slmodem and kmod-slmodem

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 08:16 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> François Patte wrote:
> > Bonjour,
> > 
> > I installed slmodem package in order to try to have my laptop modem 
> > working.
> > 
> > While slmodem is launched, it suggest that I have to install
> > kmod-slmodem but this seems imossible with last f8 kernel: missing
> > dependency: kernel 2.6.23.15-137.fc8 is required but not found....
> > 
> > Is slmodem deprecated now? If yes whet is the new package?
> > 
> You have to install the kmod-slmodem that matches the installed 
> kernel. You should have a matching module for each kernel you have 
> installed. You end up having to install a new kmod-slmodem each time 
> you install a new kernel.

Look for slmodem-alsa.  It works through the ALSA drivers, completely in
user space, so there is no need for a kernel module.

I haven't used it in a few months, but it used to work just fine for me.

> 
> Mikkel
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                Matthew Saltzman

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