Martin, Please dewnload scanModem utility: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/scanModem.gz copy it to your linux partition and $ gunzip scanModem.gz $ chmod +x scanModem $ sudo ./scanModem send us ModemData.txt to list(discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) This way we can be more certain that you got the correct driver or not. Regards, Antonio On 7/2/10, Martin Ueding <mu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I have an Packard Bell EasyNote 1280 with a built in modem. It has > Ubuntu 9.10 installed on it. > > The scanModem script told me: > > Potentially useful modem drivers now loaded are: > snd_via82xx_modem > > After I worked with some guides > (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto > ) it showed me the following: > > Potentially useful modem drivers now loaded are: > snd_via82xx_modem slamr > > I followed the instructions on that linked guide and I thought that I > would have installed the driver correctly, Ubuntu tells me that a > „SmartLink HAMR5600,SMARTPCI56/561 based modem driver“ is active and > in use. So I would think that the modem does work somehow. > > Then I used gnome-ppp to dial and set up number, user and pass, but it > tells me that /dev/modem (which is a link to /dev/ttySL0) does not > exist. /dev/ttySL0 dies not exist as well—says gnome-ppp. When I try > to use /dev/ttyS0 it just gives me an IO-Error. > > It just tells me that no modem was detected. > > What do I have to do? > > > Thanks for your time and greetings from Germany, > > > Martin
