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**ardvark71** · May 10, 2012, 11:48 AM

Anyone? I really could use the help. :neutral:

After some additional reading of the scanmodem readout and this page, it's possible that I need the sl-modem-daemon (which I already have) and the sl-modem-source packages to get the modem to work. However, there is no amd64 version of the source package. How do I get around this?

Regards...

**ardvark71** · May 10, 2012, 02:33 PM

Ok, I figured out how to set up the modem using the instructions here. GnomePPP is able to detect the modem after I run the command...

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon restart

After doing so, I receive this...

Code:

Shutting down SmartLink Modem driver normally ... no slmodemd daemon running.
Unloading modem driver from kernel ... snd_atiixp_modem.
Starting SmartLink Modem driver for: hw:0,6.
Creating /dev/modem symlink, pointing to: /dev/ttySL0.

However, if I restart the computer, these settings are lost and I have to run the command again which reloads the module. Is there any way to have the OS load the module at boot so the modem is ready to go without entering any commands?

Thanks

**bra|10n** · May 11, 2012, 05:33 AM

Originally posted by ardvark71 View Post

Is there any way to have the OS load the module at boot so the modem is ready to go without entering any commands?

There's an option in SystemSettings > Startup/Shutdown to add scripts to load either at startup or pre-KDE startup. I don't know if this is a solution for you or not though...

**ardvark71** · May 11, 2012, 08:21 AM

Originally posted by bra|10n View Post

There's an option in SystemSettings > Startup/Shutdown to add scripts to load either at startup or pre-KDE startup. I don't know if this is a solution for you or not though...

Thanks....but I run Ubuntu 10.04, not Kubuntu. What script would I run for this?

Regards...

**bra|10n** · May 11, 2012, 09:09 AM

Hi ardvark71,

Let me make it clear I'm NO scripter, but this seems to fit your example...

You already have a working script sl-modem-daemon in /etc/init.d and now need to make it start at boot and stop at logoff.

Because you are able to run the script from a terminal then it must already be executable.

The update-rc.d command seems to be the one you need to execute the script at bootup and shutdown* so I assume for your purpose it would be,

Code:

sudo update-rc.d sl-modem-daemon defaults

* From what I understand this depends on whether 'stop' instructions are included in your script.

I found all this info here.

Surely someone knowlegeable in this can correct/confirm this info for you...

HTH

**ardvark71** · May 11, 2012, 02:26 PM

Hi bra|10n...

This part of it is a little beyond me. What is "stop" in this case and would I need to write something like what was mentioned in the link you provided?

Code:

case "$1" in
  start)
    modprobe ueagle-atm ;
    sleep 60 ;
    modprobe pppoatm ;
    pppd call ueagle-atm    
    ;;
  stop)
    true
  ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}" >&2
    exit 3
    ;;
esac

If so, I would have absolutely no idea how to write one for my modem.

By the way, I didn't know you're a SWAG now, whatever that means.

Regards...

**bra|10n** · May 11, 2012, 03:22 PM

Perhaps you should post the contents of script sl-modem-daemon here. It won't help me answer your question but it may help others...

Originally posted by ardvark71 View Post

By the way, I didn't know you're a SWAG now, whatever that means.

This I can answer lol. Take a look at some online definitions, there are many and I suggest most apply

**ardvark71** · May 11, 2012, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by bra|10n View Post

Perhaps you should post the contents of script sl-modem-daemon here. It won't help me answer your question but it may help others...

Ok, here we go....

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          softmodem sl-modem-daemon
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs
# Short-Description: Setup the SmartLink modem daemon
# Description:       Starts the modem daemon emulating a serial device and
#                    links the result to /dev/modem.
### END INIT INFO


PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/slmodemd
NAME=slmodemd
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
DESC="SmartLink modem daemon"
modprobe="$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe 2>/dev/null || echo modprobe)"

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

# there may be old options there...
test -r /etc/default/slmodemd && . /etc/default/slmodemd

# but most likely they are here
test -r /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon && . /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon

ALSADEVPREFIX=modem
driverlist="snd-intel8x0m snd-via82xx-modem snd-atiixp-modem"

