[SLE] IBM T42 modem driver 82801DB
Hi, I need to use my built-in modem sometimes from remote locations. I am running SUSE9.3 on an IBM T42. The hwinfo for the modem is listed below. What do I need to get the modem working? I have tried configuring it with YAST but nothing is happening; it never picks up the line. HWClass=modem Model=IBM 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller Configured=no Available=yes Needed=no Active=unknown Bus=0x4 Slot=0x1f Function=0x6 BaseClass=0x102 SubClass=0x4 VendorID=8086 DeviceID=24c6 SubVendorID=1014 SubDeviceID=0559 RevisionID=0x1 DeviceName=82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller VendorName=Intel Corporation SubVendorName=IBM UnixDevice=/dev/ttySL0 UnixDeviceList=/dev/ttySL0 Drivers=slamr SysfsID=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.6 SysfsBusID=0000:00:1f.6 HWClassList=00000820000000 Res.IO=0x2400,0x100,1,3 Res.IO=0x2000,0x80,1,3 Res.Interrupts=11,1150997344,1 -- Bruce Samhaber Senior Hardware Design Consultant Tel: 613-724-5987 112 Kenora St. Fax: 613-724-5987 Ottawa, Ontario Cel: 613-297-6961 K1Y 3L1 mailto: bsamhaber@sympatico.ca http://www3.sympatico.ca/marypat/ -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Thursday 29 June 2006 00:13, Bruce Samhaber wrote:
Hi,
Other than the usual google'd sources such as www.linmodems.org, since you have an AC97 controller, you might be able to use the ALSA modem driver. Look in the archives ... no wait... I found my note from 5/31 See below. You'll need the Smartlink-softmodem pkg and the appropriate alsa driver for your chipset. (might be the same as below) ================================================================ I've been complaining about not being able to find a copy of the slamr.ko module which is needed to drive the winmodem in my Thinkpad X30. Never did find one but I found a solution... much better too. Having spent two days on this project and googling at least 20 times for "slamr Suse" and such, I finally came across someone who tried a different approach, and although in what I read he still had a minor problem, I thought I would give it a go. The old solution was to: modprobe slamr slmodemd & where slamr was the module that access the hardware (low-level) and slmodemd is the piece that provides the high-level functions of the modem. The solution (at least for me?) modprobe snd-intel8x0m slmodemd -alsa -c USA hw:1 & which accomplishes the same thing and is used in the same fashion. Works like a charm. And I suspect it might work for winmodems from other vendors too if you first load the appropriate module for that vendors chipset and then run slmodemd. Can't prove that but it seems reasonable. In any event, this is a much better solution than the original. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
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