Hardware Change .... How to update

[Khurram Pirzada]

Hi,

Previously I had Lucent "winmodem", which is NOT supported in GNU/Debian or any
linux. So I have changed and brought 2 new: 1) Apache CONEXANT 2) US Robotics, 
which
are both hardware based. Since my understanding of linux is that of novice, I 
assume
that at the time of installation, debian detects hardware and lists them in some
file. And unlike Windows, its NOT PnP. So I would like to ask:

What must I do for my Debian to see new modem and install/use it for 56k 
connection?
It is internal PCI-based. If in any case it might help, it is
US Robotics, A-Modem/PCI, USR90-11, E124323.1

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks,
 - K

PS: I have Debian 3.1 Sarge installed on my machine.


 

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Hardware Change ... how to Update

[Khurram Pirzada]

 10:04 /dev/tty0
> > >>
> > >> I could change the group to "tty" or something and then add my
> > >> normal user into that group, but is there perhaps a
> > >> better/safer/more-canonical way?
> > >> 
> > >
> > > Interesting. On my system:
> > >
> > > ls -l /dev/tty2
> > > crw--- 1 amp77 tty 4, 2 2007-03-27 23:20 /dev/tty2
> > >
> > > What are you running (stable, testing, ...?)
> > >   
> > 
> > Etch
> > 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /dev/tty2
> > crw--- 1 westk tty 4, 2 2007-03-26 14:13 /dev/tty2
> > 
> > On this box, tty2 is the only file owned by me and the group tty; all 
> > others are root.root (until you get to the tty[a..z] group, which is 
> > then root.tty).
> > 
> 
> I only checked tty2 because that's where I'm logged in and xlinks2
> works (no mouse, but still). Or am I missing something? Just for
> completeness:
> 
> $ ls -l /dev/tty0
> crw-rw 1 amp77 amp77 4, 0 2007-03-27 22:03 /dev/tty0
> 
> $ id
> uid=1000(amp77) gid=1000(amp77)
>
groups=20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),1000(amp77)
> 
> Regards,
> Andrei
> -- 
> If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
> (Albert Einstein)
> > Date: 27 Mar 2007 14:14:37 -0700
> From: "Dave Stephenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: nVidia MCP55 (was: Slow internet on AMD64 running Etch)
> 
> I feel like I am missing something obvious.
> 
> here is my  interfaces file:
> 
> 
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> # The primary network interface
> #allow-hotplug eth0
> #iface eth0 inet dhcp
> 
> auto eth0
> 
> #force higher speed in spite of signal peak & dhcp
> #mtu 1500
> 
> 
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> pre-up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE mtu 1500
> 
> 
> and here is the result of ifconfig:
> 
> eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:18:F3:86:8C:92
>   inet addr:192.168.0.7  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:
> 255.255.255.0
>   UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:576  Metric:1
>   RX packets:1135 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>   TX packets:1112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>   RX bytes:327004 (319.3 KiB)  TX bytes:126844 (123.8 KiB)
>   Interrupt:58 Base address:0xe000
> 
> I tried moving the auto eth0 line around, but that either did nothing
> or broke the network.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Dave
> > Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:53:55 +0300
> From: Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: nVidia MCP55 (was: Slow internet on AMD64 running Etch)
> 
> "Dave Stephenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > I feel like I am missing something obvious.
> > 
> 
> Maybe a 'post-up' is more useful here. And does interfaces accept
> variables? Maybe $IFACE was meant to be replaced by the relevant
> interface name.
> 
> HTH,
> Andrei
> -- 
> If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
> (Albert Einstein)
> > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:54:13 +0200
> From: Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Hardware Change   How to update
> 
> Khurram Pirzada:
> > 
> > What must I do for my Debian to see new modem and install/use it for
> > 56k connection?
> 
> What exactly are you expecting Debian to do? If you are running a stock
> kernel, you probably only need to install the software you want to use
> with the modem and use it. I don't know your hardware, though. It's been
> some time since I had anything to do with modems. :)
> 
> J.
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> [Agree]   [Disagree]
>  <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
> > Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:49:47 +0300
> From: Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: nVidia MCP55 (was: Slow internet on AMD64 running Etch)
> 
> "Dave Stephenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > On Mar 27, 4:00 pm, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > "Dave Stephenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > I feel like I am missing something obvious.
> > >
> > > Maybe a 'post-up' is more useful here. And does interfaces accept

Re: Hardware Change .... How to update

[Celejar]

