Antonio, You should try to get a wvstreams package from slakware. At http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=DownloadReleases it is stated "Note that we only provide source code tarballs" Did you compile the wvstreams package, once on your System. MarvS On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 8:34 PM, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear all, > > I cannot get slmodemd to work on kernel 2.6.24 and I try to use wvdial > to troubleshoot, but I get > > root@slax:~# /usr/sbin/slmodemd -c USA /dev/slamr0 & > SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.11 Mar 4 2008 00:54:22 > symbolic link `/dev/ttySL0' -> `/dev/pts/3' created. > modem `slamr0' created. TTY is `/dev/pts/3' > Use `/dev/ttySL0' as modem device, Ctrl+C for termination. > [1] 14000 > root@slax:~# wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf > wvdialconf: error while loading shared libraries: libwvstreams.so.4.4: > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > root@slax:~# > > I have asked on Slax forum for help as to how to proceed. > > http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=3052&anchorid=3052#postid3052 > > I have covered my bases, as prerequistes are there: > > I downloaded wvdial/wvstreams from here > > http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=DownloadReleases > > downloaded and executed scanModem, got the correct drivers and > compiled successfully. > > but this: > > error while loading shared libraries: libwvstreams.so.4.4: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory > > kills all the work done. > > I have googled, but cannot find an answer to this problem . I have > not gotten into 2.6.24 kernel on Fedora to test it there, but I had a > hard time getting it to work with 2.6.23.15 kernel. > > Thanks in advance, > > Antonio >