bobterri Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 I've got an Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem installed on my Dell INspiron 5160 laptop. I've downloaded the slmodem-2.9.10 software and drivers for this modem. It tells me in README that I need to: Configure your kernel and enable ALSA and ICH based modem support ( 'Device Drivers' -> 'Sound' -> 'Advanced Linux Sound Architecture' -> 'PCI devices' -> 'Intel i8x0/MX440; AMD768/8111 modems' ) . How can I find out if ALSA and ICH based modem support is configured in the default Mandrake 10.1 2.6.8.1-12mdksmp kernel? If I need to configure this support, how do I do that? Is there a good tutorial that will show me how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 if it's not, you will need to recompile your kernel. However, to find out if it's configured, find the config file for the kernel (it's probably /boot/config-2.6.8.1-12mdksmp) then cd to that directory, and type: cat config-2.6.8.1-12mdksmp | grep ICH by the way, why are you using the SMP kernel? If the ALSA/ICH modem support is not configured, you'll have to recompile the kernel, you'll find plenty of tutorials here in the board. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobterri Posted January 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 Thanks Arthur, I "cat config-2.6.8.1-12mdksmp | grep ICH" and got CONFIG_SOUND_ICH=m. So it's compiled as a loadable module. Why do you ask me why I'm using the SMP kernel. My laptop's processor is a P4 HT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 (edited) excellent. you will just need to load the module - I'm not sure what the module is specifically named, but try [root@localhost]#modprobe sound_ich to load it. Mandrake has a config file /etc/modules.preload and if you put it there the module will load every time you boot. You will also need to check whether the Intel MX4something/AMD something modem support is compiled in, it should also be in the config file. I'd try "cat config-2.6.8.1-12mdksmp | grep INTEL", you'll get a lot of lines. you have to find the entry for the modem among them. It's probably compiled as a module, so the modprobe command should be used. Edited January 22, 2005 by arthur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobterri Posted January 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 Well, I got everything to work setting up the modem. I "modprobe snd-intel8x0m" and it installs just fine. Then I /usr/sbin/slmodemd --country=USA --alsa hw:1 It works. I configured KPPP and the modem comes on line, and tells me I'm connected at 49333!!!! Not bad, BUT I can't connect to any webpages in my browser. Now what? Should this be started as another post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 could you post the output of 'ifconfig' here? but yes...this might be now an issue for the "networking" forum...but anyway try pinging a website from the console Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobterri Posted January 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 I pinged google and got: $ ping 216.239.39.99 PING 216.239.39.99 (216.239.39.99) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=233 ms /sbin/ifconfig shows: $ /sbin/ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:6530 (6.3 Kb) TX bytes:6530 (6.3 Kb) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:167.142.11.168 P-t-P:167.142.225.54 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:218 (218.0 b) TX bytes:258 (258.0 b) I've started another thread in Networking, Arthur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 it does seem you're connected. this is probably a browser settings problem. oh, and edit out your IP address from your post, sorry I forgot to tell you that. You wouldn't want spammers or something to see them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobterri Posted January 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 Thanks Arthur, Well, if it's a browser setting problem why can I connect with ethernet and wireless? You see, I'd love to use linux at work, but I don't have high speed there. I'd have to dial-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 well, your interfaces are eth0, eth1 (for wireless i would guess) and ppp0. Most of the time apps in Linux use the interface eth0 or eth1, but the dial up interface is ppp0. you should have a setting or config file somewhere to configure which interface applications use. I'll look into it when I boot up mandrake later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobterri Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 I think wireless is wlan0. Anyways, I have used KPPP to try to dial-up and doesn't that use ppp0? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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