[Hardy/Update] Re: Agere WinModem 56k on Thinkpad - Working!

[NoOp]

On 02/25/2008 03:18 PM, NoOp wrote:
> After all this time & hair pulling (don't have much anyway) I *finally*
> managed to get the Agere/Lucent WinModem on my Thinkpad A21M to work on
> Gutsy using gnome-ppp!
> 
> I had tried drivers, restricted modules/kernels, and just about
> everything that I could possibly think of - all no go. Today I stumbled
> across the fix. For others with similar, here is how:
> 
> 1. Install linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22-14-386 [1]
> 2. Reboot and ensure the modem is picked up in
> System|Administration|Restricted Drivers Manager
> 3. Install gnome-ppp if not installed already
> 4. System|Administration|Networks - uncheck ethernet/wireless devices &
> check the Modem device. Enable the connection, add the phone number,
> username & password. On the Modem tab: /dev/modem, Options tab: uncheck all.
> 5. Applications|Internet|Gnome-ppp
> Enter your required username, password & phone number. Under the "Modem"
> tab click 'Setup' and on 'Device' click the 'Detect' button. It should
> come back with: /deve/ttyLTM0. Other settings on that tab that work for me:
> Type: Analog Modem
> Speed: 115200
> Phone Line: Tone
> Volume: High
> Dial Attempts: 1
> 
> On the Networking tab:
> Dynamic IP address
> Automatic DNS
> 
> On the Options Tab:
> I unchecked everything.
> 
> Now the reason why I wasn't able to connect this way previously:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-ppp/+bug/84837
> [Gnome PPP dialogue doesn't send one-time passwords to wvdial]
> 
> In all previous attempts I did not have "Remember Password" checked and
> so each time the dialer would stall waiting for a password - it wouldn't
> even break dialtone. I found this out finally by reviewing the session
> log & then googling for 'gnome-ppp +wvDial +Please enter password'.
> Found the bug report, ticked "Remember Password" and off it went!
> Amazing...
> 
> Anyways, I'm a happy guy right now. :-)
> 
> [1] Note on the linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22-14-386 kernel - I've
> found that some wireless devices I've tested do not work unless I use
> the generic kernel. That's OK, as long as I know the difference I can
> boot into the -386 kernel to use dialup on the laptop when needed and
> back to generic for wireless etc.
> 
> 

As an update: I decided (silly me) to do a fresh install of Hardy Beta
on the laptop. Amongst other things that were working when I'd done a
Gutsy to Hardy update on the A21M, I now find that the ltmodem
lucent/agere restricted drivers are longer in 2.6.24-12-386... Sigh. Not
only that, but as soon as I load the restricted kernel, all of my sound
goes as well. I guess it's back to Gutsy for this laptop for awhile.