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PCTel HSP MicroModem Configuration mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: November 2002</CiteTitle>.
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Updated: December 2002</CiteTitle>.
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Make your PCTel HSP MicroModem work in Linux. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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PCTel HSP MicroModem Configuration mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: November 2002</CiteTitle>.
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Updated: December 2002</CiteTitle>.
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Make your PCTel HSP MicroModem work in Linux. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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@ -19,9 +19,22 @@ Sayamindu</firstname> <surname>Dasgupta</surname> <affiliation>
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<revhistory>
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<revision>
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<revnumber> 2.5.10 </revnumber>
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<date>2002-12-04</date>
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<revremark> Added new FAQ entry, and other minor clean ups.</revremark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<revnumber> 2.5.9 </revnumber>
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<date> November 11th 2002 </date>
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<revremark> Added new driver info, made corrections and clarifications in the GCC 3 FAQ .</revremark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<revnumber> 2.5.8 </revnumber>
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<date>2002-11-10</date>
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<date> November 10th 2002 </date>
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<revremark> Added information on GCC 3, fixed typos, and other minor corrections. </revremark>
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</revision>
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@ -89,7 +102,7 @@ your PCTel HSP MicroModem work in GNU/Linux.</para>
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<title>Copyright Information</title>
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<blockquote><para>
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Copyright (c) 2002 Sayamindu Dasgupta, Jan Stifter.
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Copyright © 2002-2003 Sayamindu Dasgupta, Jan Stifter.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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@ -188,8 +201,8 @@ your PCTel HSP MicroModem work in GNU/Linux.</para>
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<para> I am extremely grateful to the howtos[NO_SPAM]@frodo.hserus.net list members for their support, especially to <ulink url="http://geocities.com/usmbish/">USM Bish</ulink>.
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</para><para>
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The members of the discuss@linmodems.org list have been very helpful too, specially in the initial phase of the howto-writing.
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I am also extremely grateful to Phil Richard Burchill, Rajesh Fowkar, KV Pham, Bram Vonk, Derek Cordeiro and Andrew Kar (akar)
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for their valuable suggestions.
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I am also extremely grateful to Phil Richard Burchill, Rajesh Fowkar, KV Pham, Bram Vonk, Derek Cordeiro, Steven Sangster and
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Andrew Kar (akar) for their valuable suggestions and corrections.
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</para>
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<para>
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The sgml-stuff has been done with the help of the template written by Stein Gjoen, Gregory Leblanc and Greg Ferguson.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you see something like 2.4x, go to <ulink url="http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/">http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/</ulink>
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and download the pctel 0.9.4 (pctel-0.9.4.tar.gz) drivers from that site.
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and download the pctel 0.9.6 (pctel-0.9.6.tar.gz) drivers from that site.
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</para>
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<para>
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<important>
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<para>
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Also note that only the pctel 0.9.4 drivers have support for the new <link linkend='amr'>AMR</link> modems.
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Also note that only the pctel 0.9.6 drivers have support for the new <link linkend='amr'>AMR</link> modems.
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</para>
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</important>
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</para>
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And of course, you need to have gcc installed, check it by issuing the command <command>bash$ gcc -v </command>. If you do not get any errors, then everything is all right </para>
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<note>
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<para>
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If you have gcc version 3 or above please refer to <link linkend="gcc3">this section</link> in the FAQ.
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If you have gcc version 3 or above , and have problems during compiling, please refer to
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<link linkend="gcc3">this section</link> in the FAQ.
