Clark RE: Download from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/ the package SLMODEMD.gcc4.2.tar.gz having a compiled slmodemd. Unpack under Linux with: $ tar zxf SLMODEMD.gcc4.2.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 DOCs/Smartlink.txt and Modem/DOCs/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance. ------- The sl-modem-daemon package has an older version slmodemd which may not serve well. It there is a setup file in the SLMODEMD.gcc4.2/ folder, just run $ sudo ./setup It should proceed through a first testing of the modem and creation of a file /etc/wvdial.conf Edit in your personal info with $ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf removing the symbols ; < > Set your COUNTRY with: $ sudo gedit /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon replacing the default USA with UK Then $ sudo /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon will reread these setting and setup the modem. This is done automatically on bootup by sl-modem-daemon scripts $ ls -l /dev/ttySL0 output should include /dev/ttySL0 --> /dev/pts/N (the true modem port) You should then be able to dialout with $ sudo wvdial The snd-intel8x0m modem driver sometimes dies when loaded. If so you can $ sudo /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon and redial wvdial is recommended other dialers for ease of adding the line Carrier Check = no which is necessary for the still audio incompetent /dev/pts/N ports. MarvS On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:51 PM, clark.killick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <clark.killick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there Linmodem Discussion Group. > > I've just installed Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 on an Advent 7085 laptop. Of > course, the infernal internal Winmodem didn't work. Windows XP listed > it as follows: > > Agere AC'97 modem v2146D > ven 8086 > dev 266d > subsys d5581019 > rev 04/3 > 11583659 > 0 > f3 > > Following the advice on the Ubuntu Community Support pages, I > installed and ran scanModem. Half way down ModemData.txt I found the > following: > > This is a NEW softmodem case! Please send the output ModemData.txt > to DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx to enrich the Archive and help others! > If further assistance is not needed, please use email Subject: > New Case Only > > hence this e-mail - ModemData.txt attached. > > Following the instructions in ModemData.txt I downloaded SLMODEMD.gcc4. > 2.tar.gz. I attempted to execute slmodemd and recieved a message: > > progam slmodemd not instaled. Use sudo apt-get install sl-modem- > daemon > > or something similar. So I did that, and it reported that dev/ttySL0 > had been created. So I tried entering my account details into the > Gnome Network Manager, but clicking on "connect ppp" didn't seem to do > anything. > > By this time I was quite confused; there were a lot of different files > to look through, and there seemed to be advice that I should compile > something, but suddenly I noticed that the modem was using the 'phone > line... > > I think it was Hardy's Gnome Network Manager that was trying to > connect automatically. I removed all account details from it and > installed kppp (which I'm used to) instead. I put account details into > kppp and tried the "Query Modem" facility, which all seemed fine, > except the country was USA and I wanted UK. > > I tried connecting, which seemed to work, but there wasn't much data > transfer, and the modem seemed to stop trying after less than a minute, > though the remote machine was still whistling at it. > > I don't remember which suggestion lead me to > /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon > but it somehow occurred to me that the country-code read USA, and I > should try changing it to UK. I did this, (sudo gedit) and the modem > has worked fine with kppp ever since. I'd read somewhere that I'd have > to recompile if the Linux Kernel was changed; the old kernel from > before the updates was available, so I tried rebooting and selecting > the old kernel on the grub screen, but the modem still worked fine. > > I'm sorry that this has been a lengthy and confused message, but there > is a lot of conflicting advice for a newbie such as myself. I shall > unsubscribe from DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx in about a week, to allow time > for further communication if necessary; I still have the output from > scanModem, though the laptop itself has been returned to its owner. I > hope that my information proves useful. Many thanks to all the > developers and contributers, and especially Marvin Stodolsky. > > Best regards, > Clark > > > > > Fancy a job? - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/jobs/ > __________________________________________ >
