Cannot find modem on iBook G4

nelz · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:39 pm Post subject: Cannot find modem on iBook G4

I am trying to set up the modem on a recently acquired 12" iBook G4. hcfusbmodem emerges without error. hcfusbmodem runs without error until the end, when it reports "ERROR: no device detected by hcfusb driver". The devices are created, along with a link to /dev/modem, but any attempt to access it fails. lsusb and usbview show no sign of a modem.

Is this a hardware problem, or have I done something stupid when building the kernel?

nelz · Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:47 pm Post subject:

Update: I've reloaded MacOS and the modem works there. So this is a configuration issue. are there any kernel options required to make the modem show up?

mox2k · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Posts: 119

The modem is not supported by Linux. It's the same situation under Linux x86 with Win modems.

nelz · Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject:

A number of posts report various degrees of success with the hcfusbmodem drivers, but my problem is not with the drivers. The modem hardware doesn't even show up.

Cadorna · Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:01 pm Post subject:

do you have USB enabled in kernel???

i don't know about HCF USB, but I used to use HCF PCI and worked really great

nelz · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:43 am Post subject:

Yes, USB is working. I've tried a USB flash disk and USB WiFi, both work fine.

hcfpcimodem is for x86, hcfusbmodem is for ppc. The modem doesn't show up in lspci either

nelz · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 9:38 pm Post subject:

I've had another look at this and still cannot get the system to acknowledge that a modem is present. There is a possible clue in dmesg