[Bug 31640] Re: kernel module not working with kernel 2.6.15

[towsonu2003]

For anyone bumping to this bug, a user (Matchless) posted the workaround
until this is fixed:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1011364&postcount=28

1.Read the ubuntu wiki dialupmodemhowto, the steps below only compliment the wiki and you should have all the preliminaries done as described for the Smartlink modem, but you can omit installing gcc-3.4 as this is not required for dapper. Basically the sl-modem driver has to be installed first and then the sl-modem-daemon. The daemon in the repositories will work after an installation, but the /dev/ttySL0 will not be rewritten and the symlink to /dev/modem will not exist after a reboot. The new daemon found in the debian repos solve this. There was a mention that the daemon now looks for ungrab-winmodem and if you get an error message refering to this, you may need to install as well.
2.Download sl-modem-daemon2.9.9d+e-pre2-5.deb and sl-modem_2.9.9d+e-pre2.orig.tar.gz from the debian website http://packages.debian.org/unstable/...l-modem-daemon. I have found that the slmodem-2.9.11-20051101.tar.gz works better in dapper and this can also be downloaded from the linmodem website http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodem...ges/smartlink/.
3.It may also be required that you download and install the ungrab-winmodem from the linmodem website as well.
4.Copy the sl-modem-daemon file to your local repository and update your Packages.gz file, this will allow you to install with Synaptic etc. Or use your favourite way to install a .deb file.
5.Copy the sl-modem_2.9.9+e-pre2.orig.tar.gz ( or preferably the slmodem-2.9.11-20051101.tar.gz) file to your Desktop and right click on it and select “Extract here” and a folder wth the same name will be created with the extracted files on your desktop.
6.Now rename the folder to an easier name such as “slmodem”
7.Open a terminal and cd in to the slmodem folder
8.Type make
9.Type sudo make install
10.Type sudo modprobe slamr
11.Type dmesg | grep slamr
12.Now install sl-modem-daemon2.9.9d+e-pre2-5.deb with Synaptic or in your own favourite way.
13.Use Kppp to query the modem, if this works you are there!
14.Edit /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon to change the line SLMODEMD_COUNTRY= USA to i.e SOUTHAFRICA or your country
15.Type sudo /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon restart to restart the daemon.
16.If you do a “Query modem” in Kppp and you will see that your country has changed.
17.It seems as if the Smartlink modems with Netodragon chip MDV92XP does not work, but the ND92XPA chip works.

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kernel module not working with kernel 2.6.15
https://launchpad.net/bugs/31640