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Old 10-26-2003, 03:59 AM   #1
Cyblob
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SuSE 8.2 & MSP3880W linmodem - No SoftK56 modem PCI card found


Hi,

Im a real newbie to Linux so I hope you bear with me.

Im using SuSE 8.2 and i've got a winmodem, I have the drivers and everything is fine but when I try to install them I recieve and error which tells me to read hfs_install.log.

hfs_install.log
Quote:
No SoftK56 modem PCI card found
So I had a look at help and it said I should type "lspci -v" so I did and this is what I got:

Quote:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO1
33x] (rev c4)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 8
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/P
ro133x AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: dc000000-ddffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-d7ffffff
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South
] (rev 22)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686/A PCI to ISA Bridge
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0

00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bu
s Master IDE (rev 10) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 Bus Master ATA133/100/
66/33 IDE
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at d000 [size=16]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 10) (prog-if 00
[UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 10) (prog-if 00
[UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (re
v 30)
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2

00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC
97 Audio Controller (rev 20)
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 0025
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at dc00 [size=256]
I/O ports at e000 [size=4]
I/O ports at e400 [size=4]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:0c.0 Communication controller: Rockwell International HSF 56k Data/F
ax/Voice Modem (rev 01)
Subsystem: Aztech System Ltd MSP3880-W
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
I/O ports at ec00 [size=8]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX /MX 400] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: PROLINK Microsystems Corp: Unknown device 1081
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0
Any help would be great cause I dont want to go back to windows everytime I was to use the internet.

Thanks -
James
 
Old 10-26-2003, 07:46 AM   #2
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Firstly, a couple of questions:

1) Did you install from a .rpm or .tar.gz?

2) Which version (and name) of the driver is it?

3) Did you install as root?

Sorry if these seem like basic questions, but they will go a long way to help fix your problem.

Baldrick
 
Old 10-26-2003, 02:04 PM   #3
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It was in a tar.gz file

I extracted it and placed the files in /root/modem/, them I chmoded the folder to 755 and finaly I typed ./ins_all and thats when I got told to look at hfs_install.log.

Its Linux Kernal 2.2.17 driver version 1.03.01, and yes I was logged in as root.


Thanks -
James ( )
 
Old 10-26-2003, 06:21 PM   #4
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Quote:
Originally posted by Cyblob
Its Linux Kernal 2.2.17 driver version 1.03.01, and yes I was logged in as root.
OK, the kernel version could be the problem here is a section from the Linuxant web site
Quote:
The drivers should work on most current Linux distributions, with the 2.4 or 2.6 kernels. A Pentium processor with the MMX enhancements is required. Some systems may require kernel recompilation with special ACPI patches.
You might have to upgrade the kernel to a 2.4 version, or upgrade SuSE to 9.

Baldrick
 
Old 10-27-2003, 03:26 AM   #5
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In a terminal (su) try running wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf.This will tell you if your modem is detected and what /dev/xxxx it is on.If it is not detected it probably means that your drivers are not loaded.
If your modem is detected try setserial /dev/xxxx uart 16550 io ec00 irq 11.
If that works symlink ln -s /dev/xxxx /dev/modem.

I have a Lucent ltmodem and I have to load the drivers for it as modules.I also had a kernel missmatch but I just forced it with insmod -f and no problems as yet.

Lachlan
 
Old 10-29-2003, 10:53 AM   #6
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Ok, thats for everyones help, I havent tried any yet as I've been ill for the last couple of days, I might just go out and buy an 'real' modem later this week.

Thanks -
James
 
  


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