Modem

gr3ygh0s1 · 05-12-2005, 11:51 PM

im running slackware 10.1 and i need help setting up my modem any help (Lucent Win Modem) PCI

dalek · 05-13-2005, 12:13 AM

Well this is all I can offer. I have a hardware modem so no clue what to do just where to send you.

http://www.linmodems.org/

Hope that helps.

fancypiper · 05-13-2005, 12:37 AM

Remove modem, toss into trash and order a cheap external serial port modem and there aren't nearly as many headaches as with those winmodems. Better, faster and more reliable connections result, no matter what OS.

Download the proper module package from wherever and jump through these hoops:

# Compiling/installing kernel modules
You will need to have installed:
1. The developmental packages (compiler)
2. The kernel-source code that matches your running kernel
3. The module source or install code

Check out your system and look under the hood and see if you installed the stuff you need to do the job. Open an x terminal and type in this sequence of commands to see what kernel we are running and see if you have the kernel source installed:

Code:

[fancy@tinwhistle fancy]$ su -
Password:
[root@tinwhistle root]# uname -r
2.4.20-28.7

I am running kernel version 2.4.20-28.7. Do I have the proper source code?

Code:

[root@tinwhistle root]# cd /usr/src
[root@tinwhistle src]# ls -alc
total 3
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root          136 Jun 12 14:53 .
drwxr-xr-x   16 root     root          424 Jun  4 12:04 ..
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 Jun  4 12:11 linux-2.4 -> linux-2.4.20-28.7
drwxr-xr-x   16 root     root          584 Jun  4 12:11 linux-2.4.20-28.7
drwxr-xr-x    7 root     root          168 Jun  4 12:08 redhat
[root@tinwhistle src]#

I do have the same kernel version source code installed in the directory /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-28.7 and there is a symbolic link named linux-2.4 pointing to it.

If you don't see something similiar to this (but in color), you will need to install the kernel source.

NOTE: I noticed that Red Hat didn't make the symbolic link /usr/src/linux that all of the INSTALL files that I have read mentioned that I need. I may as well make one now to save editing the files in the source code every time I need to compile anything concerning the kernel. So, I'll make that link just now:

Code:

[root@tinwhistle src]# ln -s linux-2.4.20-28.7 linux         
[root@tinwhistle src]# ls -alc
total 3
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root          160 Jun 12 15:46 .
drwxr-xr-x   16 root     root          424 Jun  4 12:04 ..
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 Jun 12 15:46 linux -> linux-2.4.20-28.7
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 Jun  4 12:11 linux-2.4 -> linux-2.4.20-28.7
drwxr-xr-x   16 root     root          584 Jun  4 12:11 linux-2.4.20-28.7
drwxr-xr-x    7 root     root          168 Jun  4 12:08 redhat
[root@tinwhistle src]#

Ah, there it is, so that's done.

Next, did I install the compiler?

Code:

[root@tinwhistle src]# gcc -v          
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/specs
gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-113)
[root@tinwhistle src]#

Yes, I have a compiler installed.

If you don't have those two things installed, you have to install them first off your install CD.

If they are installed, download the source and happy compiling.

Make sure you carefully read the README and INSTALL files after extracting and before compiling/installing.

# Modem and connection troubleshooting
WinModems and Linux
Modem HOWTO
Modem NHFs
Linmodems.org
Conexant/Rockwell modem HOWTO
The Unofficial PCTel Linux Driver page
I finaly got my PcTel hsp56 mr modem to work
PcTel PCT789 Compilation in Fedora Core 1
Linux driver for Winmodems with Lucent Apollo (ISA) and Mars (PCI) chipsets
Lucent AMR modem listed as an Intel AC'97 - Smart Link Modems
The kppp Handbook
Dial-up Networking Configuration Using KDE's Kppp
Troubleshooting ISP Connection Problems

Simon Bridge · 05-13-2005, 07:16 AM

gr3ygh0s1: consensus is - thorw away the modem, it's gonna cause more headaches than it solves. Modem nirvana land is acheived by installing serial hardware modem regardless of OS. Don't be intimidated by the hoops above ... most OS's will use a serial modem right after you plug it in. Even Fedora Core 1 thanks.

If you must must must keep the winmodem, then only look it up on the linmodem project. They couldn't do anything for me when I had similar troubles - and I had a driver! However, I hear they have been getting good at this lately, and are not too far behind.

dalek · 05-13-2005, 07:44 AM

I must confess,
It is a mess,
Although it is not me,
I must agree.

Get rid of the modem if you can.

Later

Oh, sounds like I'm a poet and don't know it.

Filmoscope · 05-13-2005, 08:02 AM

Don't throw this modem out.
These advices sounds like advices to throw out bike and buy motorcycle.
I use the same modem for several years with Linux without any problem and think you are able to do without problems too.
You can download compiled drivers for your kernel(old enough) or compile and install them yourself.

http://ltmodem.heby.de/

feel free to ask questions

fancypiper · 05-13-2005, 08:46 AM

I would say it is more like thowing out a sick, working horse that requires a certain special feed to be able to work (the cpu) and replacing it with a healty Clydesdale that lives on normal horse feed (a wall wart).

1. Try a search on this bbs for your modem.
2. Try a search on the JustLinux forums and the "Help File Library"
3. Search several good hardware sites (pricewatch.com, NewEgg, Computer Geeks, etc for an external serial port modem,
4. Compare the price of the modem ($14.50 +S/H for mine)
5. Compare performance of the two and the work involved in using the two (I had a conexant modem and got it "working" for me).
6. Make a conclusion from the results you see.

You saw my conclusion in my first post. I needed to:
ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem
for the external modem
I attached to com 1 or the first serial port
and the clicky thingies in the gui worked, I had no more freezes where the box wouldn't respond to mouse or keyboard. I still suspect the winmodem of causing that from the error messages I could find in /var/log/messages.

Of course, that was in 1999, so drivers may have improved, but not according to the numerous modem posts I have read here and on other sites.

I noticed that up and download speeds increased and getting kicked off the internet for strange reasons stopped happening.

YMMV

fuzzyash · 05-13-2005, 09:34 AM

I also used one of these modems under Linux for several years as well, worked perfectly. As Filmoscope said, go to http://ltmodem.heby.de/ There you'll find the source code & RPM's. I haven't used there drivers for a while but even back then they worked very well. I did have the most luck with the source code, but try the RPM's first, they might work better these days.
Let us know if you get it working, got any other questions, just ask.