Installing Speakup

[Vic Beckley]

Hi Greg,

I have made some progress.  I have gotten 2.4.26 to compile and have speech on reboot.  I checked the /proc/pci file and the dmesg output and the modem is being detected.  The output is similar to yours, but the address and IRQ are different.  It is on ttyS4.

I ran pppconfig again and allowed it to try to detect my modem.  It still wanted to put it on ttyS1.  I let it and that did not work.  I then manually set it to ttyS4 and when I tried connecting with pon it says this is an unknown device.  What can I check now?

Thanks again for your expert help.


At 05:32 PM 4/30/2004, you wrote:
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>Well, you could do make menuconfig, but I've personally found doing it
>that way to be more of a hassle then help.
>
>The good news is that once you go through everything, and pick what
>you need, all you need do is save your /usr/src/linux/.config file to
>do future 2.4.x kernel compiles. 
>
>Since I've got more time to write then I did in the morning, and since
>you're building a fresh kernel, let me tell you which options you need
>for your modem to work. I believe you said you have an USR 5610
>hardware modem. If this is so, that's what I have too, if not, then
>the following may or may not be helpful. 
>
>Looking at the /proc/pci file, my modem listing is as follows:
>
>Bus  0, device   9, function  0:
>    Serial controller: US Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev
>    1).
>      IRQ 5.
>      I/O at 0xc400 [0xc407].
>
>If this matches what you've got, then read on to configure your kernel
>for it properly. If not, then just hit delete.
>
>The USR 5610 is a bit confusing to get setup under GNU/Linux, but it
>does work once you've got it setup.
>
>When configuring your kernel, you want to answer yes to the following
>options:
>
>PCI support (CONFIG_PCI) [Y/n/?]
>
>Standard/generic (8250/16550 and compatible UARTs) serial support
>(CONFIG_SERIAL) [Y/m/n/?]
>Extended dumb serial driver options (CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED) [Y/n/?]
>Support for sharing serial interrupts (CONFIG_SERIAL_SHARE_IRQ)
>[Y/n/?]
>
>These options should get your modem detected. Note that I'm assuming
>that you've read the various howtos telling you how to get ppp and
>tcp/ip setup, since you'll want to configure those options as well. If
>you haven't done so already, I'd strongly recommend reading the kernel
>building howto.
>
>In the few cases I've seen so far, this modem always gets placed on
>/dev/ttyS4. Here's what the dmesg output for my modem looks like:
>
>Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ
>SERIAL_PCI enabled
>ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
>ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
>Redundant entry in serial pci_table.  Please send the output of
>lspci -vv, this message (12b9,1008,12b9,00aa)
>and the manufacturer and name of serial board or modem board
>to serial-pci-info at lists.sourceforge.net.
>ttyS04 at port 0xc400 (irq = 5) is a 16550A
>
>In this case, ttyS4 is my modem. If this is what you see in your dmesg
>output when running with your new kernel, then your modem is detected,
>and you can go on with setting up your ppp and internet connection. If
>your modem isn't detected, let me know, and we'll figure it out from
>there.
>
>Greg
>
> 
>
>
>On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 01:18:55PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
>> Greg,
>> 
>> Thanks.  That is probably what I am doing wrong.  I probably said no to the configure vga console prompt.  Is there any way to do this without going through the whole config again?  thanks so much for taking time to help me.
>> 
>> 
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Best Regards from Ohio, U.S.A.
Vic
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