by the modem?

cheers

No one else here has noticed their system lockup when dialing out?
So far reloading the modules before dialing helps to prevent this, yet it still happens from time to time. I've tried three diferent kernel versions, three different versions of ppp, two different versions of kppp and nothing has worked so far. Also the system freezes before it can record any error messages in /var/log/messages and /var/log/debug I'm wondering if it could be an IRQ conflict?

Turns out there is no way to adjust the irq settings for the modem according to this mail thread http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive/msg00243.html
although Jan Stifter suggests the possibility of modifying the sources to have the modem use a different irq, should be possible.

I have been using my hsp56 modem with slackware 9 for almost a year now without any problem BUT have not been able to use it with sound. It would be nice if some linux guru can enable the sound but the way things are going most people don't use dial-up anymore. Anyway about 3-4 years back there was no way linmodems can work with linux so I am just thankful that now it works for me even without sound.