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wrellis · Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 38 Location: Cairns, Australia

Guys anyone know if there's any driver's floating around for a WinModem Agere Systems AC97? I have a Acer laptop & unable to connect to the internet. I'm using 2.16.

Thanks wrellis.

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6660 Location: lisbon

have you tried using some of the other test modem buttons with the modem wizard? i can't recall which other winmodem driver it was, but recall someone getting an agere modem to work with one of the other drivers. maybe try the ttySLO, as this link:

http://modemsite.com/56k/lucentamr.asp

says:

ICPUG · Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 1277 Location: UK

Hi wrellis,

I have one of your modems in a Medion laptop with Puppy frugally installed.

This problem was solved a little while ago and up to Puppy 2.13 all that was necessary was to click the ttySL0 button in the modem wizard and reboot. Setup your ISP info in the Internet Connection Wizard and bingo.

I never checked it out with 2.14 and I have never used 2.15.

However, I checked it out with 2.16.1. The modem could still be recognised and set up with the modem wizard. But having set up my ISP in the Internet Connection Wizard I could never get a connection. I never reported or investigated this problem because ...

Barry mentioned that Puppy 2.17 was to have automatic modem detection. I have now tested with 2.17.

The modem is not automatically detected.

I cannot find the modem wizard on the menus to set it manually. Other posts seem to suggest the modem wizard still exists so if anyone can tell me how to access, great. Even if I can get the modem set up I suspect the internet connection will fail like 2.16.1 but one step at a time! Since 2.17 has changed the dialling program, which makes another complication in the process, it may just work to our benefit.

At the moment, I can only recommend going to Puppy 2.13 if you really want to get online with this modem quickly.

Don't you just love it when all the time spent solving a problem is undone by a supposedly better automatic system.

ICPUG

ICPUG · Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 1277 Location: UK

UPDATE to my last message

I've got this modem working on Puppy 2.17

I eventually found the modem wizard. Use Rox to click on the modemwizard icon in /usr/sbin

Click on the ttySL0 button. Select your country and PCI internal as the modem type.

You should now get a message saying it failed with an IRQ but was successful with no IRQ. Click Save.

Reboot Puppy.

When the Desktop Connect button is clicked it now runs Gkdial rather than the usual Pupdial. If it doesn't Gkdial can be found in the Network menu from the menu button.

Set up your ISP particulars in Gkdial and connect.

The first time I tried it the connect instantly failed. It did not even ring the telephone line.

I rebooted and did ALL the steps again including setting up the modem.

This time when I clicked connect in Gkdial it worked.

ICPUG

wrellis · Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 38 Location: Cairns, Australia

Thanks guys. I'll try what you said ICPUG & let you know.

Thanks,
wrellis

telemetric_au · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 54

well i just got online with m7 ac'97 onboard laptop...

it worked no prob in 2.13 as ttySL0 but when trying new dancer 2.17 is didnt detect so was quite annoyed...

thanks or the /usr/sbin/modemwizard tip, IT WORKS

now the normal wizard (desktop) detects the modem etc etc...

FAIL, /dev/ttySL0 does not seem to have an irq assigned
There is probably nothing on that port so try another...
HOWEVER, for linmodems, maybe some other types, this irq
test may have failed but the modem may still work, so
continuing with testing port /dev/ttySL0...

SUCCESS, /dev/ttySL0 seems to be a modem, using irq=
however if uncertain check the others
(if confident modem found, press "SAVE" button)

Smile

enricomaria-ricottini · Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

I had some problem like ICPUG: "The modem could still be recognised and set up with the modem wizard. But having set up my ISP in the Internet Connection Wizard I could never get a connection."
In my case this fact is due to dial tone not rocognized (I'm in Italy). I solve just adding "X3" in the string connection, so: ADX3DT... and all is ok.

nubc · Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 739 Location: USA

An Agere modem might be Lucent Technology (ttyLT0), rather than SmartLink (ttySL0).

rerwin · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1316 Location: Maine, USA

This thread relates to my recent fix submission for Puppy 4beta. I add recognition of the Agere AC'97, as well as for my Thinkpad i1720's built-in modem. The solution is to add a line into /etc/rc.d/MODULESCONFIG.

For 2.17.1 insert the following line after line 19 (and before the line containing only a single quote mark):

koolie · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 556

Hi,
I am using 2.17.1 on a Fujitsu Lifebook.

From Windoz I got
VEN_10B9
DEV_5457

I inserted line..
slamr 0x000010b9 0x00005457 #v3.98 Agere Systems AC97 Modem

Cant get any dialler to find the modem.
(slamr is installed and recognized).

What am I doing wrong?

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6660 Location: lisbon

koolie,

if i google 10b9:5457 I see some links suggesting to use slamr, but other links suggest it could have a conexant hsf chipset. Apart from running, in a console, modemwizard & trying some of the winmodem test buttons, you could try dloading & running scanModem.gz, to see what it reports.

koolie · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 556

Hi muggins.

Thanks for that.
I hadnt thought to use scanModem.

This is what it finds..

CPU=i686, Puppy Linux
Linux 2.6.21.5 [i686 arch]
Linux version 2.6.21.5 (root@puppypc) (gcc version 3.4.4) #1 Sat Jun 23 21:16:21 PUP 2007
scanModem update of: 2008_05_30
The modem symbolic link is /dev/modem -> ttySL0
The slmodemd set symbolic link is /dev/ttySL0 -> /dev/pts/0
There are no blacklisted modem drivers in /etc/modprobe* files

For candidate card in slot 00:03.0, firmware information and bootup diagnostics are:
PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
---------- --------- --------- --------------
00:03.0 10b9:5457 10cf:1130 Class 0703: 10b9:5457

Modem interrupt assignment and sharing:
11: 3531 XT-PIC-XT ohci_hcd:usb1, ohci_hcd:usb2, ehci_hcd:usb3, SL1800, ALI 5451, wifi0, yenta, yenta, eth0
--- Bootup diagnostics for card in PCI slot 00:03.0 ----
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:03.0 disabled
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.0[A] -> Link [LNKG] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11

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ungrab_winmodem and slamr are both testing OK.

I tried using martianfull-20061203-i486.pet
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=15941&search_id=1692945090

There may not be a problem if the martian .pet was for kernel 2.5.21.5, which is in Puppy 2.17.1. but it installs to /lib/modules/2.6.18.1/extra/martian_dev.ko.
Moving it to /lib/modules/2.5.21.5/extra/martian_dev.ko,
insmod returns error: invalid module format.

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WVdial, as good as it is, bogs down after issuing ATZ.
Kppp actually gets all the query replies from the modem,
but when trying to connect, it locks-up the system, and
after reboot, all settings in Kppp have been lost.

I'll get this sorted if it kills me.

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6660 Location: lisbon

Koolie,

I thought wvdial was only for real modems, not for winmodems that you & I have. Did you try running modem-wizard, then choosing the ttySL0 option?

koolie · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 556

rerwin · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1316 Location: Maine, USA

koolie,
Regarding: