Modem on G4 PB TI

[Stefan Bruda]

Hi.

At 01:25 +0100 on 2002-11-8 Stefan Bernhard wrote:
 >
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0 -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- 56000
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: Speed 2400: AT -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: Speed 4800: AT -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: Speed 9600: AT -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: Speed 19200: AT -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: Speed 38400: AT -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: Speed 57600: AT -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: Speed 115200: AT -- OK
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: Max speed is 115200; that should be safe.
 > ttySHCFUSB0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0 -- OK

This looks good, and precisely the same as on my system.

 > Nov  8 01:08:37 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module 
 > char-major-156

So, char-major-156 deals with Specialix RIO serial card, which you
don't have I would assume.  Besides, modprobe cannot find
char-major-156 on my machine (with a working modem) either, so again
everything looks fine to me.

 > hcfusbserial           22224   0  (autoclean)
 > hcfusbengine          633740   0  (autoclean) [hcfusbserial]
 > hcfusbosspec           42352   4  (autoclean) [hcfusbserial 
 > hcfusbengine]
 > serial                 51512   0  (autoclean)

Looks good too!

 > --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41
 > --> Initializing modem.
 > --> Sending: ATZ
 > ATZ
 > OK
 > --> Sending: ATX3
 > ATX3
 > OK
 > --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0
 > ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0
 > OK
 > --> Modem initialized.
 > --> Sending: ATDT 0191011
 > --> Waiting for carrier.
 > ATDT 19000191
 > CONNECT 115200
 > --> Carrier detected.  Waiting for prompt.

Up to this point, everything looks right.

 > Returning not ok!!
 > --> Disconnecting at Fri Nov  8 01:15:01 2002

Oops.  That's obviously not good!  It is a stupid question, but are
you sure that you got the right phone number?  This may explain
things, but I assume that it is not the case (it'd be just too easy
;-) ).

Now, you upgraded the kernel, right?  Did you run again hcfusbconfig
(it should be in /usr/sbin)?  I do have to run it again each time I
change the kernel, otherwise the thing will refuse to work.  In fact,
there is yet another peculiar thing, I have to run hcfusbconfig
_twice_.  Also, answer "yes" to the question "Should we attempt to
automatically configure your hardware?" and make sure you answer "no"
to "existing HCF modules found under
/lib/modules/2.4.20-pre7-ben0/misc/ Would you like to keep using
them?" (of course, the actual directory name might be different on
your system).

In passing, I noticed that my modem hangs at dialing the phone number
when I attempt to run a version not built for the current kernel;
yours get a bit farther but not by much, so it is a good chance that
this is the problem.

Oh yeah, while the new modules are installed, you are also asked for
the location of the source build directory for the kernel, with the
answer defaulting to /lib/modules/<your kernel version>/build.  This
is actually a symlink pointing to the sources of your kernel--make
sure it really points to the proper place.

I am out of ideas, so please try these and get back to us if the thing
still refuses to connect, time at which I will hopefully be able to
think of something else (or maybe this will work, that'd be better).

Stefan

-- 
If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as
it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.
    --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass