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Suse 9.0 and USR5610B

Installed a USR5610B that is supposed to linux complient. According tothe documentation any kernel from 2.2x and up should recoginze the modem. However when I install the moden (even when reinstalling Suse) Yast does not recognize the modem I have also downloaded the linux drivers. and installed then as an rpm under Yaste

I am new to Linux so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

rbeamish1
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The problem could be due to a number of things, including a resource (IRQ or I/O address conflict) or a driver issue.

1. If your BIOS allows, turn off the "Plug-N-Play OS" (or similar) option; this is known to cause problems with PCI hardware under non-Microsoft operating systems.

2. Open a terminal window, type the following commands, and post the results of each (remember that commands in Linux are case sensitive!):

- lspci

- less /proc/interrupts

- less /proc/ioports

- lsmod

- ls -l /dev/modem

(all of the " l " characters in the above commands are lowercase "L"s; some fonts make that hard to determine)

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I upgraded to Suse 9.1. (Treated it as a new install.


When the systemboots I see ttyS14 with the correct IRQ (5) and settings (d000) and the 6550a uart chip.

After the system came up I enter the ln /dev/ttyS14 /dev/modem. However I cannot get the moden to work.


When I enter the command cat /dev/pic I get no output.

Any Suggestions.

Thanks

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2. Open a terminal window, type the following commands, and post the results of each


I asked for the information returned by the commands I posted because that info would at least tell us whether or not you had any low-level conflicts. Although the modem shows an IRQ and I/O address at boot-up, that doesn't necessarilly mean that there isn't a conflict with another device.

Modems can sometimes be difficult to get running under Linux, here are some links which (hopefully) contain some useful suggestions and info: http://www.justlinux.com/forum/search.php?action=showresults&searchid=1027483&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending
http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&q=USR5610B+suse&btnG=Google+Search
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=2897985&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending

Both www.justlinux.com and www.linuxnewbie.org are excellent Linux-only tech support sites; I'm sure you'll get some help from the members of those sites if you register and post your question there.

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I asked for the information returned by the commands I posted because that info would at least tell us whether or not you had any low-level conflicts. Although the modem shows an IRQ and I/O address at boot-up, that doesn't necessarilly mean that there isn't a conflict with another device. Modems can sometimes be difficult to get running under Linux, here are some links which (hopefully) contain some useful suggestions and info: http://www.justlinux.com/forum/search.php?action=showresults&searchid=1027483&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&q=USR5610B+suse&btnG=Google+Search http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=2897985&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending Both www.justlinux.com and www.linuxnewbie.org are excellent Linux-only tech support sites; I'm sure you'll get some help from the members of those sites if you register and post your question there.


SuSE 9.1 Pro & USR5610B Modem ( post #1)

I am new to Linux and hve loaded. SUSE 9.1 Pro. I have a USR5610B. I have read the HOW-TO-MODEM and searched the thread for answers about getting SUSE to recognized my modem.

Iam running a dual boot system withh Windows XP. The modem is recognized under XP.

When the system boots under SUSE, it recognizes the modem and displays the following info
ttyS0 3f8 4
ttyS1 2f8 3
ttyS14 0xd000 5 uart 6550

I enter the command ln - s /dev/ttyS14 /dev/modem, b ut it still does not work and configured the dialup connection but get no response from the modem


I have extracted the following information from various commands


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advanced

Dickbeamish

I have extracted the following information from various commands

Kinternet log

SuSE Meta pppd (smpppd-ifcfg), Version 1.16 on linux.
Status is: disconnected
trying to connect to smpppd
connect to smpppd
Status is: disconnected
Status is: connecting
pppd[0]: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded.
pppd[0]: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
pppd[0]: --> Initializing modem.
pppd[0]: --> Sending: ATZ
pppd[0]: --> Sending: ATQ0
pppd[0]: --> Re-Sending: ATZ
pppd[0]: --> Modem not responding.
pppd[0]: Connect script failed


lspci -vv
0000:00:0a.0 Serial controller: 5610 56K FaxModem 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 0
1) (prog-if 02 [16550])
Subsystem: 5610 56K FaxModem: Unknown device 00d3
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step
ping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- /dev/ttyS1inux:/dev # cd /

linux:/ # lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 4224 0
nls_cp437 5888 0
vfat 14080 0
fat 43328 1 vfat
ppp_generic 28692 0
slhc 7424 1 ppp_generic
usbserial 28912 0
parport_pc 35264 1
lp 10916 0
parport 37704 2 parport_pc,lp
edd 9240 0
joydev 10176 0
st 38940 0
sr_mod 15652 0
ide_cd 36484 0
cdrom 36508 2 sr_mod,ide_cd
nvram 8328 0
snd_seq_oss 30976 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7680 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 54672 5 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
ipv6 244100 13
snd_pcm_oss 56868 0
speedstep_lib 3712 0
snd_mixer_oss 18688 1 snd_pcm_oss
freq_table 4612 0
thermal 12424 0
processor 16040 1 thermal
fan 3972 0
button 6032 0
battery 8580 0
ac 4868 0
snd_via82xx 24224 6
snd_pcm 96776 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx
snd_timer 25476 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_ac97_codec 60676 1 snd_via82xsnd_page_alloc 11012 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
gameport 4736 1 snd_via82xx
snd_mpu401_uart 7808 1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi 24992 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 8328 3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd 59524 23 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_a
c97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 8800 1 snd
via_rhine 19720 0
mii 5248 1 via_rhine
ehci_hcd 27140 0
via_ircc 20240 0
irda 120124 1 via_ircc
uhci_hcd 29584 0
usbcore 96988 5 usbserial,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
via_agp 7424 1
agpgart 28712 1 via_agp
evdev 9600 0
subfs 7296 3
nls_utf8 2176 1
ntfs 86092 1
dm_mod 50044 0
reiserfs 233808 1
aic7xxx 177716 0
sd_mod 19840 0
scsi_mod 107980 4 st,sr_mod,aic7xxx,sd_mod
linux:/ #

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