Benito Flores, USA, kernel 2.6.32-21-generic

Thanks to Marvin Stodolsky for his answer.
I tryed as I  was told:

$ sudo wvdialconf

then
$ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf
to enter your personal information, and removing the symbols ; < >
Save. Then try a dialout with
$ sudo wvdial

and it did not work. I can not connect the internet yet.

In the other hand: when I reboot the laptop with windowsXP, the modem 
works good.
In WindowsXP i got this info: Modem Motorola sm56 Data Fax Modem, Com3, 
115200 bps, TCP/IP
(enable hardware control checked) (enable modem error control, 
compression, speaker, all checked)
ppp Windows 95/98/Nt4/2000 Internet, does not mention WinXP but it is 
working fine with XP.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: Benito Flores, USA, kernel 2.6.32-21-generic
Date: 	Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:06:15 -0400
From: 	Marvin Stodolsky <marvin.stodolsky <at> gmail.com>
To: 	bflores <at> peoplesoil.org
CC: 	discuss <at> linmodems.org

Benito

Re: Benito Flores, USA, kernel 2.6.32-21-generic

Send the list your /etc/wvdial.conf file
after replacing your password with XXXXX

MarvS

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Benito Flores <bflores <at> peoplesoil.org> wrote:
> Thanks to Marvin Stodolsky for his answer.
> I tryed as I  was told:
>
> $ sudo wvdialconf
>
> then
> $ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf
> to enter your personal information, and removing the symbols ; < >
> Save. Then try a dialout with
> $ sudo wvdial
>
> and it did not work. I can not connect the internet yet.
>
> In the other hand: when I reboot the laptop with windowsXP, the modem works
> good.
> In WindowsXP i got this info: Modem Motorola sm56 Data Fax Modem, Com3,
> 115200 bps, TCP/IP
> (enable hardware control checked) (enable modem error control, compression,
> speaker, all checked)
> ppp Windows 95/98/Nt4/2000 Internet, does not mention WinXP but it is
> working fine with XP.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------

Re: Benito Flores, USA, kernel 2.6.32-21-generic

Benito,

Also there must be added to the wvidal.conf , a line
Carrier check =  no

then retest

MarvS

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Benito Flores <bflores <at> peoplesoil.org> wrote:
> Thanks to Marvin Stodolsky for his answer.
> I tryed as I  was told:
>
> $ sudo wvdialconf
>
> then
> $ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf
> to enter your personal information, and removing the symbols ; < >
> Save. Then try a dialout with
> $ sudo wvdial
>
> and it did not work. I can not connect the internet yet.
>
> In the other hand: when I reboot the laptop with windowsXP, the modem works
> good.
> In WindowsXP i got this info: Modem Motorola sm56 Data Fax Modem, Com3,
> 115200 bps, TCP/IP
> (enable hardware control checked) (enable modem error control, compression,
> speaker, all checked)
> ppp Windows 95/98/Nt4/2000 Internet, does not mention WinXP but it is

exar PCI modem

Luca,

re: Serial controller: U.S. Robotics Device 0152 "
CLASS=0700
PCIDEV=16ec:0152
SUBSYS=13a8:0129
IRQ=18

The CLASS=0700 suggests that it is a Winmodem
as Controller Chipset modems are Class 0780

Please send me the code package to examine.

Incidentally compiled drivers are only useful for the particular
kernel (resources), they were controlled with.

MarvS

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Luca Arzeni <l.arzeni <at> iname.com> wrote:
> Hi MarvS,
> you will find attached the output of scanmodem.
>
> I think it's better to give you other infos to allow a better understanding
> of the situation.
>
> 1) This modem (USR Robotics 2891A) is NOT a soft(win)modem but a controller
> modem; at least, it's marketed this way,  I attach modem specifications for
> reference. Actually this was the ONLY reason that made me choose this modem!
>
> 2) I was able to find a driver from exar (modem chipset maker); it's

Re: exar PCI modem

Hi MarvS,
may be I explained poorly the situation.

>Incidentally compiled drivers are only useful for the particular kernel
> (resources), they were controlled with.

 Exar gave me the source code for the driver, not the binary. You can
find the file "xr17c15x.c" in the zip that I previously sent to you,
anyway I will attach here for reference.
I compiled the exar code using my kernel-compiled tree and that went fine.

 It installed ok.

 So it should work. Am I missing something?

