Hey man,
Works like a charm, thanks a million!! I'de have never guessed about the
now obsolete setserial usage on PCI modems..
Steven Walter wrote:
>Wow, these reports are coming out of the woodwork all of a sudden. Just
>yesterday I got an email from a guy with the same (probably) problem. I
>own an Actiontec PCI call waiting modem, and it works fine with every
>version of Linux I've thrown at it; I like it.
>
>First things first: are you using setserial to set up the modem? If
>so, cut it out. Modern 2.4 kernels autodetect and setup everything
>themselves (Not sure when that started; possibly 2.4.7). Anyway, try
>using /dev/ttyS4 as your modem device and see what happens; that is the
>first PCI serial port.
>
>Let me know.
>
>On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 03:29:56PM -0400, Blaise wrote:
>
>
>> here we go..
>>
>>1 Problem : Not able to init modem..
>>
>>2 Desc : Worked fine till 2.4.7..
>>
>>3 Keywords : PCI Modem
>>
>>4 Kernel version
>>
>> Working : Linux version 2.4.6 (root@core) (gcc version 2.95.3
>>20010315 (SuSE)) #1 Wed Jan 16 14:46:28 EST 2002
>> Not working: Linux version 2.4.7 (root@core) (gcc version 2.95.3
>>20010315 (SuSE)) #1 Wed Jan 16 14:46:28 EST 2002
>>
>>5 Oops : No oops..
>>
>>6 Recreatable error script : N/A
>>
>>7.1 Environment :
>>
>> output of ver_linux script
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>Linux core 2.4.6 #1 Wed Jan 16 14:46:28 EST 2002 i586 unknown
>>
>>Gnu C 2.95.3
>>Gnu make 3.79.1
>>binutils 2.10.91.0.4
>>util-linux 2.11b
>>mount 2.11b
>>modutils 2.4.5
>>e2fsprogs 1.19
>>reiserfsprogs 3.x.0j
>>pcmcia-cs 3.1.25
>>PPP 2.4.0
>>isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1a
>>Linux C Library x 1 root root 1343073 May 11 2001
>>/lib/libc.so.6
>>Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.2
>>Procps 2.0.7
>>Net-tools 1.60
>>Kbd 1.04
>>Sh-utils 2.0
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>7.2 CPU info : cat of /proc/cpuinfo
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>processor : 0
>>vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
>>cpu family : 5
>>model : 8
>>model name : AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
>>stepping : 12
>>cpu MHz : 501.151
>>cache size : 64 KB
>>fdiv_bug : no
>>hlt_bug : no
>>f00f_bug : no
>>coma_bug : no
>>fpu : yes
>>fpu_exception : yes
>>cpuid level : 1
>>wp : yes
>>flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 pge mmx syscall 3dnow
>>k6_mtrr
>>bogomips : 999.42
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>7.3 module info : none
>>
>>7.4 Loaded driver and hardware information
>>
>> from 2.4.6 (working)
>> (/proc/ioports)
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>0000-001f : dma1
>>0020-003f : pic1
>>0040-005f : timer
>>0060-006f : keyboard
>>0070-007f : rtc
>>0080-008f : dma page reg
>>00a0-00bf : pic2
>>00c0-00df : dma2
>>00f0-00ff : fpu
>>0170-0177 : ide1
>>01f0-01f7 : ide0
>>0376-0376 : ide1
>>03c0-03df : vesafb
>>03f6-03f6 : ide0
>>0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
>>6000-60ff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B ACPI
>>c000-cfff : PCI Bus #01
>>d000-d00f : VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE
>> d000-d007 : ide0
>> d008-d00f : ide1
>>d400-d41f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB
>>d800-d87f : 3Com Corporation 3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane
>> d800-d87f : 00:08.0
>>dc00-dcff : Lucent Microelectronics Venus Modem (V90, 56KFlex)
>> dc00-dc07 : serial(set)
>>e000-e0ff : Lucent Microelectronics Venus Modem (V90, 56KFlex)
>>e400-e407 : Lucent Microelectronics Venus Modem (V90, 56KFlex)
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> (/proc/iomem)
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>00000000-0009fbff : System RAM
>>0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved
>>000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
>>000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM
>>000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
>>00100000-03feffff : System RAM
>> 00100000-0023776f : Kernel code
>> 00237770-002a571b : Kernel data
>>03ff0000-03ff07ff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
>>03ff0800-03ffffff : ACPI Tables
>>e0000000-e3ffffff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C597 [Apollo VP3]
>>e4000000-e5ffffff : PCI Bus #01
>> e4000000-e4ffffff : nVidia Corporation Riva TnT 128 [NV04]
>>e6000000-e6ffffff : PCI Bus #01
>> e6000000-e6ffffff : nVidia Corporation Riva TnT 128 [NV04]
>> e6000000-e6fbffff : vesafb
>>e8000000-e800007f : 3Com Corporation 3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane
>>e8001000-e80010ff : Lucent Microelectronics Venus Modem (V90, 56KFlex)
>>ffff0000-ffffffff : reserved
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> from 2.4.7 (not working)
>> (/proc/ioports)
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>0000-001f : dma1
>>0020-003f : pic1
>>0040-005f : timer
>>0060-006f : keyboard
>>0070-007f : rtc
>>0080-008f : dma page reg
>>00a0-00bf : pic2
>>00c0-00df : dma2
>>00f0-00ff : fpu
>>0170-0177 : ide1
