slmodemd on FC3? (Wow!)

[Globe Trotter]

After two years of on and off trials, I am finally able to report success on my
PCTEL-2310 WT which came inside as a cheapo part that only Dell can provide....

I am ecstatic! Thanks a bundle to Matthew Saltzman for pushing me through the
final edge. 

For some strange reason, setting minicom did not help and system-config-network
did not display the modem. I was disappointed but decided to back to first
principles and do wvdial manually:



# wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
Scanning your serial ports for a modem.

ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud
ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud
ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up.
Port Scan<*1>: S1   S2   S3   S4   S5   S6   S7   S8   
Port Scan<*1>: S9   S10  S11  S12  S13  S14  S15  S16  
Port Scan<*1>: S17  S18  S19  S20  S21  S22  S23  S24  
Port Scan<*1>: S25  S26  S27  S28  S29  S30  S31  S32  
Port Scan<*1>: S33  S34  S35  S36  S37  S38  S39  S40  
Port Scan<*1>: S41  S42  S43  S44  S45  S46  S47  S48  
Port Scan<*1>: S49  S50  S51  S52  S53  S54  S55  S56  
Port Scan<*1>: S57  S58  S59  S60  S61  S62  S63  S64  
Port Scan<*1>: S65  S66  S67  S68  S69  S70  S71  S72  
Port Scan<*1>: S73  S74  S75  
ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- SmartLink Soft Modem
ttySL0<*1>: Speed 4800: AT -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: Speed 9600: AT -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: Speed 19200: AT -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: Speed 38400: AT -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: Speed 57600: AT -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: Speed 115200: AT -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: Speed 230400: AT -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: Speed 460800: AT -- OK
ttySL0<*1>: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe.
ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK

Found a modem on /dev/ttySL0.
Modem configuration written to /etc/wvdial.conf.
ttySL0<Info>: Speed 460800; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0"


(changed my wvdial.conf to reflect my number, usename and password which is
meaningless in India, since the phone company uses caller-line identification
to identify the account). Also, put in Carrier Check=no 
and Stupid Modem = yes


After hiccups, here we go:


wvdial /etc/wvdial.conf
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
--> Warning: section [Dialer /etc/wvdial.conf] does not exist in wvdial.conf.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT172-222
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT172-222
CONNECT 40000
--> Carrier detected.  Waiting for prompt.
Welcome to UTStarcom Total Control HiPer ARC (TM)
Networks That Go The Distance (TM)
login: 
--> Looks like a login prompt.
--> Sending: username
username
Password: 
--> Looks like a password prompt.
--> Sending: (password)
~[7f]}#@!}!}!} }?}!}$}%j}"}&[7f][7f][7f][7f]}%}&[1b]Z|}&}'}"}(}"}1}$}%j}3}#}
6K~
--> PPP negotiation detected.
--> Starting pppd at Sat May  7 11:14:53 2005
--> pid of pppd: 4972
--> Using interface ppp0
--> local  IP address 61.2.5.132
--> remote IP address 61.0.128.91
--> primary   DNS address 61.0.128.65
--> secondary DNS address 61.0.0.5

Yippee! Thanks again, Mathew: configuring with ALSA_SUPPORT did the trick!

Best wishes!





> Thw slamr driver is a proprietary binary-only module.  When FC introduced 
> ALSA support, I switched to the ALSA drivers and have not had any 
> problems.
> 
> Build slmodemd in the modem/ subdirectory with:
> 
>  		make SUPPORT_ALSA=1
> 
> Start slmodemd in the same directory (as root) with:
> 
>  	./slmodemd --alsa -c AUSTRALIA
> 
> (or install slmodemd in /usr/sbin or /usr/local/sbin (probably better) and 
> start it there the same way.  You may need to modprobe snd_intel8x0m, but 
> you do not need to modprobe slamr.
> 
> Note that not all PCTel modems are supported this way.  In fact, not all 
> are supported by slamr either.  If you still have problems, visit 
> www.linmodems.org and check out the scanModem utility and other resources 
> there.
> 
> -- 
>  		Matthew Saltzman
> 
> Clemson University Math Sciences
> mjs AT clemson DOT edu
> http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
> 
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