Hello list, moderators!
I have openSuse 11.4 on x86 32bit HW. I just picked up this usb modem still in the box with a windows driver CD.
This is what HwInfo thinks of it:
54: USB 00.0: 0000 Unclassified device
[Created at usb.122]
Unique ID: hSuP.kmfOc1cmoQ1
Parent ID: pBe4.v+N+B0xY+P6
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0
SysFS BusID: 2-2:1.0
Hardware Class: unknown
Model: “Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB”
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: usb 0x148d “Creative Pte Ltd.”
Device: usb 0x1671 “Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB”
Revision: “1.00”
Serial ID: “00000000”
Speed: 12 Mbps
Module Alias: “usb:v148Dp1671d0100dc02dsc00dpFFic0Aisc00ip00”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #51 (Hub)
There’s no such modem shown in Network Devices. If I add a modem I have the choice of ports /dev/ttyS0-S3 or ttyACM0-3.
Do I need a special driver for this Hw like the win-modems, or is this just a configuration matter only?
Heboland
On 2012-01-14 20:26, heboland wrote:
> Do I need a special driver for this Hw like the win-modems, or is this
> just a configuration matter only?
I don’t know. I would try “ATI” with minicom on each probable port, to see
if it responds. Or use hwinfo. Another one that does an exhaustive test is
hylafax.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
Thanks for the response, Robin!
What I was hoping for was a utility like setserial, but for usb that I could load.
Now that I have done some more googling, I think the modem is a winmodem like shell. It’s controllerless with a creative chip. The model number is DE5671-1.
Linmodems.org doesn’t list the creative chip as a linmodem. Linuxent lists a driver for the modem, but it’s not free.
Regarding the testing of ports with minicom, etc, I have several modems on this computer already. The one I’m writing this with is an external serial port modem. It’s the only one configured for linux, but the others work for the windows partition.
I’m not sure if I could distinguish ATI responses as to which modem they came from.
I didn’t find any linux drivers on the Creative support page, so I think I’ll try to get my money back for this modem.
Heboland.
On 2012-01-15 06:46, heboland wrote:
>
> Thanks for the response, Robin!
>
> What I was hoping for was a utility like setserial, but for usb that I
> could load.
I’m fortunate to still have a serial modem that works, so I haven’t played
too much with usb converters.
I would try hwinfo, it might do. IIRC, it did a scan for modems, but I do
not know if it sees those converters.
> I’m not sure if I could distinguish ATI responses as to which modem
> they came from.
Well, you should know on which port is your working modem. Or you can power
them off.
> I didn’t find any linux drivers on the Creative support page, so I
> think I’ll try to get my money back for this modem.
Not a bad idea.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
Hi Robin, I have an external serial port modem that works also, but this ISP does not connect well with it.
Regarding hwinfo, in my original post, I included the hwinfo regarding the usb modem. lsusb gives: Bus 002 Device 002: ID 148d:1671. You can see that lsusb matches what hwinfo has. No serial modem ports are shown for it in hwinfo!
The problem is really that the usb modem hardware I bought, is only a telephone interface rather than a hardware modem. That makes it like a win-modem, but with a creative chip that linmodems.org doesn’t list.
Once Linuxent writes a linux driver for a modem, linmodems.org pretty much washes their hands for that device.
Apparently there are usb modems that are hardware modems also. Once when I was building a win-modem driver, with help from linmodems.org, one of the responders solved his linux modem problem by buying a usb modem that was recognized by his distro.
To me, the modem I have is a morphodite as far as linux is concerned. Next time I see a usb modem for sale, I’ll look before I leap!
Heboland
On 2012-01-15 18:46, heboland wrote:
> To me, the modem I have is a morphodite as far as linux is concerned.
> Next time I see a usb modem for sale, I’ll look before I leap!
Looks sensible advice to me 
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)