usb sl-modem driving me nuts

[O. Sinclair]

golfer wrote:
> On 12/19/06, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am trying to install a usb modem that uses the Smartlink sl-modem
>> drivers (they actually provide them though compiling them go bust).
> 
> works fine here .. you probably are using an obsolete version of
> slmodem.  Check out
> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/
> 
> Also, the linmodems.org mailing list is a good resource for help.
> 
> regards,
> 
Thanks for the link, in the end I gave up ans swapped to hw-modem using 
serial port. I think part of the problem is that SL-modem was actually 
installed and working with an internal modem that "died" one day. But 
still kppp refuses to work, I had to swap to wvdial instead.

Sinclair