---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marvin Stodolsky <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:07:14 -0400 Subject: Re: Alexandre Oberlin, Italy, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic - Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy To: alxobr@xxxxxxxxx RE: sl-modem-daemon_2.9.10+2.9.9d+e-pre2-5ubuntu4_i386.deb will replace your version 2.9.11 with 2.9.10, but its scripts are otherwise OK. Copy over the /usr/sbin/slmodemd with the 2.9.11 version one from slmodem-2.9.11-20080417. Use $ sudo gedit /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon to change the COUNTRY setting form USA to ITALY. That may help. MarvS On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 9:31 AM, <alxobr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Marvin, > > Thanks a lot for your suggestion. In fact I had done exactly what you > say upon receipt of Antonio's message. So for the first time I could > hear the modem dialing in Linux ;-) ( slamr has always been desperately > mute). Everything goes on without a single error. > Well this was for the good part of it... Then I only had "NO DIAL > TONE' or 'NO CARRIER'. Also with standard ISP, and also when adding > "Init3 = AT MS=34" to wvdial.conf > > What I did is try again with slmodem-2.9.11-20080417 > This time I added ungrab_winmodem and the ungrab_winmodem preliminary installation directives found in sl-modem-daemon_2.9.10+2.9.9d+e-pre2-5ubuntu4_i386.deb: > to a file /etc/modprobe.d/slamr which I created > ####################### > alias char-major-242 slamr > install slamr modprobe --ignore-install ungrab-winmodem ; modprobe > --ignore-install slamr; test -e /dev/slamr0 || (/bin/mknod -m 660 > /dev/slamr0 c 242 0 2>/dev/null && chgrp dialout /dev/slamr0) > ####################### > I could connect like I already did once, very slowly. Browsing the web was > almost impossible, but I could download a 11 M file with wget, at > approximately two thirds of the usual speed. Sometimes it stops, and > then continues faster than before. > Pinging may work normally, or hang, or take ages, also when giving IP numbers. > > I am considering to reinstall > sl-modem-daemon_2.9.10+2.9.9d+e-pre2-5ubuntu4_i386.deb > which contain a lot of module directives and just change the slmodem > and ungrab_winmodem binary files. > > My laptop is a Unika with lot of VIA hardware. > This is one of the worst experiences I had in 10 years of Linux, > though I had severe trips with SBLive and alsa in the past. > > It remains difficult to recommend Linux under those conditions. And of > course the fault is not Linuxers's who make a fantastic job ! > Those winmodems are a terrible war machine. > > Well I thought Ubuntu would bring me extra comfort ;-) > > Thanks again Antonio and Marvin for your concern, > > AO > > -- C'est une chose extraordinaire que toute la philosophie consiste dans ces trois mots: « Je m'en fous. » Montesquieu (1689-1755)