 Luca

 Note: I'm NOT able to send you the source for the driver since the
linmodem mailserver bounces back to me all my attempts.

 You can download them at:

 http://www.exar.com/Common/Content/ProductDetails.aspx?ID=37

Re: exar PCI modem

Luca,

RE: 	Controller-based
"Controller-based" is NOT the same as "Controller Chipset"
The whole Class 0700 family were "Controller based", but NOT 0780
"Controller Chipset".

The functional distinct is that 0780 Controller Chipset modems do all
the signal processing on the Modem Card,
while for Controller-based modems, much of the processing is done on the CPU.

Read the SoftModem.txt for instructions for accessing Device
information under Microsoft.
It will be interesting to see the Info provided there under about the drivers.

I won't have time to examine the code until this evening.

MarvS

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Luca Arzeni <l.arzeni <at> iname.com> wrote:
> MarvS,
> first of all, thank you very much for your support and time spent on my
> problems.
>
> Second, I cannot explain why the class is 700, I cannot believe that
> robotics is lying on their site!
>
> Regarding " code package", I'm not sure of what code package do you need.
>
> may be I explained poorly the situation.

Re: MODERATE for discuss <at> linmodems.org

Hasehem

  For the modem, from http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hcf/full/downloads.php
 download hcfpcimodem_1.21full_i386.deb.zip

 Under Linux unpack with:
 $ unzip hcfpcimodem*.zip
 Then install with:
 $ sudo dpkg -i hcfpcimodem*.deb
 Subsequently, the modem should be found with
 $ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
 Edit in your personal information with:
 $ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf
 and try dialing out with:
 $ sudo wvdial.
 See DOCs/Testing.txt  for details.

We cannot help with the other hardware.

Send any further queries to the List, not directly to me.

MarvS

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 2:30 PM, hashem zawary <hashemzawary <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> In The Name of God, The Merciful, The Compassionate
>
> Hi,
> First, you absolve me because my english language isnt good.
> I'm Hashem Zawary from Iran, Persian language No Arabic!
> I am an user from 7 OS and love it, but I want sometime to use Linux

Help with US Robotics usb modem.

Hi,

I'm a cuban linux user. I'm new in the open source world. Few months ago 
I bought a US Robotics USB Fax Modem for dial-out connections. I used it 
in  Windows XP without problems, then I installed Debian Squeeze with 
Kde 4.4 and I fell in love with this operating system. All my devices 
work fine, even I use windows softwares that I need in my every day work 
but I can´t set up the modem.

I ran scanModem and I attach it in this e-mail. I'll appreciate any help 
to configure my modem. Sorry if my English is not too good, in Cuba we 
speak  Spanish.

Best regarding

Antonio

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 With this Subject Line cogent experts will be alerted, and useful case names left in the Archive.
 YourCountry will enable Country specific guidance. Linux experts in YourCountry 
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They will know your Country's modem code, which may be essential for dialup service.
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Re: Help with US Robotics usb modem.

Antonio,

Since your modem is a USB modem, you may try scanModem's advice:

<quote>
If your modem is an
   external USB type,
   connected by an external serial cable,
   or mounted internally on an ISA card,
then scanModem would not access it.

Try with Root permission
 $  wvdialconf  /etc/wvdial.conf
 to detect these modem types and some USB modems.
 If the detection is successful, read the DOCs/wvdial.txt .
 Edit the /etc/wvdial.conf with Root permission:
 	  gedit  /etc/wvdial.conf
  will be able to dial out with Root permission:
	 wvdial
</quote>

Try the above advice and if you encounter problems, let us know.

Regards,

Antonio

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Antonio Cruz <mvcrcc <at> enet.cu> wrote:
> Hi,
>

Re: Help with US Robotics usb modem.

Antonio,

Please send us output of
$ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf

What do you get?
send it to us.  scanModem only looks for PCI modems and can find usb ones.

Regards,

Antonio

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Antonio Cruz <mvcrcc <at> enet.cu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I read the advice but I don´t understand if it refers to any USB modem or
> just to USB modem conected using an external serial cable or mounted
> internally on an ISA card. However I tried with wvdialconf as root but it
> didn´t detect my modem.
>
> Thanks for your answer,
>
> Antonio
>
> El 03/08/2011 02:42 p.m., Antonio Olivares escribió:
>>
>> Antonio,
>>
>> Since your modem is a USB modem, you may try scanModem's advice:
>>