slmodemd on FC3?

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Thu, 5 May 2005, Yuandan Zhang wrote:

> Globe Trotter wrote:
>
>> Thanks, got it to compile!
>> 
>> But, the instructions say:
>> 
>> Use option '--alsa' when running 'slmodemd' and ALSA conventional
>>   device name ('hw:0' or 'hw:1' for instance). If modem support in
>>   the kernel was enabled as module module 'snd-intel8x0m' should be loaded.
>>   When using ALSA modem driver you don't need to load other modules 
>> ('slamr').
>> 
>> I did the following:
>> 
>> modprobe snd-intel8x0m
>> 
>> Now what? How do I figure out this "device name"?
>> 
>> Thanks and best wishes!
>> 
>> 
>> 
> Hi, I got it compiled and installed. However,
> when I try
>
> /usr/sbin/slmodemd
>
> There is error '
> can not open dev /dev/slmar0, no such file or device
>
> I tried  /sbin/modprobe slmar0
> get error ' FATAL Module slmar0 found'

You want to "/sbin/modprobe slamr" (note no 0 at the end and spelling).

>
> or /sbin/modprobe  snd-intel8x0m
> 'FATAL Module snd-intel8x0m not found'

If you go this way, it's "/sbin/modprobe snd_intel8x0m" (note underscore, 
not hyphen).

Correct spelling of module names is critical!

>
> How to get this work?
>
> Thanks
>
>> --- Matthew Saltzman <mjs at ces.clemson.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Wed, 4 May 2005, Globe Trotter wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> Btw, the instructions on compiling with ALSA mode say:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 1. Configure your kernel and enable ALSA and ICH based modem support
>>>>  ( 'Device Drivers' -> 'Sound' -> 'Advanced Linux Sound Architecture' ->
>>>>    'PCI devices' -> 'Intel i8x0/MX440; AMD768/8111 modems' ) .
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Where is this "Device Driver" part in FC3? I could not see it on the 
>>>> GNOME
>>>> panel.
>>>> 
>>> Don't need to do anything about this.  ALSA *is* the sound library for 
>>> FC3.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Thanks and best wishes!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --- Antonio Olivares <olivares14031 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> --- Globe Trotter <itsme_410 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> --- Matthew Saltzman <mjs at ces.clemson.edu> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, 4 May 2005, Globe Trotter wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> OK, so I have one of those PCTEL modems in my
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> laptop and need to use it
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> linux. Does slmodemd work with the latest
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> kernel? Has anyone been
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> successful?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>> slmodemd works well but for smartlink chipset modems.
>>>>> For PCTEL it could work but only the ones that are
>>>>> supported by slmodem-2.9.X.
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> If so, any pointers?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have it working just fine on my Thinkpad (last I
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> checked, a couple of
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> kernels ago).  I compile with the ALSA drivers and
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> follow the
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> instructions.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Many thanks! I will try it out as you suggest.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Best wishes!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Many thanks!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
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