Have you been out to linmodems.org? It's a great resource for getting
lucent winmodems working on linux, I've used it on Compaq Armada M300 M700
and M500, and it has worked every time (though it was months ago now..)
Andrew
On Fri, 11 May 2001, edoc wrote:
> My friend David who attended the recent NPR SLUG is still struggling to
> get his build-in Lucent Winmodem to work -- according to Compaq it
> cannot be disabled to allow a pcmcia modem to be substituted. Arghh!
>
> He has Linux Mandrake 8 Kernel 2.4.3-20 MDK1 on his Compaq Presario
> XL111. Lucent 56k v90 pci winmodem.
>
> I found the following encouraging resources online for him but am not yet
> knowlegeable in Linux to make a very useful effort to make it happen.
>
> Anyone out there willing to either walk him through this via the Internet or
> get together with him and his laptop and do a hands-on? Or could someone
> gather together the bits and pieces needed and meet him at the next NPR
> SLUG ... sure seems a long time away when you want to get a machine
> running! :-)
>
> You may reply to me, or to him directly (better) dgerner@welcomehomecc.com
>
> Thanks! Doc
>
> http://www.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/tp390e/
> Lucent Win Modem
> At first I reckoned this was a piece of pure deadweight, but now -- saints
> be praised!
> -- it works fine under Linux. I'm not sure who at Lucent we have to thank,
> but a
> binary-only driver has filtered its way out: linux568.zip (you'll probably
> want to
> check that this is really the latest version available, at
> www.linmodems.org.)
> The driver was compiled for Linux 2.2.12-20 (some RedHat invention?). I find
> that it works OK with kernel 2.2.13, although you have to insert the module
> with
> "insmod -f ltmodem" (i.e. the force option) to get around the mismatch
> http://www.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/tp390e/ltmodem.html.
> I have also tried it with linux 2.2.16 and it didn't work; in fact it
> crashed the system.
> Christoph Hebeisen has a workaround for using the ltmodem module with newer
> kernels. You may want to give it a try, but don't ask me about it! I keep a
> copy
> of 2.2.13 on hand for the relatively rare occasions when I want to use the
> modem.
>
> NEW: Try this page for info and sources for compiling the LT modem module
> for
> later kernels. Looks good, though I haven't actually tried it out yet.
> http://walbran.org/sean/linux/stodolsk/
>
> Linux Support
> Updated support Jan '01 - The LT modem can be used in many Linux systems
> with the appropriate driver. Linux "support" first appeared over a year ago
> with a binary driver release (no source code) based upon generic version
> 5.68.
>
> The lack of source code presented problems as it would only compile into
> specific kernel versions. Currently, a Linux version based upon generic 5.78
> is available*, and works with later kernels.
>
> For the latest and best information on the LT & Linux (as well as other
> software modems and Linux), see /sean/linux/stodolsk and www.linmodems.org,
> and join the DISCUSSION list [to get e-mail] and/or use the archives to stay
> abreast of the latest developments.
>
> A page by Allin Cottrel on getting the IBM Thinkpad 390E to work with Linux,
> including the bundled LT modem, is at the Wake Forest University site.
>
> * - The Linmodems.org site has version 5.68 which works only with specific
> kernel versions; Info on 5.78 can be found in the linmodems.org discussion
> archive where you will find things like:
>
> Have you looked at the half open/half closed lucent driver? You might be
> able to hack something into working there...
> http://walbran.org/sean/linux/stodolsk/ltmodem-5.78c.tar.gz
>
>
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