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</para>
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</note>
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<sect2><title>Installing the 2.2x drivers.</title>
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<para><command>bash$ insmod ptserial.o </command>)</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Installing the pctel-0.9.4 driver</title>
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<title>Installing the pctel-0.9.6 driver</title>
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<para>Make sure that you have kernel 2.4.0 or greater by the command</para>
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<para><command>bash$ uname -r</command></para>
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<para>Unpack the downloaded files with the commands</para>
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<para><command>bash$ tar -xzvf pctel-0.9.4.tar.gz</command></para>
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<para>Now you will have a pctel-0.9.4 directory</para>
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<para><command>bash$ tar -xzvf pctel-0.9.6.tar.gz</command></para>
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<para>Now you will have a pctel-0.9.6 directory</para>
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<para>cd into that with the command</para>
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<para><command>bash$ cd pctel-0.9.4/</command></para>
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<para><command>bash$ cd pctel-0.9.6/</command></para>
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<para>Now comes the complicated part.</para>
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<para>To proceed further you will have to know what chip set your modem has.See section <link linkend="identify"> 9.4 </link>for more information on this.</para>
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<para>Once you have got the name of the chip set, just type one of the following commands (depending on the chip set)
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./configure -with-hal=cm8738</command>
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</para>
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<para>
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If you have a chip set integrated with an 810 chip set based box,
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If you have a chip set integrated with an i8** chip set based box,
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</para>
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<para> <command>bash$
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./configure --with-hal=i81x </command>
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./configure --with-hal=i8xx </command>
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</para>
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<para>
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If you have a chip set integrated with an VIA 686a chip set based motherboard ,
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</para>
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<para>
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However, if you have an <link linkend='amr'>AMR</link> modem, then you will have to
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use the 0.9.4 drivers.
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use the 0.9.6 drivers.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Installing the pctel-0.8.6 driver</title>
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<caution>
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<para>
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Use this driver only if you experience problems with the pctel-0.9.4 drivers
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Use this driver only if you experience problems with the pctel-0.9.6 drivers
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</para>
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</caution>
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<para>Make sure that you have kernel 2.4.0 or greater by the command</para>
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<command>bash$ insmod ptserial</command>
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</para>
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<para>
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(these too, like in the case of the pctel-0.9.4 drivers, can be issued from any directory as the <application>insmod</application> program will automatically find
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(these too, like in the case of the pctel-0.9.6 drivers, can be issued from any directory as the <application>insmod</application> program will automatically find
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the drivers <application>pctel.o</application> and <application>ptserial.o</application> in <filename>/lib/modules/`your kernel version`/misc/ </filename>)
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>
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Bugs in the pctel-0.9.4 and the 0.8.6 versions.
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Bugs in the pctel-0.9.6 and the 0.8.6 versions.
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</title>
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<para>
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<anchor id="bug">
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<para>
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<note>
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<para>
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NOTE:You must exit from your dialer before trying to unload the drivers, otherwise you will get a <computeroutput>device or resource busy </computeroutput> error.
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You must exit from your dialer before trying to unload the drivers, otherwise you will get a <computeroutput>device or resource busy </computeroutput> error.
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</para>
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</note>
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</para><para>
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<para>
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<note>
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<para>
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NOTE: In case of the PCTel-0.8.6 or newer drivers you can also specify the location of your kernel source by using the option
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In case of the PCTel-0.8.6 or newer drivers you can also specify the location of your kernel source by using the option
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>bash$
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<para>
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There are certain PCTel chip set based internal modems that go into AMR slots instead of the normal PCI slots. They are
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usually identified as <computeroutput> HSP MR </computeroutput> by the <command>bash$ lspci </command> command. These modems
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are supported by the pctel-0.9.4 drivers only.
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are supported by the pctel-0.9.6 drivers only.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="sound">
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</command>
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<note>
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<para>
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I am supposing that you are in the pctel-0.9.4 directory, and the <filename>configure.patch</filename> is also in that directory
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I am supposing that you are in the pctel-0.9.6 directory, and the <filename>configure.patch</filename> is also in that directory
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</para>
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</note>
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</para>
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<answer>
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<para>
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<anchor id="gcc3">
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To solve this, you will have to edit the file <filename>~/pctel-0.9.4/src/ptserial/Makefile</filename>.
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This should not happen anymore since the pctel-0.9.6 driver was released to address this issue. However, if you
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still face such a problem, (with an older driver or something like that), you will have to edit the file
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<filename><your pctel directory>src/ptserial/Makefile</filename>.