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:04:26 -0700 (PDT)
Khurram Pirzada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Previously I had Lucent "winmodem", which is NOT supported in GNU/Debian or 
> any
> linux. So I have changed and brought 2 new: 1) Apache CONEXANT 2) US 
> Robotics, which
> are both hardware based. Since my understanding of linux is that of novice, I 
> assume
> that at the time of installation, debian detects hardware and lists them in 
> some
> file. And unlike Windows, its NOT PnP. So I would like to ask:
> 
> What must I do for my Debian to see new modem and install/use it for 56k 
> connection?
> It is internal PCI-based. If in any case it might help, it is
> US Robotics, A-Modem/PCI, USR90-11, E124323.1
> 
> Your help is much appreciated.
> 

Hardware modems don't need drivers. Install minicom and see if you can
talk to the modem; it should be something like /dev/ttys0. For USR
modems, the 'ATIn' (n is a single digit) [0] commands are helpful. If
you can talk to it, then the next thing to do is to configure whatever
software you plan to use with the modem.

Celejar

[0] http://www.pcs-computing.com/support/3com_modem_cmds.html


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Re: Hardware Change .... How to update

[Andrei Popescu]

Khurram Pirzada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Previously I had Lucent "winmodem", which is NOT supported in
> GNU/Debian or any linux. So I have changed and brought 2 new: 1)

I think you are wrong here. I have used the Lucent winmodem years ago.
It wasn't easy to setup but it worked (probably the best winmodem I
ever used).

Regards,
Andrei
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Re: Hardware Change .... How to update

[Jochen Schulz]

Khurram Pirzada:
> 
> What must I do for my Debian to see new modem and install/use it for
> 56k connection?

What exactly are you expecting Debian to do? If you are running a stock
kernel, you probably only need to install the software you want to use
with the modem and use it. I don't know your hardware, though. It's been
some time since I had anything to do with modems. :)

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Re: Hardware Change ... how to Update

[Ron Johnson]

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On 03/27/07 19:59, Khurram Pirzada wrote:
> All I want is to plug-in my modem, give command(s) (can any one tell me what 
> will be
> those) so that Debian could recognize my new modem, and then I can make 
> dial-up
> connection settings and use internet.
> 
> Broadband is not cheap for average user, in this part of world :)

If it's not a WinModem (i.e., if it is a hardware modem), you do
*not* *need* to do such things.

However, you will need to speak to your modem in a language it
understands:

http://www.modemhelp.net/basicatcommand.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_command_set
http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdenetwork/kppp/hayes-extended-commands.html
http://www.modem.com/general/extendat.html

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Re: Hardware Change ... how to Update

[John Hasler]

Khurram Pirzada wrote:
> All I want is to plug-in my modem, give command(s) (can any one tell me
> what will be those) so that Debian could recognize my new modem, and then
> I can make dial-up connection settings and use internet.

If it is an external serial modem run pppconfig (as root) and follow the
instructions.  You will then be able to start the connection with the
command 'pon' and stop it with 'poff'.  You can also configure it to come
up automatically when you try to access the Net.
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Re: Hardware Change .... How to update

[Chris Lale]

Celejar wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:04:26 -0700 (PDT)
> Khurram Pirzada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> Previously I had Lucent "winmodem", which is NOT supported in GNU/Debian or 
>> any
>> linux. So I have changed and brought 2 new: 1) Apache CONEXANT 2) US 
>> Robotics, which
>> are both hardware based. Since my understanding of linux is that of novice, 
>> I assume
>> that at the time of installation, debian detects hardware and lists them in 
>> some
>> file. And unlike Windows, its NOT PnP. So I would like to ask:
>>
>> What must I do for my Debian to see new modem and install/use it for 56k 
>> connection?
>> It is internal PCI-based. If in any case it might help, it is
>> US Robotics, A-Modem/PCI, USR90-11, E124323.1
>>
>> Your help is much appreciated.
>>
> 
> Hardware modems don't need drivers. Install minicom and see if you can
> talk to the modem; it should be something like /dev/ttys0. For USR
> modems, the 'ATIn' (n is a single digit) [0] commands are helpful. If
> you can talk to it, then the next thing to do is to configure whatever
> software you plan to use with the modem.

Wvdial will scan your ports, find your modem, configure it automatically and
connect to the internet! There is a Wvdial guide [1] on the NewbieDOC wiki [2].

[1] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Setting_up_a_serial_modem_using_Wvdial
[2] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de

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