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Old 06-30-2005, 01:54 PM   #1
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Slack 10 newbie and modems


I just got set up to dual boot between Win98 and Slackware 10.0. I've been googling and searching the forums to get connected to the Internet and have come across pppsetup, WVdial, and a bunch of scripts that people have written.

Each of these pieces of software seems to congifure the modem and dial out. Isn't there some repository oows is stuck in my brain and I'm missing something here. Also, does this mean f hardware settings where I could set up the modem and leave it at that? I think that the years of DOS/Windthat when I pick a specific way to connect, if I would switch I'd need to set it up again? When configuring the modem, would I send some AT commands to it?

I think I'm just confused at how the modem works in linux.

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Old 06-30-2005, 02:33 PM   #2
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well if u are using Kde then try kppp
it is quite easy

else wvdial
u won't find wvdial by default

also
try
minicom
for some modem diagnostics

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Old 07-01-2005, 06:47 AM   #3
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I downloaded WVdial and the required WVstream, but haven't installed it.

I gave kppp a shot last night and it's a piece of cake to set up. The problem is it won't initialize my modem. I've got com1 going to a PDA, com 2 to a GPS cable and the internal modem is on com 3, I think this should be /dev/ttyS2. When I setup kppp to go to ttyS2, it says the modem is busy, if I set it to ttyS0 or ttyS1, it will say it's trying to initialize the modem and the log will show some boxes like it's actually trying to communicate.

Any suggestions as to how I can tell if the modem is being seen? I don't think it's a winmodem, but when I looked it up the other day, I wasn't able to find anything other than windows drivers. It's a PC tel HPS56 micromodem.

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Old 07-01-2005, 07:03 AM   #4
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Well, it's a winmodem

I've found that my modem is most likely a winmodem. The good news is it seems to be supported via linmodems.org. So, I'll play around with it and see if I can get this thing to work.

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Old 07-01-2005, 10:16 AM   #5
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HSP modem wil only give u 14.4 kbps for free else u need to buy the full driver from linuxant
else u need to google for some other full driver!

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Old 07-01-2005, 11:42 AM   #6
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I'm going to give it a try using the winmodem. If I'm only able to get 14.4, I'd rather buy a new modem instead of buying a full driver. That is unless the price is right.

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Old 07-01-2005, 12:38 PM   #7
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as i suggested u that u might like to google for a full driver
 
Old 07-01-2005, 01:00 PM   #8
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Yep, I'm googling. You post is the first I'd seen the 14.4 limit. I'm not sure what I've found yet, I'm going to have to try getting connected to see what I get.

Thanks

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Old 07-01-2005, 06:59 PM   #9
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Linmodems are winmodems that have a linux driver.

Smartlink, Lucent/Agere, Intel provide free linux drivers that are full featured.

Conexant drivers (they have different drivers for HSF and HCF chipsets) cost money or you get a crippled version. There are older drivers archived on the net for Conexant that will connect 50K+ but date back to the prior to kernel (not an issue in Slackware unless you have updated the kernel)

You will save yourself alot of headaches if you get the right driver. Post the output of "lspci" run as root.
We can direct you to the correct driver and help pages on how to install it.
 
Old 07-01-2005, 08:40 PM   #10
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Thanks for the replies. I just pulled down the scanmodem tool from Linmodems.org. Problem with dual booting is I have to reboot into Slack to run it, then it's back to windows to get back on-line for the drivers. I'm just hoping I can get it straightened out enough to stop dual booting.

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Old 07-02-2005, 04:01 PM   #11
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Woohoo!!!

I'm posting this from my Slackware machine.

I ran the scanModem tool and it told me which driver to download. I followed their directions and it installed without a hitch.

Now the only thing I'm having issues with is I have to do the following commands if I'm going on-line.
Code:
insmod -f pctel
insmod -f ptserial
Any suggestions as to how to get this to run when I boot up? I guess I could put it in rc.local. Is that the way, or is there some other way that's better?

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Old 07-02-2005, 04:22 PM   #12
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wel for 2.4 kernel in slackware lookout for
/etc/modprobe.conf
u would like to add

modprobe <module name >

to that file

regards
 
Old 07-02-2005, 06:46 PM   #13
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Quote:
Originally posted by masand
wel for 2.4 kernel in slackware lookout for
/etc/modprobe.conf
u would like to add

modprobe <module name >

to that file

regards
So in this case, I'd put

Code:
modprobe pctel
modprobe ptserial
Do I need the -f for these? I compiled with gcc 3 and they expect you to use gcc 2. Or something along these lines.

Also, my speed seems to be really slow. I'll be trying to make sure the init string for the modem is correct. Anything else I can do?

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Old 07-02-2005, 07:01 PM   #14
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well..i think " add it to /etc/rc.d/rc.modules "

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