Intel 536ep Modem Driver Installation

For Knoppix V3.8 Installed to a Hard Drive

This HowTo is for installing a Intel 536ep Hardware modem to a Hard Drive installed version of Knoppix 3.8. As much of the installation was done from the KDE desktop as possible but use of the root shell and command line is necessary in some places.

Hardware used in this installation:

Asus P4PE motherboard

Intel Celeron 2.4ghz CPU

1GB PC2100 memory

8gb IDE IBM hard drive

Intel 536ep hardware modem (because it was cheap and the box said it would work with Linux)

Operating System Knoppix V3.8.2-2005-05-058-EN. (Kernel 2.6.11)

Required files:

intel536-4.69m2.tgz

Intel536_inst_2

kernel-source-2.6.7_10.00.Custom.all.deb

Install Knoppix V3.8.2-2005-05-05-EN (Kernel 2.6.11) to your hard drive

1. Install hard drive (8gb or bigger) and boot your Knoppix Live CD

2. Open Konsole at the prompt enter : sudo knoppix-installer

3. If your hard drive was not set up Qparted will launch and you will have to set up your hard drive. I set up 6gb ext3 and 2gb linux swap. Don’t forget to Comit your changes or they wont take effect. Goto step 5

4. From the Knoppix Installation menu select PARTITION and Qparted will launch to set up your hard drive. I used an 8gb hard drive so I set up a 6gb ext3 partition and a 2gb linux swap partition. Select COMMIT Exit the Qparted program and you will be returned to the Knoppix Installation menu

5. From the Knoppix Installation menu select Configure Installation.

6. Select BEGINNER

7. Install to /dev/hda1 6gb (yours will be different)

8. Name = admin (your name)

9. User = admin (your username)

10. User password = test (your password)

11. Administration Password = test (your desired password)

12. Box name = Remaster4 (this was my 4^th attempt use whatever you want)

13. Boot-loader = MBR (Partition not tested)

14. After you finish step 13 you will be returned to the Knoppix Installer menu

15. From the Knoppix installer menu select Start Installation

16. When the installation is complete shutdown and remove the Live CD and reboot. Upon reboot use default Linux at the LiLo menu

Download Files

1. Do the following logged in as “root”. Copy the following files to /usr/src

a. intel536-4.68m2.tgz (This is a Karentech80 modified intel driver file available from karentech80 website)

b. Intel536_inst2 (This is a Karentech80 modified file available from karentech80 website)

c. kernel-source-2.6.7_10.00.Custom.all.deb ( I could not get kernel-source-2.6.11_2.6.11_orig.tar.gz to work. Don’t know why)

Install kernel-source-2.6.7_10.00.Custom.all.deb

2. Open a root Konsole (Install kernel-source)

# cd /usr/src

# tar –bzip2 –xvf kernel-source-2.6.7.tar.bz2

# cd kernel-source-2.6.7

# make xconfig (make changes and save)

# make-kpkg clean

# make-kpkg –initrd –revison=custom.1.0 kernel_image modules (takes 1.5 hours celeron 2ghz)

# cd .. (that is cd space then ..)

# dpkg –i kernel-image-2.6.7_custom.1.0_i386.deb

# shutdown now –r

On reboot select (linux-2.6.7) at boot

Building and installing the Intel 536ep Driver

3. After reboot or fresh boot open a root shell to continue installing the driver.

# cd /usr/src

# tar –zxvf intel-536EP-4.69m2.tar.gz

# cd intel-536EP-2.56.76.0

# make clean

# make 536

# chmod 777 Intel536_inst

# ./Intel536_inst

Loading and Starting the driver

4. Additional driver setup steps from the root shell

# rm /dev/modem (removes the existing /dev/modem)

# cd /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/char

# insmod –f Intel536.*o

# mknod /dev/536ep c 240 1 (240 is the default yours may be different)

# ln –s /dev/536ep /dev/modem

Test the modem for a response with wvdial

5. Test the driver using wvdial

# wvdial

ATZ=OK

Then all is working! If not then something is not right

Ignore the other wvdial configuration errors as we did not configure it.

To find your mknod setting (mknod /dev/536ep c 240 1)

# cat /proc/devices find the number next to 536ep

Close root konsole

Test Modem with Kppp

1. From Kppp GUI select “Configure”

a. From the KPPP configuration GUI Select “Modems” tab

b. Select “New”

c. Select “Device” tab

d. Enter “Intel536” for modem name

e. Modem device = /dev/modem

f. Select “Modem” tab

g. Select “Querry Modem” ( if you did everything right it will querry the modem and give you results)

h. Exit the menus with the “OK” button until you get back to the KPPP configuration GUI

Set up Dial up Account

1. From the KPPP configuration GUI Select “Accounts” tab

1. Select “New”

2. Select “Manual Setup”

3. Select “Dial” tab

a. Enter your ISP name under “Connection Name”

b. Select “Add” and enter the dial up phone number

4. Select “IP” tab

a. Check the Auto-configure box (ignore the warning)

5. Exit menus with the “OK” button

Dial up ISP and log in ( that’s what we have been doing all this for! )

1. At the KPPP “Connect to” menu enter your login id and password and click “Connect”

Issues – If Kppp fails when logged in as the normal user run Kppp as root.

Credits

None of this would have been possible without the following scripts:

intel536-4.68.tgz refered to downloaded at ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/6497/eng/intel536-4.68.tgz refered to here http://weblog.persianlinux.org/archives/000095.html

Intel536_inst_debian downloaded from http://members.lycos.co.uk/persianlinux/downloads/intel536ep/Intel536_inst_debian referred to here http://weblog.persianlinux.org/2004/05/install-intel-536ep-modem-in-debian.html

Talk about a challenge. I cannot even read most of the website www.persianlinux.org which is in the Persian language.

The forum at Knoppix.net where I got so many ideas.

The many many other unnamed websites that I got debian linux information from.

No credit is given to those who are in the know and refuse to share the information to help preservation and expansion of the Linux operating system.

Future Challenges

Modify this how to for Knoppix 3.8 if the drivers exist. (Knoppix 3.7 was chosen because the script Intel536_inst_debian will work with kernel 2.4 but not 2.6)

This is half completed for Knoppix v3.8 as of 09/12/05 for the HDD install. The Live CD version is the next challenge.

http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/bc/42f6dc00_15686/bc/Intel536/Intel536_inst_LiveCD?bfTlC_CBmB9w_8W1

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Troubleshooting tools

Wvdial.conf - dialer

Useage = wvdial

Contents of /etc/wvdial.conf

[Dialer Defaults]

Modem = /dev/modem

Baud = 115200

Init1 = ATZ

Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0

ISDN = 0

Modem Type = Analog Modem

; Phone = <target phone number>

; Username = <your login name>

; Password = <your Pasword>

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Disclaimer

Warning use this How to guide at your own risk. No warranties are expressed or implied. You are responsible for your actions. By using or following these steps in whole or in part you agree to these terms. This is provided as educational material for your reading enjoyment. GNU license rules apply where applicable.

Under no circumstances will any tech support be offered as none can be offered. I am no expert. I just hack away at it until it works.