slmodemd on FC3?

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Thu, 5 May 2005, Globe Trotter wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks a bundle! Just to make sure, I am on the right track:
>
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>>> Now what? How do I figure out this "device name"?
>
> %lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> [...]
> snd_intel8x0m          18565  0
> snd_intel8x0           34049  0
> snd_ac97_codec         71097  2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
> snd_pcm_oss            51953  0
> snd_mixer_oss          18241  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                99657  4
> snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer              33093  1 snd_pcm
> snd                    56741  7
> snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> [...]

OK So the module is there.

>
>
>> You can check that the module is loaded with "lsmod".
>>
>> Then you can start the modem daemon with "slmodemd --alsa".  I do this
>> from the slmodemd-2.9.10/modem/ directory with "./slmodemd --alsa" when I
>> want the modem, but you can install the daemon in a system binary
>> directory like /usr/local/sbin/ and start it in /etc/rc.local if you want.
>>
>> When the daemon starts, it reports:
>>
>> # ./slmodemd --alsa
>> SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.10 Feb 24 2005 17:54:46
>> symbolic link `/dev/ttySL0' -> `/dev/pts/4' created.
>> modem `modem:1' created. TTY is `/dev/pts/4'
>> Use `/dev/ttySL0' as modem device, Ctrl+C for termination.
>>
>
> and I get:
>
> ./slmodemd --alsa
> SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.9 May  4 2005 21:50:58
> symbolic link `/dev/ttySL0' -> `/dev/pts/4' created.
> modem `hw:1' created. TTY is `/dev/pts/4'
> Use `/dev/ttySL0' as modem device, Ctrl+C for termination.

So you are good to go.  The modem is /dev/ttySL0.

>
>
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>
>
> With regard to modem tools, what do you recommend? Or rather what do you use?

To check modem functionality, minicom.  To actually dial up an ISP, 
system-config-network, and the GNOME modem lights applet.  These control 
connections using wvdial.

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 		Matthew Saltzman

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