The sl-modem-source package become dkms competent with the Jaunty release, rather than with the Intrepid kernels you are still working with. MarvS On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Jacques Goldberg <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Dr Jones, > > > Your diagnostic is correct and implies the solution. > > You are right that your hope of automatic modem update by dkms would be > enough is a mere dream. > > The Ubuntu distributors do not know what you did yourself the first time, so > how can they know what to do for you this time. > > > Thus: you have to uninstall the previous version of the driver and repeat > the whole installation. > > We strongly recommend to do so following the output of a new scanModem run > executed under the new release. > > > Jacques > > >> I have just updated my Ubuntu 8.10 to kernel release 2.6.27-17 and I >> thought (obviously wrongly) that dkms would automate the modem update on >> reboot. It hasn't. Everything was working fine before but wvdial now >> can't find/open /dev/ttySl0. What have I done wrong this time? >> Thanks >> Trevor >> >> > >
