slmodemd on FC3?

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 6 May 2005, Yuandan Zhang wrote:

> Hi,
> it seems  related to slamr module building. The slmodemd did not started. 
> Thus, I can't find any /dev/tyySL0
>
> here is error output.
>
> Please check for me
>
> Yuandan
>
>
> # /usr/sbin/slmodemd  -c AUSTRALIA
> error: mdm setup: cannot open dev `/dev/slamr0': No such device or address
> error: cannot setup device `/dev/slamr0'
>
> #/sbin/modprobe slamr
> FATAL: Error inserting slamr (/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.770_FC3/extra/slamr.ko): 
> Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
>
> #dmesg
> slamr: Unknown symbol get_device
> slamr: Unknown symbol put_device
> slamr: Unknown symbol device_release_driver

Thw slamr driver is a proprietary binary-only module.  When FC introduced 
ALSA support, I switched to the ALSA drivers and have not had any 
problems.

Build slmodemd in the modem/ subdirectory with:

 		make SUPPORT_ALSA=1

Start slmodemd in the same directory (as root) with:

 	./slmodemd --alsa -c AUSTRALIA

(or install slmodemd in /usr/sbin or /usr/local/sbin (probably better) and 
start it there the same way.  You may need to modprobe snd_intel8x0m, but 
you do not need to modprobe slamr.

Note that not all PCTel modems are supported this way.  In fact, not all 
are supported by slamr either.  If you still have problems, visit 
www.linmodems.org and check out the scanModem utility and other resources 
there.

-- 
 		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs