Rob, Just looking at the Makefile code, try giving the following commands: $ sudo mknod /dev/ttyS_ESS0 c 62 64 $ sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyS_ESS0 $ sudo ln -sf /dev/ttyS_ESS0 /dev/modem Before driver loading and all should be OK. But /dev/ in in RAM space, so this has to be done upon each bootup. Later we can write automation for this, but to busy now. Marvin MarvS On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Marvin Stodolsky<marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rob, > > Tolerance to automated creation of symbolic links through usage of > /etc/modprob.d/ files has diminshed under Ubuntu 9.04. > > But manually loading (re-installation not necessary) the driver, > $ sudo modprobe DriverName > > should solve the problem. Maintainer Jeff can best advise. > I don't have my linux resources with me now. > > MarvS > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Rob<robuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I installed an ESS Modem driver which works great on Ubuntu but after >> updating the OS, the driver never stays installed. When I first >> installed Ubuntu9.04 it showed up in Hardware Drivers and kept >> installed even after rebooting. After updating, every time I reboot it >> no longer shows up in hardware drivers and I have to install the >> driver. It says /dev/modem not found or something. I tried setting >> GnomePPP to the /ttyESS or whatever it was, which is where the driver >> is apparently installed according to the driver's readme, (I can't >> remember the path but I pasted it at the time) and it didn't work. >> >> The driver works perfectly, I just wish I could keep it installed >> after a reboot to save the hassle of installing it each time. Updating >> Ubuntu must have done something. >> >
