On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, Gabriel Mititica wrote: > > Did you run "make install" as root after running > make > to compile the drivers? Do you have the > device file > /dev/slamr0? (What is the output of > "ls > /dev/slamr*"?) The "make install" > creates that > device. You need for it to exist > before you start > loading stuff. (This is all in > the README file.) > > ls -l /dev/slamr* > > crw------- 1 root root 212, 0 Aug 15 09:29 > /dev/slamr0 > crw------- 1 root root 212, 1 Aug 15 09:29 > /dev/slamr1 > crw------- 1 root root 212, 2 Aug 15 09:29 > /dev/slamr2 > crw------- 1 root root 212, 3 Aug 15 09:29 > /dev/slamr3 > > I read the README > > > If that is done, then you should be able to > "modprobe > slamr". If that works then you can start > "slmodemd > --country=whatever /dev/slamr0" > > Did these steps as well hundreds of times Previous > posts are giving the results. > > > Try the above and let us know at what point it > > breaks. > > I would say at > > error: mdm setup: cannot open dev `/dev/slamr0': No > such device error: cannot setup device `/dev/slamr0' > > when firing up slmodemd, after loading the slamr > module At this point, it seems clear that slmodemd cannot communicate with the slamr driver, or the slamr drver can't communicate with the device. There used to be a FAQ file with earlier versions of the driver that discussed criver parameters and some troubleshooting hints, but it doesn't seem to be in the current release for some reason. > > with minicom altough i was typing what i mentioned > before, i didn't get on the screed anything but > initializing modem box and a blank screen after. So minicom isn't talking to the device. Given the above, that's not a surprise. > > Regards and thanks again. > Gabriel > > PS: I know that the AC'97 works fine. I have it on a > Dell laptop and modem is running without a glitch. In that case, if there's no ALSA module for your modem and slamr isn't working, then I'm out of ideas. You can try linux-support@xxxxxxxxxx or the linmodems.org mailing list. Good luck. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
