Hi Antonio, Ooops - sorry, I missed that 'automate.sh' script -- I hadn't noticed it! Yes, it works very well now -- thank you for your quick response and detailed info. What an absolutely wonderful project! Many thanks for bringing life back into an old laptop and freeing the modem from its Windows Prison :) Regards, Andre On June 24, 2009, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Andre, > > Run the ./automate.sh script in martian-full-20080625/scripts/ folder. > > root@slax:~/martian-full-20080625/scripts# ls > automate.sh* martian* martian.in* remove_outdated.sh* wv.conf > root@slax:~/martian-full-20080625/scripts# > > It will create /etc/rc.d/init.d/martian, setup martian to startup as a > service so you don't have to su - everytime to startup martian modem. > Please run it and test it to see that martian service is running after > bootup, ie, > > $ su - > passwd: > # service martian status > > should tell you if martian service is running. > > Hope this helps, > > Antonio > > On 6/25/09, Andre Dubuc <aajdubuc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > 1. Unless I su, martian_modem will not run. > > > > I have made a 'martian' entry under '/etc/modprobe.d' -- > > (/etc/modprobe.d/martian) > > > > install martian_dev /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install > > martian_dev; /usr/sbin/martian_modem (all on a single line) > > > > As well, I changed permissions on '/usr/sbin/martian_modem' to rwsr-xr-x > > (in case that was what prevented the normal user to run it. > > > > 2. I also tried unsuccessfully to save /etc/wvdial.conf as > > /home/andre/dummy/.wvdial.rc > > No matter what combo I tried I received ' cannot create regular file > > `/home/andre/dummy/.wvdial.rc': No such file or directory' > > > > How can I get these to work properly? > > > > Tia, > > Andre
