Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:53, Nick Rout wrote:
On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 18:08 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:37, Nick Rout wrote:
On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 14:53 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:46, Douglas Royds wrote:as there are at least two of them to be fixed tonight, perhaps you
There are known problems with the slmodem and linux-2.6.x.I'm trying to get the slmodem going with the ALSA driver, just to see how it goes.
Ubuntu Kernel 2.6.8.1-5-386 sl-modem-daemon 2.9.9-1
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon start Loading ALSA modem driver into kernel ... done. Starting SmartLink Modem driver for: . Creating /dev/modem symlink, pointing to: /dev/ttySL0. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ ls -l /dev/ttySL* ls: /dev/ttySL*: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ ls -l /dev/modem lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2005-04-13 03:03 /dev/modem -> ttySL0
So, although the daemon claims to have loaded the driver and set up the link, there's no action.
Suggestions?
could elucidate further Chris.
iirc there was a longish and rather muddled thread on the ltp list about the fact that there are two kernel calls which have been removed from the kernel @ approximately the 2.6.8 point, so the slmodem driver won't install properly. There is a patch which purports to fix this problem. I have it on my lappie, but have not tried to make it or install it.
Have you tried to make it go on uber-recent kernels?If there is some documentation about this, tell us now please!
Frankly it has always worked for me, even on Vatsala's laptop.
i.e. > 2.6.8
It compiles cleanly on gentoo via emerge slmodem. I have kernel 2.6.11-gentoo-r2 (which means vanilla patched with the gentoo patchset, revision 2)
But not having an slmodem limits testing!
I cannot now recall what kernel version it worked with for vatsala -
whatever is on suse 9.1 (out of the box, not updated) and ubuntu (4.10,
ditto)
You might care to read:- http://www.datiku.com/documents/2610_migration.php
It explains the situation precisely. Apparently the Kernel has suddenly got a fit of GPL political correctness and now - as of 2.6.10 - won't allow the insertion of non-gpl kernel modules. No more kernel taint it just refuses to do it. If that's not a recipe for shooting one's foot, I don't know what is. Once my T/P has completed the emerge --update world it is doing currently I will be trying to get the modem to go using the slmodem kit with a fair degree of determination.
-- C. S.
Err... wot?
Steve of 2.6.11.5 and nvidia drivers.
