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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