[ltp] Modem AC'97 / Floppy disk Info for a Newbie

[Mark Houlder]

I had the Agere modem working fine with suse9, so it should work with 
fedora; however iirc it is limited to 2.4 kernels only, so if you're 
using a 2.6 kernel you're out of luck with that (type "uname -r" to see 
what kernel you're using). if you do have a 2.4 kernel, after installing 
the package (make, make install etc) you need to run the agr_modem 
daemon (forget it's exact name); this is a process that runs constantly 
waiting for the modem to be used, and is needed for it to work. it was 
located under the usual place on my suse box, ie /etc/init.d/agr_modem 
or something similar, as an init script - once you find it, run it from 
the cmd line like so:

    /etc/init.d/agr_modem start

and you should get a confirmation msg that it works. you'll then need to 
configure ppp to use the correct phone number etc... if you're using KDE 
this will prob be via kppp

for the slmodem, there are 2.4-kernel and 2.6-kernel versions; if you 
have a 2.6 kernel you'll need i think the 2.9 series drivers (2.4 kernel 
= 2.7 or 2.8 or 2.9 driver, 2.6 kernel = 2.9 driver only), which are in 
the 'beta' section of the smlink site. this version also includes a 
kernel patch for alsa which also needs to be applied (may also be true 
of 2.7 drivers, don't know as i use 2.6 kernel so only tried the later 
drivers). just follow the README instructions - mine installed fine, 
haven't had a chance to run it yet, but others have had success. once 
installed you have to load the correct module

modprobe slamr

iirc, then run a script in the same way as for the agere driver, then on 
to ppp again. haven't actually tried it yet on mine so can't comment on 
whether it works, but as i said i know other people have had success

hope that helps


mark



tati wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm new to this list. I've recently installed Fedora Core 1 in my 
> ThinkPad R40, this is my first exerience with a linux distro - keeping 
> a double boot with XP though.
> Everything works fine except for the modem. It is an Agere Systems 
> AC'97 Bus PCI 0, VID=x8086, DID=x24c6. Windows has it on COM3.
> I've tried to install the drivers from Agere itself following IBM 
> instructions here: 
> http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46024#modem 
>
> I also tried to install these drivers: slmdm-2.7.10.tar.gz drivers 
> <http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/slmdm-2.7.10.tar.gz> 
> from here 
> <http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/slmdm-2.7.10.tar.gz>
> None of these works - or I couldn't make them work. I think that the 
> modem is not even recognized.
> Is it a winmodem? Is it possible to make it work on linux? Is it a 
> distro problem? Should I just get a hardware modem instead?
> If anybody can give some information on how to set up this modem  I 
> would appeciate it - it's my only way to get online!
>
> On the other hand I have a removable floppy disk drive that goes in 
> the same bay that the CD/DVD combo. How can I set the system to let me 
> switch from one to the other? I tried once but the system crashed.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> I tried to search in the mail archive but it was difficult to go month 
> by month....
>
>
>
>

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