Modem issues on Suse 9.2

Hello,

I have purchased a compaq presario 2200 which Suse/Yast tells me requires a smartlink modem to make the internal modem active.

I have installed the following smartlink driver:smartlink-softmodem-2.9.10-3.2.i586.rpm


When dialing out the following occurs:
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]: tcgetattr: No such file or directory (line 926)
Status is: disconnected
pppd[0] died: Fatal pppd error (exit code 1)

The below is the information I have obtained from the hardware config file in relation to the modem:

<4>slamr: unsupported module, tainting kernel.
<4>slamr: module license 'Smart Link Ltd.' taints kernel.
<6>slamr: SmartLink AMRMO modem.
<6>slamr: probe 8086:24c6 ICH4 card...
<7>PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.6 to 64
<4>slamr: mc97 codec is CXT30
<6>slamr: slamr0 is ICH4 card.

26: PCI 1f.6: 10204 LinModem
[Created at pci.244]
Unique ID: ORVU.6MHW8PbjCn4
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.6
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1f.6
Hardware Class: modem
Model: "Hewlett-Packard Company 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Modem Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x24c6 "82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Modem Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
SubDevice: pci 0x3084
Revision: 0x03
Driver: "slamr"
Device File: /dev/ttySL0
Device Number: char 212:0
I/O Ports: 0x2400-0x24ff (rw)
I/O Ports: 0x2000-0x207f (rw)
IRQ: 5 (1308 events)
Requires: smartlink-softmodem
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: slamr is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe slamr"
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown


Can somebody help me?

Not sure I can help but will try...first need some info....

do the following command " rpm -q -a | grep ppp"
and tell me what versions of pppd and smpppd you have installed...also go to /dev and do a "ls -l modem" and make sure you have a symbolic link that is pointing /dev/modem to /dev/ttySL0...for instance mine looks like this:
d8400:/dev # ls -l modem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2005-02-03 20:59 modem -> ttyUSB0
d8400:/dev #

My modem is on ttyUSB0 instead of ttySL0

Originally posted by hamopoint@Mar 8 2005, 01:42 AM
Hello,

I have purchased a compaq presario 2200 which Suse/Yast tells me requires a smartlink modem to make the internal modem active.

I have installed the following smartlink driver:smartlink-softmodem-2.9.10-3.2.i586.rpm
When dialing out the following occurs:
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]: tcgetattr: No such file or directory (line 926)
Status is: disconnected
pppd[0] died: Fatal pppd error (exit code 1)

The below is the information I have obtained from the hardware config file in relation to the modem:

<4>slamr: unsupported module, tainting kernel.
* <4>slamr: module license 'Smart Link Ltd.' taints kernel.
* <6>slamr: SmartLink AMRMO modem.
* <6>slamr: probe 8086:24c6 ICH4 card...
* <7>PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.6 to 64
* <4>slamr: mc97 codec is CXT30
* <6>slamr: slamr0 is ICH4 card.

26: PCI 1f.6: 10204 LinModem
* [Created at pci.244]
* Unique ID: ORVU.6MHW8PbjCn4
* SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.6
* SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1f.6
* Hardware Class: modem
* Model: "Hewlett-Packard Company 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Modem Controller"
* Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
* Device: pci 0x24c6 "82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Modem Controller"
* SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
* SubDevice: pci 0x3084
* Revision: 0x03
* Driver: "slamr"
* Device File: /dev/ttySL0
* Device Number: char 212:0
* I/O Ports: 0x2400-0x24ff (rw)
* I/O Ports: 0x2000-0x207f (rw)
* IRQ: 5 (1308 events)
* Requires: smartlink-softmodem
* Driver Info #0:
* * Driver Status: slamr is active
* * Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe slamr"
* Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Can somebody help me?

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Originally posted by famewolf@Mar 8 2005, 01:23 PM
Not sure I can help but will try...first need some info....

do the following command "* rpm -q -a | grep ppp"
and tell me what versions of pppd and smpppd you have installed...also go to /dev and do a "ls -l modem" and make sure you have a symbolic link that is pointing /dev/modem to /dev/ttySL0...for instance mine looks like this:
d8400:/dev # ls -l modem
lrwxrwxrwx* 1 root root 7 2005-02-03 20:59 modem -> ttyUSB0
d8400:/dev #* * *

My modem is on ttyUSB0 instead of ttySL0

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Did the "rpm -q -a | grep ppp" and the following appeared:

ppp-2.4.2-39.5
grep-2.5.1-427.2


Did the "ls -l modem" and the following appeared:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Mar 3 10:55 modem -> /dev/ttySL0


Hope this helps mate?

Originally posted by hamopoint@Mar 8 2005, 10:59 AM
Did the "rpm -q -a | grep ppp" and the following appeared:

ppp-2.4.2-39.5
grep-2.5.1-427.2
Did the* "ls -l modem" and the following appeared:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Mar 3 10:55 modem -> /dev/ttySL0
Hope this helps mate?

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Well...when I do the same rpm query I get:
km_ipppcomp-2004.9.27-2
smpppd-1.50-11
ppp-2.4.2-49


And the info for smpppd says:
Summary : SuSE Meta PPP Daemon
Description :
The SuSE Meta PPP Daemon is the back-end for kinternet. It is required
for modem, ISDN, and DSL connections.


So make sure you have this package installed.
Are you running suse 9.1 or 9.2? Also..in the rpm -q the next character after that and before the word grep is a vertical pipe..on my keyboard it's the shift \ key.

Originally posted by famewolf@Mar 8 2005, 11:14 PM
Well...when I do the same rpm query I get:
km_ipppcomp-2004.9.27-2
smpppd-1.50-11
ppp-2.4.2-49
And the info for smpppd says:
Summary* * : SuSE Meta PPP Daemon
Description :
The SuSE Meta PPP Daemon is the back-end for kinternet. It is required
for modem, ISDN, and DSL connections.
So make sure you have this package installed.
Are you running suse 9.1 or 9.2?

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If smpppd does not appear in that particular command does that mean I am missing something in the configuration?

I am pretty sure I am running suse 9.2. The version I am using cam with QInternet. I am using this as the Dial up application.

Should I be using Kinternet and installing something for PPP Daemon?