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

[Mark Houlder]

when i used the agere drivers it was all auto-configured by the suse gui 
so i'm not sure exactly what the problem will be, but you probably need 
to configure ppp also. this will be with kppp, or you can use wvdial (my 
preferred choice) or pppconfig - all progs to configure the dial-up 
process as opposed to the modem hardware. from what i know kppp is very 
easy to use so that's your best bet - you'll need your ISP details 
(phone number, username, password). just make sure the agere stuff is 
running whenever you try to dial in.

or for wvdial, make sure the agere daemon is running then run 
'wvdialconf' which will create a config file; edit this with your ISP 
details, and run wvdial (i have to run this as root).


tati wrote:

> 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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