RE: setting up a modem device

[Roberto Sanchez]

Just in case others are also making use of the answers on this list: the
correct link is www.linmodems.org.

And thanks, Ken, as that gives me a point to start from! :)

Jos

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 5:34 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: setting up a modem device
>
>
> Jos Elkink wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I've got a little question. I am not too lazy to find the
> answer myself,
> >but have no clue this time where to start looking or what
> search terms
> >to search on on the internet. So, if anyway can point me in the right
> >direction ...
> >
> >The problem:
> >
> >I have a laptop, a Toshiba 2060 CDS, with, obviously, Debian
> Linux on it
> >(Sarge). Now I would like to connect to the internet, so I
> need to find
> >the device for the modem.
> >
> >The command lspci lists the modem, so I can find the address
> as listed
> >there.
> >
> >My question is, how do I find out what file in /dev points
> to the modem
> >port? (Or more in general, how do you find out where a device file
> >points to?)
> >
> >And if none points to the modem, how do I create a file in /dev (e.g.
> >/dev/modem) pointing at a specific address? And do I need info other
> >than what is given in lspci?
> >
> >Any help would be very welcome, especially as to how I find
> the answer
> >in this kind of cases ...
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> >
> >Jos
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Chances are real good that your modem is a "win-modem", and
> won't work
> "right out of the box" no matter what you do in /dev.
>
> I'd recommend you go to www.linuxmodems.org and see if you can search
> that sight for you specific modem. It's fairly likely that
> you can get
> it to work if it's a Lucent chipset. If it's a different
> chipset, your
> chances are probably considerably decreased, but not
> eliminated altogether.
>
> Kent
>

Try this URL instead:

http://www.sfu.ca/~cth/ltmodem/dists/debian/8.00a3/

Almost all Toshibas have Lucent chipsets in their winmodems. The guy that owns this website has developed a driver (but it uses some closed source proprietary code, checkout www.heby.de for more details).

Be sure and download the version that corresponds to the kernel that you are using. If you have a custom kernel, then you can download a partial source dsitribution from the main website and that will allow you to compile a module. The core code for the modem doesn't change, just the interface to the kernel.

install the .deb with 'dpkg -i ltmodem****.deb'

Hope this helps.

-Roberto Sanchez

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