Re: John Smithson, Australia kernel 2.6.32-28-generic

John,


Marv knows much more than I do so he is to be trusted.

I would immediately apologise for my mistake of believing that there is 
no via82 modem function in your machine if you had not reported that 
issue with the connector.

A modem chip in your computer can either be mounted on a PCI card with 
the phone connector on the card as you describe to be the case for your 
Agere modem. Or it can be part of a multifunction chip, in your case so 
called AC'97 modem. In that case the rest of the chip serves the sound 
(and very often games) at the same time. The multifunction chip can be 
mounted on a PCI card but then you should have found a second modem 
connector on the card (if it exists) with the small jacks for sound 
connection. Or the multifunction chip can be mounted on the main board 
of the computer but then you should see another  phone connector 
somewhere on the box (face, back, frame).


How old is this computer???


In any case Marv's recommendation was excellent since you have observed 
that martian_dev is loaded when the software for a via82xxx modem is not 
loaded, and also the actual driver program martian_modem is running.


Among possibilities, something may be set wrongly by the automatic start 
script(s).

What I would try, but it is likely wiser to wait for further advice from 
Marv, would thus be:

-to stop martian_modem   with the command    sudo kill -9   891     
replacing 891 but whatever comes at the same place from command

ps ax | grep martian
   891 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/sbin/martian_modem --syslog --daemon

-to unload martian_dev  with command    sudo rmmod martian_dev

-to check again with sudo ps ax | grep martian  that nothing decided to 
restart martian_modem

-to check with sudo lsmod that martian_dev has indeed been unloaded


-to fresh load again   martian_dev   with   sudo modprobe martian_dev

-to fresh start martian_modem  with    sudo  /usr/sbin/martian_modem 
--syslog --daemon

-to verify ls -l /dev/ttySM*   that the port /dev/ttySM0 has been created

-to try again to run wvdial


By the way why is there a Stypid Mode = 1 in your /etc/wvdial.conf ? 
This was relevant some 10 years ago for a few Internet Service Providers 
only, and may fool the login procedure, albeit not before the remote 
modem will have answered which is not yet your case.


Last issue for this round, may be related to the age of your computer. 
Do you have a double boot wit Windows? Do you know how to inspect your 
BIOS at boot time (no need to have Windows for that)? If you do, please 
navigate, not changing anything yet, to see if there is an option about 
"operating system" being Windows or Other, or an option about PnP being 
enabled or not?


Jacques



On 02/23/2011 06:27 AM, John Smithson wrote:

