Dear Ronald, Matthew & all in list, Sorry for the question, --- Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Ronald K wrote: > > > Thanks.. got a solution > > needed to stop the service altogether and then rm > -f /var/lock/subsys/slmodemd > > also added slamr to "others" in /etc/rc.sysinit Where exactly did you place the line rm -f /var/lock/subsys/slmodemd (Line #)? I have tried again and again and have not been successful loading slmodemd upon boot. I have the script in /etc/init.d/slmodemd that starts slmodemd at boot and everything loads up except that the message slmodemd locked just like yours. I run system-config-services and just click on start in the slmodemd and slmodemd starts and does everything that it is supposed to. > > If you want to avoid modifying rc.sysinit (a good > idea, IMO), create the > script /etc/rc.modules with the appropriate modprobe > command. It is > executed by rc.sysinit (if it exists) early enough > in the process that the > module will be loaded by the time slmodemd is > started. And it won't get > nuked next time you upgrade initscripts. I created a script rc.modules and added the line alias char-major-212 /dev/ttySL0 slmar which is also present in /etc/modprobe.conf. And still get the message that it is locked. In /etc/init.d/slmodemd the following segment of code loads slamr but gets the line /var/sys/locked. Can you point a solution to eliminate that message from here? start() { cat /proc/modules | grep 'slamr' >/dev/null || { echo -n "Loading SmartLink Modem driver into kernel ... " modprobe slamr && echo "done." || { echo "failed." exit -1 } } echo -n "Starting SmartLink Modem driver for $SLMODEMD_DEVICE: " $prog </dev/null >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \ --country=$SLMODEMD_COUNTRY $SLMODEMD_OPTS /dev/$SLMODEMD_DEVICE & RETVAL=$? [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && success $"$prog startup" || failure $"$prog startup" echo [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$prog return $RETVAL } > > Alternatively, you could build slmodem using the > ALSA driver. I had it > working in FC2 with no problems, and no extra > modules needed. In Fedora Core 2 the script works to perfection without a hiccup. No problem whatsover. I made it work on a friends computer which runs Fedora Core 2. (Haven't > tried in FC3 yet.) > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > This is the only thing that is holding me back. If I can correct this, my major problems will have been solved. Upon getting it to work, I'll make sure to help others whenever I can. I appreciate your help and suggestions. Thank you very much, Antonio __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250