Linux support for Windows modems

PeM | 1 Apr 2011 18:34

047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem

Hello 

I'm running on UBUNTU server 10.04 since few days I'm trying to use this
modem :

ID 047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem

I've tried to install the agrsm driver using the tar.bz but I'm still
blocking by this :
"Pas de règle pour fabriquer la cible « kernel/bounds.c », nécessaire
pour « kernel/bounds.s ». Arrêt"
so I've tried to use the deb file (agrsm-11c11040_20091225_i386.deb) and
the install was made. 
I've modprobed the two modules agrserial and agrmodem without error and
the devices /dev/ttyAGS3 and /dev/SAGR were created.
It should be fine for the moment..
When I try :
sudo wvdialconf 
I've this answer :

pem <at> passerelle:~/Modem$ sudo wvdialconf
Editing `/etc/wvdial.conf'.

Scanning your serial ports for a modem.

ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud
ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud
ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up.
Modem Port Scan<*1>: S1   S2   S3   
ttySAGR<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud

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Marvin Stodolsky | 1 Apr 2011 21:09

Re: 047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem

PeM

While in principle this USB modem chipset 047e:2892
should be supported by these drivers, there has not been a single
success under Linux,
though several users have tested them.

PCI card modems are using the same drivers successfully.

Sadly there is no assistance we can provide because the USB component
is substantially in the Closed Source (precompiled) component of the
code package.
Your best option is a modem which uses the Open Source linux drivers
present in any linux distribution.
Sadly, "modems in a box" rarely provide detail as to the drivers used,
so we cannot provide precise guidance as to what alternative hardware.

Sincerely:

Marvin Stodolsky
scanModem maintainer

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:34 PM, PeM <pierremarie.coron <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm running on UBUNTU server 10.04 since few days I'm trying to use this
> modem :
>
> ID 047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem
>

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