# must match the names in /proc/modules with the underscores etc., includes slamr too
unloadllist="snd_intel8x0m snd_via82xx_modem snd_atiixp_modem slamr"

alsaload() {

    unset aplay_grep_line;
    unset proc_grep;

    # first check for situation when there is modem subdevice (aplay -l output have "(M|m)odem" string, and /proc/asound/cards doesn't).
    # this one doesn't need modprobe (modem is part of sound card chip)

    if ! proc_grep=$(grep -i "\[Modem   " /proc/asound/cards) ; then
    # if there is aplay output, get card and device numbers and form SLMODEMD_DEVICE as hw:a,b
        if aplay_grep=$(aplay -l | egrep '^card [0-9].*(M|m)odem') ; then
            aplay_grep_line=$(echo "$aplay_grep" | sed -r 's/^card ([[:digit:]]+).*device ([[:digit:]]+).*$/\1 \2/')

            # Let's configure subdevice
            if [ -n "$aplay_grep_line" ] ; then
                set $aplay_grep_line
                # This one needs hw as prefix
                ALSADEVPREFIX="hw"
                SLMODEMD_DEVICE="$ALSADEVPREFIX:$1,$2"
                ALSA=yes
                return 0
            fi
       # if there is no aplay and proc output, try to modprobe and then check for modem cards again
        else
            # first check to not do unneccessary modprobe calls. Some people even put
            # it into the kernel image

            for x in $driverlist ; do $modprobe $x 2>/dev/null ; done

            for start_reps in `seq 100` ; do
                test -e /proc/asound/cards && proc_grep=$(grep -i "\[Modem   " -i /proc/asound/cards) && (aplay -l | egrep '^card [0-9]*\: Modem ' >/dev/null) && break
                sleep 0.1
            done

        fi
    fi
	
    # if we got proc_grep (already existed or from previous if), let's use it to form SLMODEMD_DEVICE as modem:a
    if [ -n "$proc_grep" ] ; then
        # ALSA driver is loaded, use it
        set $proc_grep
        SLMODEMD_DEVICE=$ALSADEVPREFIX:$1
        ALSA=yes
        return 0
    fi

    return 1
}

config() {
   if test "$DONTSTART" = 1 ; then
      test "$BEQUIET" = 1 || echo "Not starting $DESC (options not set in /etc/default/slmodemd)"
      exit 0
   fi

   if test "$SLMODEMD_COUNTRY" ; then
      OPTS="$OPTS -c $SLMODEMD_COUNTRY"
   fi

   ALSA=`echo $SLMODEMD_DEVICE | grep :`
   
   if [ "`echo $SLMODEMD_DEVICE | grep auto`" ] ; then

       # carefully look for signs of loaded drivers
       if grep -i "\[Modem   " -i /proc/asound/cards ; then
           # already loaded, just pick up the device there
           alsaload;
       else
           # ALSA not loaded yet, try the smartlink driver first, then try ALSA
           # though (forced loading)
           if grep -q 'slamr\..*o' /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep ;
           then
               if $modprobe slamr 2>&1 | grep -q not.found ; then
                   alsaload;
               else
                   SLMODEMD_DEVICE=slamr0
               fi
           else
               alsaload;
           fi
       fi
   fi

   if [ "$ALSA" ] ; then
       # either detected or choosed by user, the driver must already be loaded
       # and the device name be picked up before

       OPTS=" --alsa $OPTS $SLMODEMD_DEVICE"

   else

      if test "$SLMODEMD_DEVICE" ; then
         OPTS="$OPTS /dev/$SLMODEMD_DEVICE"
      fi
      
      if uname -a | grep -q x86_64 ; then
         echo "Only access through ALSA is available on amd64 but slamr driver was chosen!"
         echo "Make sure that an ALSA driver for your chipset is available and is loaded"
         echo "and that access to SmartLink modem components is supported by it."
         exit 1
      fi

