You know what?
 
After watching the exchange on this email, I've decided to migrate to the 64-bit
version of KUbuntu and just give up on Linux ever giving modems the respect they
deserve.  I'll have to keep a Windows partition around to send a fax when I
don't feel like paying $2 to that Internet fax site.
 
Please unsubscribe me from this bug.

On May 3, 2010 at 5:30 PM "أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy)"
<email address hidden> wrote:

> ** Description changed:
>
>   Ever since I updated to Jaunty, I cannot access the Winmodem in my
>   Thinkpad X24 any longer.  This used to work fine in Hardy.  I think I
>   have the necessary packages installed and even upgraded to the PPA
>   packages from Ahmed, the Debian maintainer.  The dkms module is compiled
>   fine, there just is no /dev/ttySL0 device node.  /dev/modem thus points
>   into nirvana.
>   
>   $ dpkg -l sl-modem* dkms
>   Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>   |
>Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
>   |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
>uppercase=bad)
>   ||/ Name                      Version                   Description
> 
> +++-=========================-=========================-======================
>============================================
>   ii  dkms                      2.0.21.1-0ubuntu3         Dynamic Kernel
>Module Support Framework
>   ii  sl-modem-daemon           2.9.11~20090222-1~ppa1    SmartLink software
>modem daemon
>   un  sl-modem-modules          <none>                    (no description
>available)
>   un  sl-modem-modules-new      <none>                    (no description
>available)
>   ii  sl-modem-source           2.9.11~20090222-1~ppa1    SmartLink software
>modem driver - module building source
>   
> - $ ll /dev/modem
> + $ ll /dev/modem
>   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2009-05-11 23:33 /dev/modem -> ttySL0
> +
> +
> + ===========   Test case ==============
> +
> + * ALSA (uses snd_atiixp_modem module)
> + In /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon:
> + SLMODEMD_DEVICE=modem:1
> +
> + $ sudo invoke-rc.d sl-modem-daemon start
> + Starting SmartLink Modem driver for: modem:1.
> + Creating /dev/modem symlink, pointing to: /dev/ttySL0.
> +
> + $ ls -l /dev/ttySL0
> + lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2010-03-25 03:48 /dev/ttySL0 -> /dev/pts/2
> +
> + $ ls -l /dev/pts/2
> + crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 136, 2 2010-03-25 03:51 /dev/pts/2
> +
> + $ sudo invoke-rc.d sl-modem-daemon stop
> + Shutting down SmartLink Modem driver normally.
> + Unloading modem driver from kernel ... snd_atiixp_modem.
> +
> + * slamr
> + In /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon:
> + SLMODEMD_DEVICE=slamr0
> +
> + $ sudo invoke-rc.d sl-modem-daemon start
> + Starting SmartLink Modem driver for: slamr0.
> + Creating /dev/modem symlink, pointing to: /dev/ttySL0.
> +
> + $ ls -l /dev/ttySL0
> + lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2010-03-25 04:00 /dev/ttySL0 -> /dev/pts/1
> +
> + $ ls -l /dev/pts/1
> + crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 136, 1 2010-03-25 04:00 /dev/pts/1
> +
> + * Dialup to internet (in both cases: ALSA & slamr) is done with wvdial,
> +   I have the following setting in wvdial.conf:
> +
> + Carrier Check = no
> +
> + * Tested fax sending using efax, and it sent faxes. Of course that only
> +   works with slamr module.
>
> --
> no more /dev/ttySL0 device node
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/375148
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “sl-modem” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Ever since I updated to Jaunty, I cannot access the Winmodem in my Thinkpad
> X24 any longer.  This used to work fine in Hardy.  I think I have the
> necessary packages installed and even upgraded to the PPA packages from Ahmed,
> the Debian maintainer.  The dkms module is compiled fine, there just is no
> /dev/ttySL0 device node.  /dev/modem thus points into nirvana.
>
> $ dpkg -l sl-modem* dkms
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name                      Version                   Description
> +++-=========================-=========================-======================
> ============================================
> ii  dkms                      2.0.21.1-0ubuntu3         Dynamic Kernel Module
> Support Framework
> ii  sl-modem-daemon           2.9.11~20090222-1~ppa1    SmartLink software
> modem daemon
> un  sl-modem-modules          <none>                    (no description
> available)
> un  sl-modem-modules-new      <none>                    (no description
> available)
> ii  sl-modem-source           2.9.11~20090222-1~ppa1    SmartLink software
> modem driver - module building source
>
> $ ll /dev/modem
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2009-05-11 23:33 /dev/modem -> ttySL0
>
>
> ===========   Test case ==============
>
> * ALSA (uses snd_atiixp_modem module)
> In /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon:
> SLMODEMD_DEVICE=modem:1
>
> $ sudo invoke-rc.d sl-modem-daemon start
> Starting SmartLink Modem driver for: modem:1.
> Creating /dev/modem symlink, pointing to: /dev/ttySL0.
>
> $ ls -l /dev/ttySL0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2010-03-25 03:48 /dev/ttySL0 -> /dev/pts/2
>
> $ ls -l /dev/pts/2
> crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 136, 2 2010-03-25 03:51 /dev/pts/2
>
> $ sudo invoke-rc.d sl-modem-daemon stop
> Shutting down SmartLink Modem driver normally.
> Unloading modem driver from kernel ... snd_atiixp_modem.
>
> * slamr
> In /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon:
> SLMODEMD_DEVICE=slamr0
>
> $ sudo invoke-rc.d sl-modem-daemon start
> Starting SmartLink Modem driver for: slamr0.
> Creating /dev/modem symlink, pointing to: /dev/ttySL0.
>
> $ ls -l /dev/ttySL0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2010-03-25 04:00 /dev/ttySL0 -> /dev/pts/1
>
> $ ls -l /dev/pts/1
> crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 136, 1 2010-03-25 04:00 /dev/pts/1
>
> * Dialup to internet (in both cases: ALSA & slamr) is done with wvdial,
>   I have the following setting in wvdial.conf:
>
> Carrier Check = no
>
> * Tested fax sending using efax, and it sent faxes. Of course that only
>   works with slamr module.
>
>
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