Forward to ivo (fwd) trying alternate address (PCTel modem onUbuntu (Warty) kernel 2.6.8)

[Ivo Marino]

On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 17:32 -0500, marvstod at rcn.com wrote:

> Ivo
>
Marv,

> Sadly NO! The SmartLink software does NOT support device Pctel 134d:xxxx
> devices. The PCtel modem business has beem bought by Conexant and they have
> NO interest in updating the Linux support code
> 
This is really sad. So my only two remaining options at this point are:

	. Switching Ubuntu from kernel 2.6.8 to 2.4.x.

	  	For ubuntu-users: Is it possible to switch from kernel
		2.6.8 to the 2.4 series on Warty?

	. Replace the internal PCTel PCI modem with an external one.

> Here is a general support suggestion however.
> Ubunto should include the slamr.ko driver in its releases as SuSE has begun
> with the 9.1 release, at my suggesion and with the approval of
> SashaK at smlink.com. Under Debian it is provided as the package
> sl-modem-source
> 
Yes, this would be really useful for the distribution.

Especially for users which are switching from Windows to Ubuntu, and do
not have the technical knowledge to put hands on the kernel, this would
be an interesting feature.

> The slamr.ko enables a test which will diagnose modem codec for some 90% of
> the soft modems.
>
> [snip]
>
I hope to see this in Hoary.

> MarvS
> scanModem maintainer
> 
Thanks once again for all your support (Now try to get some sleep, too
-- Someone once said it may be good ;)

Best regards,

 I.

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