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

Mendel Cooper linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:13:50 -0700 (MST)


On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Christopher Sawtell wrote:

> On Friday 17 February 2006 07:49, Mendel Cooper wrote:
> > I spoke too soon.
> >
> > Succeeded in getting on once, only once. Following attempts
> > fail repeatedly with error messages:
> >
> > codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0x1][0x301300]
> > codec_read 1: semaphore is not ready for register 0x54
> > codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0x1][0x301300]
> > codec_write 1: semaphore is not ready for register 0x54
> >
> > Anyone have any idea of what this means, and how to fix it?
>
> I have exactly the same problem, in our case on a R50.
> I believe it is depends on which country you are in.
> I live in New Zealand.
>
> The fix for us was to use a USB to serial adaptor and an external modem.


Got a second successful connect, after many futile attempts.
I tried passing "local" to /usr/sbin/pppd, instead of "modem" . . .
Probably just a fluke. I'll try this again, though.