cant setup dialup connection in mandrake

[shivaas]

hi
i installed mandrake 10.1 a few days back and am still unable it to detect my modem.modem details are as follows:

Motorola SM56 56k Internal modem

i downloaded the driver from www.sm56.tk but dont know how to install it....
i have a local dialup connection with only a username,password and a number to connect to....

cud sumone pls help.

[alresave]

You can start reading this tutorial: http://www.linuxforums.org/tutorials...rial-3100.html
your modem may come with the lucent chipset if that's the case follow the instructions, other models come with the smartlink chipset a driver may be found at http://www.smlink.com/main/index1.php?ln=en&main_id=32
a good utility to help you find out the kind of modem you have is here
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/
I hope you can get it working

[shivaas]

thanks a lot for the links ......i'll try out the tutorials and post the outcome asap...
more helps and links welcome......

[shivaas]

tried out everything given in the links and tutorials....but to no avail !!!

posting more info on modem ::
i ran scanModem utility and this was the following info it showed :


DO use the following line as the email Subject Line, to alert cogent experts:
scanModem, Mandrakelinux release
Kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk
Occassionally reponses are blocked by an Internet Providers mail filters.
So do in a day also check the Archived responses at DISCUSS@linmodems.org
Code updated on: 2005_Feb_ 10
------------ -------------- System information ------------------------
Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Official) for i586
Kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk on an i686 /
on System with processor: i686
currently under kernel: 2.6.8.1-12mdk
The kernel was assembled with compiler: 3.4.1
with current System compiler GCC=3.4.1
/usr/bin/gcc -> /etc/alternatives/gcc

Checking for kernel-headers needed for compiling.
Kernel-header resources are not evident.
Within your Linux distributions resources, search for package names with:
linux-headers-2.6.8.1-12mdk
kernel-source-2.6.8.1-12mdk
linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk
One of which must be installed if compiling drivers to match kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk proves necessary.
This is necessary for most modem drivers, through some Linux distributions provide some compiled drivers.
Within the output Modem/ folder, read CompilingDrivers.txt for details.


Modem symbolic link is: /dev/modem -> /dev/sm56
Checking for /dev/tts/ devices
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 19 00:39 0 -> ../ttyS0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 19 00:39 1 -> ../ttyS1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 19 00:39 2 -> ../ttyS2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 19 00:39 3 -> ../ttyS3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 19 00:39 4 -> ../ttyS4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 19 00:39 5 -> ../ttyS5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 19 00:39 6 -> ../ttyS6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 19 00:39 7 -> ../ttyS7
Checking for USB modems
None found
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

when i ran the scanModem utility from the konsol it said:

[shivaas@localhost shivaas]$ ./scanModem

UPDATE=2005_Feb_ 10
ONLY use scanModem downloaded as: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/scanModem.gz

./scanModem should ONLY be run within a Linux/UNIX partition.
If within a MicroSoft/DOS partition, abort with Ctrl-C now !!!
Copy scanModem.gz to your Linux partition and restart.
+----------------------------------------------+
| WARNING: lspci not found - exiting |
| Please install the package: pciutils |
+----------------------------------------------+



the scanModem file was stored in the home directory in linux !!
i dont know which chipset my modem uses,Lucent or Smartlink or whatnot !!
one more thing which i noticed was that in 1 of the tutorials mentioned above,it said to run wvdial or /etc/wvdial.conf from the konsole to dialup the connection....but there was no such file present anywhere on my linux system....searched every folder !!!
need more help....plss....