the sl-modem-daemon package does not install the driver slusb.ko, >From http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/ download the slmodem-2.9.11-20070813.tar.gz Unpack, compile and install the drivers: $ make clean $ make all $ su root # make install Then # modprobe slusb # slmodemd -c USA /dev/slusb0 should activate the modem Read the docs for the follow through MarvS On 9/25/07, H.Lekin <h.lekin@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there! > > I installed the stable Debian sl-modem packages. Unfortunately, it does > not seem to support USB modems. > > As far as I could work out, /etc/modprobe.d/sl-modem-daemon.modutils > does not include any commands for slusb, /etc/udev/sl-modem-daemon.rules > does not do anything at all, and the init script might need some revision. > > Is this interpretation correct? If so, is anybody working on it? If not, > can somebody give me a little assistance to get things running. > > Thanks in advance for any reply. > > Greetings, > H.L >