> Dear Jacques and Marvin
>
> Thank you for your emails.
>
> I checked lsmod first and I could see that snd-via82xx-modem was in.
> Also Martian_dev was not in.
> I then blacklisted:
>
> snd-via82xx-modem and
> snd-atiixp-modem
>
> as instructed by MarvS, retested and got the same result i.e. invalid
> dial command and disconnected.
>
> As you can see below Martian_dev came in after the blacklisting.
>
> I can only see one physical modem (Agere in PCI slot) in the PC. The
> board does not appear to have a telephone connector at all.
>
> The modem works fine if I start the PC into Windows.
>
> No Jacques I did not edit the dmesg text file - just as created by
> ScanModem!
>
> Regards, John
>
> Here follows the results of what Jacques asked me to do:
>
> jonathan@jonathan-desktop:~$ lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> nls_utf8                1069  1
> nls_iso8859_1           3249  1
> nls_cp437               4919  1
> isofs                  29250  1
> vfat                    8933  1
> fat                    47767  1 vfat
> binfmt_misc             6587  1
> fbcon                  35102  71
> tileblit                2031  1 fbcon
> font                    7557  1 fbcon
> bitblit                 4707  1 fbcon
> softcursor              1189  1 bitblit
> vga16fb                11385  0
> vgastate                8961  1 vga16fb
> snd_via82xx            20058  2
> gameport                9089  1 snd_via82xx
> snd_ac97_codec        100646  1 snd_via82xx
> ac97_bus                1002  1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_pcm_oss            35308  0
> snd_mixer_oss          13746  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                70694  3 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_page_alloc          7076  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
> snd_mpu401_uart         5617  1 snd_via82xx
> snd_seq_dummy           1338  0
> snd_seq_oss            26722  0
> snd_seq_midi            4557  0
> snd_rawmidi            19056  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq_midi_event      6003  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq                47263  6
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
> radeon                676897  3
> snd_timer              19098  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> snd_seq_device          5700  5
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
> ttm                    49943  1 radeon
> drm_kms_helper         29329  1 radeon
> ppdev                   5259  0
> snd                    54180  15
> snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
> drm                   162409  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
> i2c_algo_bit            5028  1 radeon
> amd64_agp               7165  1
> k8temp                  3152  0
> parport_pc             25962  1
> soundcore               6620  1 snd
> i2c_viapro              5573  0
> martian_dev            20103  0
> agpgart                31724  3 ttm,drm,amd64_agp
> shpchp                 28835  0
> lp                      7028  0
> parport                32635  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
> usbhid                 36110  0
> hid                    67064  1 usbhid
> usb_storage            39553  1
> floppy                 53016  0
> pata_via                7272  3
> sata_via                7009  0
> skge                   36428  0
> =====================================
> jonathan@jonathan-desktop:~$ ps ax | grep martian
>    891 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/sbin/martian_modem --syslog --daemon
> --user=nobody --group=dialout --debug=1
>   1445 pts/0    S+     0:00 grep --color=auto martian
> =====================================
> jonathan@jonathan-desktop:~$ sudo wvdial
> [sudo] password for jonathan:
> -->  WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
> -->  Cannot get information for serial port.
> -->  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: ATDT0198331111
> -->  Waiting for carrier.
> ATDT0198331111
> -->  Timed out while dialing.  Trying again.
> -->  Sending: ATDT0198331111
> -->  Waiting for carrier.
> -->  Timed out while dialing.  Trying again.
> -->  Sending: ATDT0198331111
> -->  Waiting for carrier.
> NO CARRIER
> -->  No Carrier!  Trying again.
> -->  Sending: ATDT0198331111
> -->  Waiting for carrier.
> ATDT0198331111
> ATDT0198331111
> ERROR
> -->  Invalid dial command.
> -->  Disconnecting at Wed Feb 23 14:14:11 2011
> =================================================
>
> I did the sudo updatedb first on the previous startup of the PC.
>
> jonathan@jonathan-desktop:~$ sudo locate martian
> /etc/default/martian-modem
> /etc/init.d/martian-modem
> /etc/rc0.d/K20martian-modem
> /etc/rc1.d/K20martian-modem
> /etc/rc2.d/S20martian-modem
> /etc/rc3.d/S20martian-modem
> /etc/rc4.d/S20martian-modem
> /etc/rc5.d/S20martian-modem
> /etc/rc6.d/K20martian-modem
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123
> /home/jonathan/.local/share/Trash/files/martian-full-20100123
> /home/jonathan/.local/share/Trash/info/martian-full-20100123.trashinfo
> /home/jonathan/Downloads/martian-full-20100123.tar.gz
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/ChangeLog
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/Cleaning.txt
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/Concept
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/INSTALL
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/Makefile
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/README
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/martian-full-20100123.tar.gz
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/martian.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/sample.txt
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/scripts
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/.marsio.o.cmd
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/.martian.o.cmd
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/.martian_dev.ko.cmd
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/.martian_dev.mod.o.cmd
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/.martian_dev.o.cmd
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/.mfifo.o.cmd
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/.tmp_versions
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/Files.txt
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/Makefile
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/Module.symvers
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/fifo.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/kmartian.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/kmodulefiles.txt
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/marsio.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/marsio.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/marsio.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/martian.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/martian.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/martian_dev.ko
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/martian_dev.mod.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/martian_dev.mod.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/martian_dev.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/martian_ids.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/mfifo.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/mfifo.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/mfifo.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/mixspinlock.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/modules.order
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/kmodule/.tmp_versions/martian_dev.mod
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/ASWMLICENSE
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/Makefile
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/README
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/common.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/core.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/core_if.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/core_if.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/coreadd.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/coreadd.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/coresubst.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/coresubst.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/debug_script.in
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/dumpers.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/dumpers.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/elf386tweakrelocs
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/elf386tweakrelocs.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/isr.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/isr.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/link.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/link.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/log.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/log.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/log.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/ltmdmobj.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/main.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/main.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/main.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/marscore.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/martian_modem
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/martian_modem.debug
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/martian_modem.stripped
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/mixspinlock.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/modemfiles.txt
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/mport.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/mport.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/mport.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/overriden_core.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/overriden_core_functions
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/profile.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/pty.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/pty.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/relocs.sym
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/session.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/session.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/smp.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/smp.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/sysdep.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/sysdep.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/sysdep.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/tweakcore.sh
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/tweakrelocsdynamic.c
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/tweakrelocsdynamic.o
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/watch.gdb
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/watch.h
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/watch2.gdb
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/watch3.gdb
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/modem/watch4.gdb
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/scripts/automate.sh
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/scripts/martian
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/scripts/martian.in
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/scripts/remove_outdated.sh
> /home/jonathan/martian-full-20100123/scripts/wv.conf
> /lib/modules/2.6.32-28-generic/extra/martian_dev.ko
> /usr/lib/debug/usr/sbin/martian_modem.debug
> /usr/sbin/martian_modem
> /usr/share/doc/martian-modem
> /usr/share/doc/martian-modem/README
> /usr/share/doc/martian-modem/README.Debian
> /usr/share/doc/martian-modem/changelog.Debian.gz
> /usr/share/doc/martian-modem/changelog.gz
> /usr/share/doc/martian-modem/copyright
> /usr/share/doc/martian-modem/examples
> /usr/share/doc/martian-modem/examples/wv.conf
> /usr/share/lintian/overrides/martian-modem
> /usr/share/man/man8/martian_modem.8.gz
> /usr/share/modass/overrides/martian-modem-source
> /var/cache/apt/archives/martian-modem_20080625-1_i386.deb
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/martian-modem.conffiles
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/martian-modem.list
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/martian-modem.md5sums
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/martian-modem.postinst
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/martian-modem.postrm
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/martian-modem.prerm
> /var/lib/update-rc.d/martian-modem
> jonathan@jonathan-desktop:~$
>
>