GREAT! It works now; the last problem was to recognize DIALTONE; i added X3 at the end od the second commands string in /etc/wvdial.conf and all works! I am writing from the LINUX partition! Many thanks (...and Happy New Year!) Maurizio. On mar, 2006-12-26 at 20:11 +0100, Jacques Goldberg wrote: > Maurizio, > After this, quoted from your mail: > BEGIN QUOTE > > detected; then I digit: > > > > $ sudo slmodemd --alsa -c ITALY hw:1 > > > > ...and this message appears: > > > > SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.11 Mar 13 2006 18:27:33 > > symbolic link `/dev/ttySL0' -> `/dev/pts/1' created. > > modem `hw:1' created. TTY is `/dev/pts/1' > > Use `/dev/ttySL0' as modem device, Ctrl+C for termination. > > > END QUOTE > > have you left slmodemd running in its window and then started pppconfig > etc in an other window? > > If you have stopped slmodemd then the driver slmodemd dissapeared from > memory and nothing can work. > > Next, I strongly recommend that you solve problems one at a time. > Trust me, leave pppconfig away. > You tried wvdial: but have you run > sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf > first? > This is what you should, ALWAYS WITH slmodemd RUNNING IN A SEPARATE WINDOW. > wvdialconf will find your modem and prepare the file /etc/wvdial.conf in > which you need to edit as follows: > -remove the leading ; in lines username, password, phone > -replace the <blabla> right side of these lines by the good value > without the < > > -if missing, add a line > Carrier Check = no > and save > > Then, just run sudo wvdial > wvdial will do the rest for you: let it handle pppconfig for you. > > Jacques > > Maurizio Berni wrote: > > Thank you very much for your attention. I don't know what's going wrong: > > here is a copy of messages. > > > > I digit first: > > > > $ sudo modprobe snd-intel8x0m > > > > A message appears on the right-bottom which tells that a modem has been > > detected; then I digit: > > > > $ sudo slmodemd --alsa -c ITALY hw:1 > > > > ...and this message appears: > > > > SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.11 Mar 13 2006 18:27:33 > > symbolic link `/dev/ttySL0' -> `/dev/pts/1' created. > > modem `hw:1' created. TTY is `/dev/pts/1' > > Use `/dev/ttySL0' as modem device, Ctrl+C for termination. > > > > ... then I run pppconfig > > > > berni@berni:~$ sudo pppconfig > > > > ... and by hand I put "/dev/pts/1" as modem device; then I run pon: > > > > berni@berni:~$ pon > > > > ...and the answer is: > > > > /usr/sbin/pppd: In file /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unrecognized option > > '/dev/pts/1' > > > > ...then I run wvdial in order to try something else different: > > > > berni@berni:~$ wvdial > > > > ...the answer is: > > > > --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.55 > > --> Cannot open /dev/ttySL0: No such file or directory > > --> Cannot open /dev/ttySL0: No such file or directory > > --> Cannot open /dev/ttySL0: No such file or directory > > berni@berni:~$ > > > > Thanks - Maurizio. > > > > > > Jacques Goldberg ha scritto: > >> Maurizio, > >> Since what you have to do is so clearly written in ModemData.txt: > >> BEGIN QUOTE > >> Download from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/ > >> the package SLMODEMD.gcc4.tar.gz having a compiled slmodemd. Unpack > >> under Linux with: > >> $ tar zxf SLMODEMD.gcc4.tar.gz > >> and read instructions therein. But briefly, the modem is setup with > >> command: > >> sudo slmodemd -c YOUR_COUNTRY --alsa modem:1 > >> reporting dynamic creation of ports: > >> /dev/ttySL0 --> /dev/pts/N , with N some number > >> Read Smartlink.txt and Modem/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance. > >> > >> Already loaded into the kernel is snd-intel8x0m and audio drivers it > >> depends on, > >> displayed by: lsmod | grep snd_intel8x0m > >> END QUOTE, > >> > >> including the remark that you even do not need to care for module > >> snd-intel8x0m because it is already loaded, > >> > >> I would be grateful to you if you could specify what went wrong in > >> applying these instructions. > >> > >> Thanks - Jacques > >> > > >
