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  Date: Dec 24    Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu    Views: 599
  

I'm trying to get a modem working... sorry i'm a bit old fashioned [as
some would call me], but i find the ability to send faxes very useful
even in these days of email. It can be difficult finding a driver for
a windoze software modem [i found drivers a few years ago for a modem
- drivers for the exact model don't always work even for a Conexant
which i believe is about the most common] and as i've learnt not
exactly easy with linux.

I bought this modem from ebuyer a couple of months ago as someone had
found drivers for it on opensuse... but as i found it seems to have
been left out of the repository in the later version. (I'm back on
Ubuntu again - after finding opensuse was lacking in certain other
areas).

So far i have tried:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupAndFax
installed following
sl-modem-daemon
gtk-efax
gfax (as alternative)
gnome-ppp
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto
installed the scanmodem tool

james@james-desktop:~$ sudo wvdialconf
[sudo] password for james:
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.
ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud
ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud
ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up.
Modem Port Scan<*1>: S2 S3
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- 56000
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 4800: AT -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 9600: AT -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 19200: AT -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 38400: AT -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 57600: AT -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 115200: AT -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 230400: AT -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 460800: AT -- OK
ttySHSF0<*1>: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe.
ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK
Modem Port Scan<*1>: SHSF2 SHSF3 SHSF4 SHSF5 SHSF6 SHSF7

Found a modem on /dev/ttySHSF0.
Modem configuration written to /etc/wvdial.conf.
ttySHSF0<Info>: Speed 460800; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0"
james@james-desktop:~$

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto/Conexant
linux.dell.com/.../
installed the .deb file - all seemed ok and entered in synaptic.

Tried to send a fax and have pasted the window (above "SEND FAX"
button) info in gtk-efax
Socket running on port 9900
efax-0.9a: 15:19:02 opened /dev/ttyS1
efax-0.9a: 15:19:08 sync: dropping DTR
efax-0.9a: 15:19:12 sync: sending escapes
efax-0.9a: 15:19:18 Error: sync: modem not responding
efax-0.9a: 15:19:18 failed page /home/james/Desktop/JF-CV.pdf.001
efax-0.9a: 15:19:18 finished - no response from modem

Also tried gFax and that didn't work either.

I think their must be setting wrong somewhere or should i use hylafax?

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7 Answers Found

 
Answer #1    Answered On: Dec 24    

The fax program is trying to use /dev/ttyS1 which is most likely a default
when your modem is on /dev/ttySHSF0.

See if you can modify the config and change the tty port.

An external serial port modem is usually the best way to go.

 
Answer #2    Answered On: Dec 24    

i had thought about the config but can't see where to make
the change. External hardware modems are one way to go. However, once
one finds the driver software ones are fine in my experience - just a
pain to find the driver.

 
Answer #3    Answered On: Dec 24    

I'd be grateful if someone could suggest how to change this config.

Alternatively, assuming that this driver is not right i'd be grateful
if someone could help me with compiling a package. The manufacturer
has provided me with a tarball. I have gone wobbly over the creating a
package file i think - didn't work and i don't know if i did something
wrong or the file is u/s! I have loaded the file in a directory called
jf and i'd be grateful if someone could put me right.

 
Answer #4    Answered On: Dec 24    

What does one do for drivers for a serial modem? Are these already in ubuntu?

 
Answer #5    Answered On: Dec 24    

I believe on most Linux versions you link the tty port the modem is on
to /dev/modem and may have to modify a table that defines info for that port,
should be in the docs somewhere, It's been a while since I did that.

 
Answer #6    Answered On: Dec 24    

This is the program to use for Fax
efax-gtk can be used to send and receive faxes using a fax modem.

It also has an interface to provide a “virtual printer” for sending
faxes from word processors and similar programs, can automatically
e-mail a received fax to a designated user, and can automatically print
a received fax.

You can install the efax-gtk package from the “Universe” repository (see
Add Applications).

To run efax-gtk, choose Applications ? Office ? Efax-gtk.

 
Answer #7    Answered On: Dec 24    

Well deciding that a serial modem was the way to go i bought one which
arrived today. I've got efax-gtk to work but it does suffer flow
control problems when one sends more than a couple of pages. I don't
know if this is common with a hardware modem but i had similar
problems when i first started using the internet in 1999 with a pci
hardware modem.

I changed to a software one and i have to say that until using
broadband in 2006 i didn't have a single glitch with internet access
or faxing. So i was disappointed that i couldn't get the software one
to work.

 
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