[ltp] R40e modem & kernel 2.6

[René Castberg]

For me /proc/asound shows two cards.
Sorry about that then, was sure i read it somewhere,

Rene

On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 23:52, Chris Street wrote:
> Thanks for the input, but still no luck - not sure alsa is the way to go =
with this particular modem.
> 
> Docs (and my experiences!) seem to suggest it's not the driver to use. 
> The driver loads, but there is still only the one (sound) card listed und=
er /proc/asound, assuming the modem would show up there...
> 
> Back to playing around with slmodem I guess.
> 
> Thanks again
> Chris
> 
> On Tuesday 11 May 2004 23:08, René Castberg wrote:
> > Mine is a different model
> > /sbin/lspci|grep Modem
> > 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01)
> >
> > Although the alsa driver should work...
> >
> > Rene
> >
> > On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 10:57, Chris Street wrote:
> > > Thanks for that - will give it another go later.
> > >
> > > I too had to symlink /dev/modem to /dev/ttySL0 for kppp - forgot to
> > > say that.
> > >
> > > Don't know much (anything!) about ALSA, so guess I will have to
> > > start reading up.
> > >
> > > Will post my results...
> > >
> > > BTW, what does lspci say about your modem?
> > > 	00:03.0 Modem: ALi Corporation Intel 537 [M5457 AC-Link Modem]
> > > Is it the same model?
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 11 May 2004 10:31, Rene Castberg (UNNI) wrote:
> > > > Hmmm,
> > > > The method you used was exactly the same, it might be worth
> > > > mentioning, although it doesn't seem to be the case with you,
> > > > that i had a huge problem trying to get kppp to find the modem,
> > > > it wouldn't work until i had a made a symbolic link. Additionally
> > > > i need to set the user in the uucp group.
> > > >
> > > > One thing i just noticed, you might need to change the hw:0 to
> > > > hw:1, in my case hw:0 is the soundcard, and hw:1 is the modem.
> > > > Not sure how to check but when i do a alsamixer -c 1 i get an
> > > > error about mixer levels, any higher number i get a card not
> > > > pressent.
> > > >
> > > > hope this helps.
> > > >
> > > > Rene
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 08:15, Chris Street wrote:
> > > > > Thanks for replying Rene.
> > > > >
> > > > > Tried your suggestion with kernel 2.6.6 and slmodem 2.97.
> > > > >
> > > > > The modem hw:0 gets created, and ATI commands work, but it
> > > > > doesn't seem to want to talk to the hardware - cannot
> > > > > physically go 'off hook' or dial, though kppp goes through the
> > > > > motions up to the dialling string, then just sits there.
> > > > >
> > > > > Are you doing anything other than 'modprobe snd-intel8x0m'
> > > > > followed by 'slmodemd --country=UK --alsa hw:0' ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Perhaps we don't have the same modem.
> > > > >
> > > > > Still not giving up...
> > > > > Chris
> > > > >
> > > > > On Monday 10 May 2004 13:36, René Castberg wrote:
> > > > > > I don't have the same laptop but i managed to get my modem
> > > > > > (also agere, but on t40p) working using the alsa driver in
> > > > > > 2.6.5 (think its also in available in 2.6.4) along with the
> > > > > > slmodem binary in slmodem.(see the readme)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Rene
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Quoting Chris Street <chris@showerail.com>:
> > > > > > > Hi
> > > > > > > Anybody had any luck with the R40e Agere modem on kernel
> > > > > > > 2.6 ?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Had it working well with 2.4 kernel (using slmodem-2.9.2),
> > > > > > > but although slmodem (all versions, up to 2.9.7) compiles,
> > > > > > > installs and correctly identifies the modem on kernel 2.6,
> > > > > > > I get the output below when loading the slamr module,
> > > > > > > followed by slmodemd not being able to open the modem
> > > > > > > device.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Using Mandrake 10 with custom kernel 2.6.3
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > From log:
> > > > > > > slamr: module license 'Smart Link Ltd.' taints kernel.
> > > > > > > slamr: SmartLink AMRMO modem.
> > > > > > > slamr: probe 10b9:5457 SL1800 card...
> > > > > > > slamr: mc97 codec is 0
> > > > > > > slamr: cannot init card.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "modprobe slamr debug=3" gives a longer output if anybody
> > > > > > > out there can understand it....
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Have also tried the R40 agere driver pointed to from the
> > > > > > > IBM site - won't even compile.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Anybody got any ideas - determined to get it to work!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Chris
> > >
> > > --
> > > Chris Street
> > > chris@showerail.com
> 
> -- 
> Chris Street
> chris@showerail.com