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

[tati]

Thanks for the help Mark, but I still can't use the modem, everytime I 
try to dial-up the process hangs and I have to kill it.
I have kernel 2.4 with alsa.
After the installation, and running the tip you suggestedin lsmod I can 
see two modules loaded related to the modem: agrserial and agrmodem 
[agrserial].
But the modem hardware doesn't seem to be is not recognized; how can I 
be sure about that?  I use a GUI tool in fedora for that and, related to 
Network, it just finds the Ethernet card.
Which device corresponds to the modem: /dev/modem? /dev/ttyS2 - being 
COM3 in windows? /dev/ttyS14 as it is coded in the script 
/etc/init.d/agr_softmodem ? Are these linked somehow?
Would it be better if I compile the source of this drive?

Sorry for so many question marks.... I really appreciate your help.




Mark Houlder wrote:

> 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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