>>01f0-01f7 : ide0
>>0376-0376 : ide1
>>03c0-03df : vesafb
>>03f6-03f6 : ide0
>>0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
>>6000-60ff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B ACPI
>>c000-cfff : PCI Bus #01
>>d000-d00f : VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE
>> d000-d007 : ide0
>> d008-d00f : ide1
>>d400-d41f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB
>>d800-d87f : 3Com Corporation 3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane
>> d800-d87f : 00:08.0
>>dc00-dcff : Lucent Microelectronics Venus Modem (V90, 56KFlex)
>> dc00-dc07 : serial(auto)
>>e000-e0ff : Lucent Microelectronics Venus Modem (V90, 56KFlex)
>>e400-e407 : Lucent Microelectronics Venus Modem (V90, 56KFlex)
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> (/proc/iomem)
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>00000000-0009fbff : System RAM
>>0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved
>>000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
>>000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM
>>000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
>>00100000-03feffff : System RAM
>> 00100000-00222993 : Kernel code
>> 00222994-0028febb : Kernel data
>>03ff0000-03ff07ff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
>>03ff0800-03ffffff : ACPI Tables
>>e0000000-e3ffffff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C597 [Apollo VP3]
>>e4000000-e5ffffff : PCI Bus #01
>> e4000000-e4ffffff : nVidia Corporation Riva TnT 128 [NV04]
>>e6000000-e6ffffff : PCI Bus #01
>> e6000000-e6ffffff : nVidia Corporation Riva TnT 128 [NV04]
>> e6000000-e6fbffff : vesafb
>>e8000000-e800007f : 3Com Corporation 3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane
>>e8001000-e80010ff : Lucent Microelectronics Venus Modem (V90, 56KFlex)
>>ffff0000-ffffffff : reserved
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>7.5 PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3] (rev 04)
>> Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
>>ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
>> Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
>><TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
>> Latency: 16
>> Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
>> Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0
>> Status: RQ=7 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
>> Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>
>>
>>00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo
>>MVP3/Pro133x AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
>> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
>>ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
>> Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
>><TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
>> Latency: 0
>> Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
>> I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
>> Memory behind bridge: e4000000-e5ffffff
>> Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e6000000-e6ffffff
>> BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
>>
>>00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/A/B PCI-to-ISA
>>[Apollo VP] (rev 47)
>> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop-
>>ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
>> Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
>><TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
>> Latency: 0
>>
>>00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
>>(prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
>> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
>>ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
>> Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
>><TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
>> Latency: 64
>> Region 4: I/O ports at d000 [size=16]
>>
>>00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 02)
>>(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
>> Subsystem: Unknown device 0925:1234
>> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
>>ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
>> Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
>><TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
>> Latency: 64, cache line size 08
>> Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 5
>> Region 4: I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
>>
>>00:07.3 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B ACPI (rev 10)
>> Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
>>ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
>> Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
>><TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
>> Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 9
>>
>>00:08.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane
>>(rev 30)
>> Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane
>> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
>>ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
>> Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
