> Finally, I tried to move the pci card to another slot. So, I think > have covered every step from Bootup.txt, except 8 (I do not have other > distros here) and 9 (I have a 404 for this directory). Ok, I found unloading.gz (the path in Bootup.txt is not correct, the last part should be package instead of linmodems) and ran it. Now I have a real kernel oops when I try to load slamr. See attached a complete session with the kernel messages - it just hanged at the last line - the kernel did not hang, as I could kill the screen session with with sysrq keys. Tiago.
pedra:~# dmesg | grep -C3 slamr [ 12.052708] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 173.14.09 Wed Jun 4 23:43:17 PDT 2008 [ 12.091396] device 1057:3052 is grabbed by driver serial: try to release [ 12.092069] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:01:05.0 disabled [ 12.111255] slamr: SmartLink AMRMO modem. [ 12.111339] slamr: probe 1057:3052 SL1900 card... [ 12.111400] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:05.0[A] -> Link [APC1] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 12.111524] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:05.0 to 64 [ 12.111558] slamr: cannot init card. [ 12.111613] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:01:05.0 disabled [ 12.198019] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3 [ 12.199477] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.13.0-ioctl (2007-10-18) initialised: dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx pedra:~# modprobe -r slamr pedra:~# lsmod Module Size Used by ipv6 235300 10 dm_snapshot 14340 0 dm_mirror 15104 0 dm_log 8452 1 dm_mirror dm_mod 46184 3 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror,dm_log ungrab_winmodem 1920 0 nvidia 7086148 0 agpgart 28776 1 nvidia loop 12748 0 snd_hda_intel 324248 0 snd_pcm_oss 32800 0 snd_mixer_oss 12320 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 62596 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 2660 0 parport_pc 22500 0 parport 30988 1 parport_pc snd_seq_oss 24992 0 snd_seq_midi 5728 0 snd_rawmidi 18496 1 snd_seq_midi k8temp 4064 0 pcspkr 2432 0 snd_seq_midi_event 6432 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 41456 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 17800 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 6380 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 45604 9 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 6368 1 snd snd_page_alloc 7816 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm button 6096 0 i2c_nforce2 5536 0 i2c_core 19828 2 nvidia,i2c_nforce2 evdev 8000 0 ext3 105512 2 jbd 39444 1 ext3 mbcache 7108 1 ext3 usbhid 35904 0 hid 33184 1 usbhid ff_memless 4392 1 usbhid sd_mod 22200 4 amd74xx 7752 0 [permanent] ide_pci_generic 3908 0 [permanent] ide_core 96168 2 amd74xx,ide_pci_generic ata_generic 4676 0 sata_nv 19208 3 libata 140384 2 ata_generic,sata_nv scsi_mod 129356 2 sd_mod,libata dock 8304 1 libata forcedeth 45072 0 ehci_hcd 28428 0 ohci_hcd 18500 0 usbcore 118160 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd thermal 15228 0 processor 32576 1 thermal fan 4164 0 thermal_sys 10856 3 thermal,processor,fan pedra:~# /home/tiago/tmp/unloading These script shuts down support for Ethernet and Pcmcia and unloads Non-essential modules. This is a pre-cautionary step when resource conflicts are suspected. The script is obvious and can be easily modified should you choose to do so. Should you wish to avoid shutdown actions, Abort now with: Ctrl-C or to continue: Enter ============================================== There is an eth2, shutting it down ifdown: interface down not configured With retention of power sensor and mouse drivers, Initiating removals of unused modules with: modprobe -r ModuleName -- Action summary from file Unload.txt --- MODULES_INITIAL=ipv6 dm_snapshot dm_mirror dm_log dm_mod ungrab_winmodem nvidia agpgart loop snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy parport_pc parport snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi k8temp pcspkr snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device snd soundcore snd_page_alloc button i2c_nforce2 i2c_core evdev ext3 jbd mbcache usbhid hid ff_memless sd_mod amd74xx ide_pci_generic ide_core ata_generic sata_nv libata scsi_mod dock forcedeth ehci_hcd ohci_hcd usbcore thermal processor fan thermal_sys modprobe -r on: ipv6 dm_snapshot dm_mirror ungrab_winmodem nvidia loop snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy parport_pc snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi k8temp pcspkr i2c_nforce2 evdev ext3 jbd usbhid sd_mod amd74xx ide_pci_generic ide_core ata_generic sata_nv libata scsi_mod dock forcedeth ehci_hcd ohci_hcd usbcore MODULES_FINAL=ipv6 button ext3 jbd mbcache sd_mod amd74xx ide_pci_generic ide_core sata_nv libata scsi_mod dock usbcore thermal processor fan thermal_sys Bye pedra:~# modprobe slamr sh: line 1: 2592 Segmentation fault modprobe --ignore-install slamr pedra:~# /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon start