Randy, With your x86_64 System, you have to install 32 bit libraires, for the fedora equivalent of libasound2 and libasound2-dev because slmodemd has a precompiled 32 bit component. MarvS scanModem maintainer On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Randy Schuster<rschuster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From ModemData.txt > > "Download from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/ > the package SLMODEMD.gcc4.4.tar.gz having a compiled slmodemd. Unpack > under Linux with:" > > I actually used SLMODEMD.gcc4.3.tar.gz as the 4.4 was not available. > > After starting gtkterm and setting the port to /dev/ttySL0 I get nothing > from the modem. > > > > [root@grok SLMODEMD.gcc4.3]# ./slmodemd -c USA --alsa hw:0,6 > SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.11 Aug 3 2008 22:31:06 > symbolic link `/dev/ttySL0' -> `/dev/pts/1' created. > modem `hw:0,6' created. TTY is `/dev/pts/1' > Use `/dev/ttySL0' as modem device, Ctrl+C for termination. > > > [root@grok ~]# gtkterm > Control signals read: Input/output error > Control signals read: Invalid argument > > > Same result if I start with > > slmodemd --country=USA --alsa modem:0 > > >