>><TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
>> Latency: 64 (2500ns min, 2500ns max), cache line size 08
>> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
>> Region 0: I/O ports at d800 [size=128]
>> Region 1: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
>> Expansion ROM at e7000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>> Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
>> Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
>>PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
>> Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>>
>>00:09.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics Venus Modem
>>(V90, 56KFlex)
>> Subsystem: Action Tec Electronics Inc: Unknown device 0500
>> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
>>ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
>> Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
>><TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
>> Latency: 0 (63000ns min, 3500ns max)
>> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
>> Region 0: Memory at e8001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
>> Region 1: I/O ports at dc00 [size=256]
>> Region 2: I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
>> Region 3: I/O ports at e400 [size=8]
>> Capabilities: [f8] Power Management version 2
>> Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
>>PME(D0-,D1-,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
>> Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>>
>>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Riva TnT 128
>>[NV04] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
>> Subsystem: Diamond Multimedia Systems: Unknown device 5802
>> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
>>ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
>> Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
>><TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
>> Latency: 64 (1250ns min, 250ns max)
>> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 0
>> Region 0: Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>> Region 1: Memory at e6000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=16M]
>> Expansion ROM at e5000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
>> Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1
>> Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
>>PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
>> Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>> Capabilities: [44] AGP version 1.0
>> Status: RQ=15 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
>> Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>
>>
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>7.6 SCSI/IDE info (cat /proc/ide/via)
>>
>> <snip>
>>----------VIA BusMastering IDE Configuration----------------
>>Driver Version: 3.20
>>South Bridge: VIA vt82c586b
>>Revision: ISA 0x47 IDE 0x6
>>BM-DMA base: 0xd000
>>PCI clock: 33MHz
>>Master Read Cycle IRDY: 1ws
>>Master Write Cycle IRDY: 1ws
>>BM IDE Status Register Read Retry: yes
>>Max DRDY Pulse Width: No limit
>>-----------------------Primary IDE-------Secondary IDE------
>>Read DMA FIFO flush: yes yes
>>End Sector FIFO flush: no no
>>Prefetch Buffer: yes yes
>>Post Write Buffer: yes no
>>Enabled: yes yes
>>Simplex only: no no
>>Cable Type: 40w 40w
>>-------------------drive0----drive1----drive2----drive3-----
>>Transfer Mode: UDMA UDMA UDMA DMA
>>Address Setup: 30ns 30ns 30ns 120ns
>>Cmd Active: 90ns 90ns 90ns 90ns
>>Cmd Recovery: 30ns 30ns 30ns 30ns
>>Data Active: 90ns 90ns 90ns 330ns
>>Data Recovery: 30ns 30ns 30ns 270ns
>>Cycle Time: 60ns 60ns 60ns 600ns
>>Transfer Rate: 33.0MB/s 33.0MB/s 33.0MB/s 3.3MB/s
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>7.7 Other information that might be relevant to the problem
>>
>> *shrug*
>>
>>
>>X.
>>
>> Here are some logs that might come in handy..
>>
>> A clipping from my /var/log/boot.msg
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>><6>Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ
>>SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled
>><6>PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:09.0
>><6>ttyS04 at port 0xdc00 (irq = 11) is a 16550A
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>With any kernel later than 2.4.6 this part will sometimes fail, either way
>>the modem still won't respond unless useing 2.4.6 or earlyer..
>>
>> A clipping from my /var/log/messages
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>Aug 26 15:39:30 core pppd[381]: Perms of /dev/ttyS0 are ok, no 'mesg n'
>>neccesary.
>>Aug 26 15:39:31 core wvdial[696]: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41
>>Aug 26 15:39:31 core wvdial[696]: Initializing modem.
>>Aug 26 15:39:31 core wvdial[696]: Sending: ATZ
>>Aug 26 15:39:31 core wvdial[696]: Sending: ATQ0
>>Aug 26 15:39:31 core wvdial[696]: Re-Sending: ATZ
>>Aug 26 15:39:31 core wvdial[696]: Modem not responding.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>this works with 2.4.6...
>>
>>Please help me!!
>>
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