[ltp] Any success with Smart Link modem driver on an A31?

Mendel Cooper linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:58:03 -0700 (MST)


On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, [ISO-8859-1] Andr=E9 Wyrwa wrote:

> Mendel Cooper wrote:
> > Has anyone had any success with the Smart Link Soft Modem driver?
> > Specifically for the winmodem on an A31 TP -- it's an
> > Intel 82801CA/CAM AC'97 (Class 0703: 8086:2486), according to a hardwar=
e
> > probe. Running FC4, and maybe that's the problem.
> >
> > I tried installing slmodem-2.9.11, but it wouldn't run. It compiled
> > and installed all right, but the slmodemd binary can't open the device
> > file /dev/slamr0. Strange, that, since the installation created the
> > /dev/slamr[0-4] device files, as prescribed . . .
>
> Did you do a "modprobe slamr"? AFAIK the driver consists of two parts,
> the slamr module and the slmodemd daemon. Your symptoms sound like the
> module is not loaded.

Yes, tried the modprobe.

   # modprobe slamr

And, the module installed all right.

An lsmod gives:

Module                  Size  Used by
slamr                 435752  0
radeon                 76609  1
drm                    70101  2 radeon
etc.

Still, it doesn't work.

[root@localhost slmodem-2.9.11-20051101]# /usr/sbin/slmodemd --country=3DUS=
A
/dev/slamr0
error: mdm setup: cannot open dev `/dev/slamr0': No such device
error: cannot setup device `/dev/slamr0

I had even done a chmod 666 /dev/slamr0


Very frustrating.

But, thanks for the help.

Maybe I'll have to try something like the "ungrab-winmodem" package. . . .


Mendel