I have a Lucent winmodem wich worked flawlessly until I went to Mandrake 8.1.
I recompiled the rpm, installed it, and when I doe a modprobe lt_serial the necessary modules get loaded, /dev/tts/LT0 and /dev/modem automagically apear and I can dial out. No problem there. My problem is that the modules aren't loaded by themselves by the kernel when an application tries to access /dev/modem, as was the case when I was still on Mandrake 8.1. So I can't, as I used to do, just fire up kppp as a normal user, and get on the internet. I need to open a terminal first, su -, and do the modprobe. Then kppp stops complaining about the modem not being there. My modules.conf contains the following lines: # lt_drivers: autoloading and insertion parameter usage alias char-major-62 lt_serial alias /dev/tts/LT0 lt_serial alias /dev/modem lt_serial alias /dev/ttySLT0 lt_serial # The next line is a syntax example, rarely needed, to automate parameter usage during lt_drivers insertion. See documentation for details # options lt_modem vendor_id=0x115d device_id=0x0420 Forced=3,0x130,0x2f8 # section for lt_drivers ends >From this I would expect lt_serial to be loaded automatically once someone tries to access /dev/modem. This does not happen. In /etc/devfs/conf.d There is a file named ltmodem which contains. # /dev/ttySLT0 and /dev/modem symbolic links to /dev/tts/LT0 REGISTER ^tts/LT0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink $devname modem UNREGISTER ^tts/LT0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink modem >From here I get that when anyone tries to access /dev/modem (when it is not yet there), that lt_serial ought to be loaded, which ought to trigger the creation of the /dev/modem symlink. This is not happening. Anybody know why? TIA Krist -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Krist van Besien [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet technology consultant tel: +31-6-50235002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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