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In that file, find out the line which says
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</para>
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<para>
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</para>
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<para>
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<programlisting>
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CFLAGS = -D__KERNEL__ -Wno-trigraphs -fno-common -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe\ -fno-strength-reduce -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -D$(HAL_TARGET) $(AUDIO_ROUTING) -DBUILD_SYSTEM=\""$(BUILD_SYSTEM)\\"" -DGCC_VERSION=\""$(GCC_VERSION)\"" -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(KERNEL_INCLUDES) -include $(KERNEL_INCLUDES)/linux/modversionns.h
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CFLAGS = -D__KERNEL__ -Wno-trigraphs -fno-common -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -D$(HAL_TARGET) $(AUDIO_ROUTING) -DBUILD_SYSTEM=\""$(BUILD_SYSTEM)\"" -DGCC_VERSION=\""$(GCC_VERSION)\"" -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(KERNEL_INCLUDES) -include $(KERNEL_INCLUDES)/linux/modversions.h
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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....and then recompile.
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</para>
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<tip>
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If you cannot find the file <filename>src/ptserial/Makefile</filename>, then run the <application>configure
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</application> script, and try again.
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</para>
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</tip>
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<para>
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Alternatively, you may also try out the pre-compiled (distro specific) drivers at
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<ulink url="http://www.geocities.com/jcmp3/">http://www.geocities.com/jcmp3/</ulink>. Just note that I have not personally
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>
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version 2 compiler, while the kernel you are running is compiled with a gcc version 3 compiler. This is known to not work.
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</computeroutput> message while loading the modules.
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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Try to load the modules with the commands with <command>insmod -f pctel</command> and <command>insmod -f ptserial</command>
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instead of the plain <command>insmod pctel</command> and <command>insmod ptserial</command>.
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</para>
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<para>
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<warning>
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<para>
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Just remember that this is not a very nice hack.
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</para>
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</warning>
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaset>
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</sect2>
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The normal output should be something like this</para><para><screen>
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Sep 20 18:48:46 peacefulaction kernel: PCTel device[00:09.0](0x48) found "PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56 (rev 01)", iobase=0xe400, irq=12.
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Sep 20 18:48:46 peacefulaction kernel: PCTel driver version 0.9.4 [5.05c-4.27.215 (09-14-2001)] (PCT789) (2002-01-31) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled.
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Sep 20 18:48:46 peacefulaction kernel: PCTel driver built on [Linux 2.4.19 i686 unknown "2.4.19 <132115>"] with gcc-2.96.
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Sep 20 18:48:46 peacefulaction kernel: ttyS15 at 0xe400 (irq = 12) is a PCTel
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Nov 11 10:50:24 localhost kernel: PCTel device[00:09.0](0x48) found "PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56 (rev 01)", iobase=0xe400, irq=12.
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Nov 11 10:50:24 localhost kernel: PCTel driver version 0.9.5 [5.05c-4.27.215 (09-14-2001)] (PCT789) (2002-01-31) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled.
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Nov 11 10:50:24 localhost kernel: PCTel driver built on [Linux 2.4.18-14 i686 i686 "2.4.18-14 <132114>"] with gcc-gcc (GCC) 3.2
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20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7).
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Nov 11 10:50:24 localhost kernel: ttyS15 at 0xe400 (irq = 12) is a PCTel
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</screen>
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</para>
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<para>Mail the output you get to the <email>discuss@linmodems.org</email> list( more on this in section <link linkend="mailinglist">9.2.2</link>), and wait for a reply.</para>
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Actually most (if not all) of these drivers are slightly modified form of the drivers at Jan's and the modems.dewback.cl
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site, and so, in most cases, there is no point in downloading them.</para>
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<para>
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However, you may try out the pre-compiled (distro specific) drivers at
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<ulink url="http://www.geocities.com/jcmp3/">http://www.geocities.com/jcmp3/</ulink>. Just note that I have not personally
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tested out these drivers, and I don't know much about them.
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</para>
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<para>
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Moreover, in the early days of 2.4x kernels, Thomas Wright had made a PCTel driver and you can find it in his website at <ulink url="http://www.geocities.com/tom_in_rc/">http://www.geocities.com/tom_in_rc/</ulink>.</para>
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</sect2>
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