For the gnu stubbs look for libc6-dev-i386 package and install it. For the other <quote> --> Modem initialized. --> Sending: ATDT7340102 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT7340102 NO CARRIER --> No Carrier! Trying again. --> Sending: ATDT7340102 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT7340102 NO CARRIER </quote> Do you have "Carrier Check = no" in /etc/wvdial.conf? When dialing out, would you also open another terminal shell and type $ sudo tail -f /var/log/messages to see how the initiatiation of the attempt to connect. Regards, Antonio On 5/2/10, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook <jtwdyp@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It would appear that on Apr 30, Antonio Olivares did say: > >> Joe, >> >> If you won't mind a bit of work, I would try to build the >> slmodemd(alsa driver) on your own machine. That means incorporating >> 32 bit devel libraries/packages >> >> Download: >> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/slmodem-2.9.11-20100303.tar.gz >> >> and copy it to your linux partition/home directory and extract it >> $ tar -zxvf slmodem-2.9.11-20100303.tar.gz >> $ cd slmodem-2.9.11-20100303 >> $ cd modem >> $ make ALSA_SUPPORT=1 >> >> it might fail like things like stubbs.gnu.32 files are missing and try >> to build it, or you may also download SLMODEMD.gcc4.3.tar.gz without >> ALSA extension. Copy it over the other slmodemd(rename the previous >> slmodemd to slmodemd.old) and try the new one. Report back presently > > JtWdyP -> > /home/jtwdyp/com/scanModem/XubuntuModem/ManualBuild/slmodem-2.9.11-20100303/modem >> make ALSA_SUPPORT=1 > rebuild profile... > gcc -m32 -Wall -g -O -I. -DCONFIG_DEBUG_MODEM -o modem_main.o -c > modem_main.c > In file included from /usr/include/features.h:378, > from /usr/include/unistd.h:26, > from modem_main.c:45: > /usr/include/gnu/stubs.h:7:27: error: gnu/stubs-32.h: No such file or > directory > make: *** [modem_main.o] Error 1 > JtWdyP -> > /home/jtwdyp/com/scanModem/XubuntuModem/ManualBuild/slmodem-2.9.11-20100303/modem >> > > Where/how can I get this stubs.h anyway??? > > When you said it might complain about such things, you said "and try to > build it" > I know very little about compiling software, About the only thing I've > ever done so with successfully was alpine on some distro that didn't include > it in their > repos (And that only by blindly following the step by step instructions > that came with it...) But what little I remember said it took more > than one command. So I gotta ask... > > 1) Since "make" reported that "Error 1", is the next step in the build > process even possible without first acquiring the missing stubs.h??? > > 2) What would the next command in the process be? > > > Anyway since I'm stuck on the above attempt to "build" it manually, I did > an: > wget > http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/SLMODEMD.gcc4.3.tar.gz > and extracted the slmodemd file which I copied to /usr/sbin/slmodemd, > then since my mind drew a blank {durned CRS} when I tried to think of how to > stop/restart the sl-modem-daemon process to ensure the new version was > being used I rebooted, and tried wvdial... > > OK > --> Modem initialized. > --> Sending: ATDT7340102 > --> Waiting for carrier. > ATDT7340102 > NO CARRIER > --> No Carrier! Trying again. > --> Sending: ATDT7340102 > --> Waiting for carrier. > ATDT7340102 > NO CARRIER > > -- > | ^^^ ^^^ > | <o> <o> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook > | ^ J(tWdy)P > | ___ <<jtwdyp@xxxxxxxx>> > > <sigh> > >