Mehman, RE: I connected my comp to ADSL ADSL uses different drivers than Smartlink drivers. See http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/l17/lesson17c.html MarvS 2010/11/17 mehman camalov <sensenku@xxxxxxx>: > hi,this is me Mehman. Last day I connected my comp to ADSL and it found SmartLink modem and I activated it.Now it is written "This driver is activated but not currently in use". what do I have to do?and something wriiten there > The SmartLink modem daemon is the application part of thedriver for recent modems produced by Smart Link Ltd. > > This package replaces (along with hardware access drivers) the olddriver generation (2.7.x) which consisted of kernel modules only. > > It needs a kernel driver to access the hardware. This can be eitherrecent ALSA (shipped with a newer kernel (>=2.6.4) with ALSA supportand snd-intel8x0m module) which is sufficient for basic operation anddata/Internet connection, or the SmartLink kernel driver which isprovided by separate packages which you can build using the source fromthe sl-modem-source package. > > This driver enables the usage of many software modems, as commonly found in laptops. > > If this driver is not enabled, you will not be able to use your modem. >