[Techtalk] debian etch, modem and kppp

[Wim De Smet]

Hi,

I'm at a loss then sorry. It all looks alright to me. I'd suggest
opening a bugreport against the package with the bugreport program.
(it's installable) Try to be as detailed as possible and note the ways
you've tried to resolve the problem. You can set the severity to
important since it doesn't seem to be working at all.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
greets,
Wim

On 2/18/07, Mike Carter <mikecar52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Wim,
> as requested:
>
> debian2:/etc/modprobe.d# grep -R slamr *
> sl-modem-daemon.modutils:alias char-major-242 slamr
> sl-modem-daemon.modutils:install slamr modprobe --ignore-install
> ungrab-winmodem ;  modprobe --ignore-install slamr; test -e
> /dev/slamr0 || (/bin/mknod -m 660 /dev/slamr0 c 242 0 2>/dev/null &&
> chgrp dialout /dev/slamr0)
> debian2:/etc/modprobe.d#
>
> ebian2:/etc/modprobe.d# apt-cache policy sl-modem-source
> sl-modem-source:
>   Installed: 2.9.9d+e-pre2-7
>   Candidate: 2.9.9d+e-pre2-7
>   Version table:
>  *** 2.9.9d+e-pre2-7 0
>         500 http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
>         500 http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> debian2:/etc/modprobe.d#
>
> BTW modem-daemon doesn't seem to work from my limited knowledge.  The
> output you requested doesn't look right but I wouldn't know.
> cheers
>
> On 17/02/07, Wim De Smet <kromagg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2/16/07, Mike Carter <mikecar52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > No errors,
> > > inserted ok
> >
> > So, did the modem-daemon work then? If it does, consider filing a bug
> > against sl-modem-source saying that modprobe doesn't work. (you can
> > use 'reportbug' for filing bugs)
> >
> > Basically it seems to me modutils hasn't been configured correctly.
> > Somewhere in /etc/modprobe.d/ there should be a line in one of the
> > files that says something like:
> > alias char-major-so-and-so slamr
> > Well I think there should, but I'm not sure. Can someone else chime in
> > on this one?
> >
> > Before you file a bug report, try going to /etc/modprobe.d/ and run
> > the following command:
> > grep -R slamr *
> > This will look through all the files for the name 'slamr'. I noticed
> > bug #264359[1] which caused the device major value to change in a
> > newer release. It could be that the old configuration has been left
> > behind in some way, which would explain why the kernel can't manage to
> > load it. There's a ton of other stuff that could be going wrong
> > though, I'm just guessing here. Be sure to post all output of commands
> > etc. on here so we get a better idea of what's going on. Could you
> > state specifically what version of sl-modem-source you compiled?
> > (apt-cache policy sl-modem-source will tell you which one is
> > installed)
> >
> > greets,
> > Wim
> >
> > >
> > > On 16/02/07, Mike Carter <mikecar52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > No errors,
> > > > inserted ok
> > > >
> > > > On 16/02/07, Wim De Smet <kromagg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > On 2/15/07, Mike Carter <mikecar52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Sorry, yes it was.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 16/02/07, Wim De Smet <kromagg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > On 2/15/07, Mike Carter <mikecar52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Thanks Wim,
> > > > > > > > I got : debian2:/# modprobe slmr
> > > > > > > > FATAL: Module slmr not found.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --> shouldn't this be "slamr"?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I read my dmesg log and there is no reference to a modem.
> > > > > > > > However kde kinfocenter agrees it is here.  BTW works fine on windows.
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hmm I'm not used to using kinfocenter. Try the following as root:
> > > > > uname -r
> > > > > -will give you the version of your current running kernel
> > > > > -check if the module is indeed in /lib/modules/<version>/ (and not
> > > > > installed for some other kernel version)
> > > > > - then try to load it with insmod instead of modprobe
> > > > > insmod /lib/modules/<version/.../slamr.ko
> > > > > and note what kind of output this gives in errors etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > greets,
> > > > > Wim
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