Re: Joe USA Kernel 2.6.32-29-generic Martian Driver

Antonio and MarvS

Thank you for your responses and I have a couple of follow-up questions.

I used the Ubuntu Software Center to uninstall martian-modem-source, 
but I did not think to check for other files that might remain before 
I did the tar download.

I downloaded the martian-full-20100123.tar.gz file, and the file is 
now in my Download subdirectory.

I now have the following files on my system with "martian" as part of 
the filename.

/home/systemadmin/Downloads/martian-full-20100123.tar.gz, 21 Apr 
2011, tar archive

Some of these files in this group may be from the tar download and 
some might be left over from the martian-modem-source install and removal.
/etc/init.d/martian-modem, 5 Feb 2010, shell script
/etc/default/martian-modem, 5 Feb 2010, plain text document
/var/lib/update-rc.d/martian-modem, 22 Mar 2011, plain text document
/var/lib/dpkg/info/martian-modem.postrm, 5 Feb 2010, shell script
/var/lib/dpkg/info/martian-modem.list,21 Apr 2010, plain text document
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/log_martians, 23 Apr 2011, plain text document
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/default/log_martians, 23 Apr 2011, plain text document
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/lo/log_martians, 23 Apr 2011, plain text document
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/log_martians, 23 Apr 2011, plain text document

I think this group of files is left over from the 
martian-modem-source Ubuntu Software Center install.
/etc/rc0.d/K20martian-modem, 5 Feb 2010, link to shell script
/etc/rc1.d/K20martian-modem, 5 Feb 2010, link to shell script
/etc/rc2.d/S20martian-modem, 5 Feb 2010, link to shell script
/etc/rc6.d/K20martian-modem, 5 Feb 2010, link to shell script
/etc/rc4.d/S20martian-modem, 5 Feb 2010, link to shell script
/etc/rc5.d/S20martian-modem, 5 Feb 2010, link to shell script
/etc/rc3.d/S20martian-modem, 5 Feb 2010, link to shell script

My follow-up questions:

Should I ignore the other "martian" files and proceed with the tar 
decompression and compile? (see other questions below)

Should I remove all of the "martian" files including the tar file and 
start again by downloading the tar file?

Should I delete any of the files in the first group above? (e.g. 
/etc/init.d/martian-modem, 5 Feb 2010, shell script)

Should I delete the K20martian-modem and S20martian-modem files in 
the /etc/rc... subdirectories that remain from the 
martian-modem-source install?

Do I run the tar decompression from the Download subdirectory or 
another location?

I looked for a lib6 package on the Ubuntu Software Center, and did 
not find a package.

         Is the reference to the lib6 package the same as libc6-dev?

The Ubuntu Software Center indicates that libc6-dev and 
linux-libc-dev are both on my laptop.

         Is there a terminal command that I can use to determine if 
libc6-dev and linux-libc-dev are correctly installed?
         or
         Do I still need to use the dpkg command to install libc6-dev (libc6*)?
         Should I also use the dpkg command to install linux-libc-dev?

Again, thank you in advance for your advice.


At 02:55 PM 4/21/2011, you wrote:
>Joe,
>
>Download
>http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/martian/martian-full-20100123.tar.gz
>and look for lib6 package as line output by scanModem recommends
>
>
>  For martian_modem, additional required packages are needed. The also
>required headers of package libc6 are commonly installed by default.
>  Compiling hsfmodem drivers does require linux-libc-dev and libc6-dev
>packages, for kernels 2.6.24 and later versions.
>  In not included on your install CD, search for them at
>http://packages.ubuntu.com
>  or comparable Repository for other Linux distros.
>
>After successful installation of the libc6 package with
>$ sudo dpkg -i libc6*
>run
>$ tar -zxvf martian-full-20100123.tar.gz
>and
>$ cd martian-full-20100123
>$ make all
>$ sudo make install
>$ sudo modprobe martian_dev
>$ sudo martian_modem
>
>leave it running and open another shell/tab and type
>$ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
>
>and hopefully it will find /dev/ttySM0 as the modem port, if it does,
>then edit (with sudo priviledges) the file /etc/wvdial.conf and add
>the line
>"Carrier Check = no"
>and then run
>$ sudo wvdial
>
>to see if you can connect.  If you can connect/not connect send us
>what messages you get so that we may try to help you.
>
>Regards,
>
>Antonio
>
>
> > --------------------
> > Joe Herko
> >

--------------------
Joe Herko