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Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 4:27 pm
by brourke228
Not necessarily. You could be using a win modem which isn't supported by open source drivers like the one I use. Some win modems have linux drivers that can be downloaded from the manufacturer or OEM website. What is the modem you are using?
Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 4:43 pm
by TeamXlink
brourke228 wrote:Not necessarily. You could be using a win modem which isn't supported by open source drivers like the one I use. Some win modems have linux drivers that can be downloaded from the manufacturer or OEM website. What is the modem you are using?
Its A Zoom PCI Internal 56K V.92/V.90 Model 3030
Could I install the drivers for it through Wine?
Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:06 pm
by brourke228
Okay, the first thing you need to do is identify your modem's chipset. Since you have a PCI modem it may be easier to just open the side of the case and read it right off the modem. Zoom is your modem vendor, but the chipset itself should be made by another company. I did some googling, and it seems that Zoom uses Agere (Lucent) as well as Conexant (Rockwell) chipsets. Conexant chipsets work well with linux, so hopefully you have one of those.
Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:38 pm
by TeamXlink
brourke228 wrote:Okay, the first thing you need to do is identify your modem's chipset. Since you have a PCI modem it may be easier to just open the side of the case and read it right off the modem. Zoom is your modem vendor, but the chipset itself should be made by another company. I did some googling, and it seems that Zoom uses Agere (Lucent) as well as Conexant (Rockwell) chipsets. Conexant chipsets work well with linux, so hopefully you have one of those.
I couldn't find those but I did find something that said LinkCom, after a google search I found out that the linkcom part is just a magnet.
I also, found a logo that was RU It also says Sun Hold and SmartLink
On the label it says RoHS, and has a logo that has an S and n A surrounded by a circle.
EDIT: On the sticker it says Series 1057, and after googleing, I came up with this page:
http://download.driverguide.com/driver/ ... 94727.html
Which leads me to believe its Conexant.
Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:56 pm
by brourke228
Okay if it is conexant then that is good news because Lucent will not work. I am actually using a Conexant modem as well. Now Conexant has a site for linux:
http://www.linuxant.com/company/ The problem is they charge you $20 for a driver which makes no sense to me. However someone else linked me to a page a while back which allows you to download an OEM version of the driver for free. Here is the link for free Conexant OEM drivers. They are even conveniently packaged in .deb for easy installation on ubuntu. This link is driver in .deb package for ubuntu 8.10:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dialu ... id.tar.bz2
Just extract the tarball and then double click on the .deb file.
Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:08 pm
by TeamXlink
brourke228 wrote:Okay if it is conexant then that is good news because Lucent will not work. I am actually using a Conexant modem as well. Now Conexant has a site for linux:
http://www.linuxant.com/company/ The problem is they charge you $20 for a driver which makes no sense to me. However someone else linked me to a page a while back which allows you to download an OEM version of the driver for free. Here is the link for free Conexant OEM drivers. They are even conveniently packaged in .deb for easy installation on ubuntu. This link is driver in .deb package for ubuntu 8.10:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dialu ... id.tar.bz2
Just extract the tarball and then double click on the .deb file.
What .deb file?
EDIT: Got it I think, I opened up a terminal went to the directory and did make install IT did something, so I think it worked.
Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:14 pm
by brourke228
On that website, under the header click "Download". When it is downloaded, right-click on the file and extract. Then there will be a file with a .deb file extension. Double click on that and click install.
Well try gnome-ppp again now. If it installed correctly your modem should be detected this time.
Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:19 pm
by TeamXlink
brourke228 wrote:On that website, under the header click "Download". When it is downloaded, right-click on the file and extract. Then there will be a file with a .deb file extension. Double click on that and click install.
Well try gnome-ppp again now. If it installed correctly your modem should be detected this time.
I did extract it and there was no .deb file, the only thing there was a folder.
I will try running gnome-ppp and see if it works.
Thank you.
EDIT:
It didn't work.
EDIT2:
I redid the install as root and it worked, then it told me to do hsconfig, so I did the cd to the directory it was in and ran it then this is what it is doing now:
dreamcast@dreamcast:/sbin$ sudo hsfconfig
Conexant HSF softmodem driver, version 7.68.00.09oem
If you need assistance or more information, please go to:
http://www.linuxant.com/
When reporting a problem for the first time, please send
us the file generated by "hsfconfig --dumpdiag".
No pre-built modules for: Ubuntu-8.10 linux-2.6.27-7-generic i686-SMP
Trying to automatically build the driver modules...
(this requires a C compiler and proper kernel sources to be installed)
Where is the linux source build directory that matches your running kernel?
[/lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/build]
Building modules for kernel 2.6.27-7-generic, using source directory
/lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/build. Please wait...
done.
Automatically guessed region (using timezone): "USA"
Please enter region name for modem unit 0 [USA]:
Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:21 pm
by brourke228
Sorry you're right I was thinking of something else that is not a .deb file. My bad. Do you know how to install it though?
Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:23 pm
by TeamXlink
brourke228 wrote:Sorry you're right I was thinking of something else that is not a .deb file. My bad. Do you know how to install it though?
Yeah, I got it to install, see the above.
Thank you.
EDIT: I love using the Terminal window, it makes everything so easy!