      # installed as module so just load it or bail out
      if MODPROBE_OPTIONS="" $modprobe slamr 2>&1 | grep -q not.found ; then
          echo "SmartLink modem driver not available for this Kernel. Please read README.Debian"
          echo "or try to install the package sl-modem-source. Exiting..."
          exit 1
      fi
   fi
}

start() {

    echo -n "Starting SmartLink Modem driver for: $SLMODEMD_DEVICE"
    ulimit -Hl unlimited; ulimit -Sl unlimited
    start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --make-pidfile --background --quiet -- $OPTS
    RETVAL=$?
    if [ "$RETVAL" = 0 ] && [ "$NOSYMLINK" != 1 ] ; then
        echo "."
        echo "Creating /dev/modem symlink, pointing to: /dev/ttySL0."
        ln -sf ttySL0 /dev/modem
    fi
}

stop() {
    echo -n "Shutting down SmartLink Modem driver normally"
    RETVAL=0
    if [ "`pidof $NAME`" ] ; then 
        if start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --retry 1 ; then
            echo .
        else
            echo " probably failed."
            echo "Trying it the hard way (send SIGKILL all $NAME processes): " 
            killall -KILL $NAME || RETVAL=1
        fi
    else
        echo " ... no $NAME daemon running."
    fi
    test "$RETVAL" -ne 0 || rm -f "$PIDFILE"
    echo -n "Unloading modem driver from kernel ... " 
    msg="none found."
    for x in $unloadllist ; do 
        if grep -l -q "^$x " /proc/modules ; then
            $modprobe -r $x 2>/dev/null && msg="$x." || msg="failed."
        fi
    done
    echo $msg
}

status() {
    echo -n "Status of $DESC: "
    if [ ! -r "$PIDFILE" ]; then
        echo "$NAME is not running."
        exit 3
    fi
    if read pid < "$PIDFILE" && ps -p "$pid" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
        echo "$NAME is running."
        exit 0
    else
        echo "$NAME is not running but $PIDFILE exists."
        exit 1
    fi
}

# See how we were called. Consider udev action too.
case "$1$ACTION" in
    
    start)
    config
    start
    ;;

    add)
    ALSA=""
    # slusb via udev part
    if [ "$DEVICE" ] ; then 
       SLMODEMD_DEVICE="$DEVICE"
    else
       SLMODEMD_DEVICE="$DEVNAME"
    fi

    if [ -r "$SLMODEMD_DEVICE" ]
    then
       # check if $GROUP really exists
       if getent group $GROUP > /dev/null; then
          chmod 660 "$SLMODEMD_DEVICE"
          chown root:$GROUP "$SLMODEMD_DEVICE"
       fi
    else
       exit 1
    fi
    start
    ;;

    stop|remove)
    stop
    ;;
    
    restart|reload|force-reload)
    stop
    config
    start
    ;;
    
    status)
    status
    ;;

    *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon {start|stop|restart|status}"
    exit 1
esac

Regards...

**bra|10n** · May 11, 2012, 06:12 PM

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          softmodem sl-modem-daemon
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs
# Short-Description: Setup the SmartLink modem daemon
# Description:       Starts the modem daemon emulating a serial device and
#                    links the result to /dev/modem.
### END INIT INFO


PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/slmodemd
NAME=slmodemd
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
DESC="SmartLink modem daemon"
modprobe="$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe 2>/dev/null || echo modprobe)"

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

# there may be old options there...
test -r /etc/default/slmodemd && . /etc/default/slmodemd

# but most likely they are here
test -r /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon && . /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon

ALSADEVPREFIX=modem
driverlist="snd-intel8x0m snd-via82xx-modem snd-atiixp-modem"

# must match the names in /proc/modules with the underscores etc., includes slamr too
unloadllist="snd_intel8x0m snd_via82xx_modem snd_atiixp_modem slamr"

alsaload() {

    unset aplay_grep_line;
    unset proc_grep;

    # first check for situation when there is modem subdevice (aplay -l output have "(M|m)odem" string, and /proc/asound/cards doesn't).
    # this one doesn't need modprobe (modem is part of sound card chip)

    if ! proc_grep=$(grep -i "\[Modem   " /proc/asound/cards) ; then
    # if there is aplay output, get card and device numbers and form SLMODEMD_DEVICE as hw:a,b
        if aplay_grep=$(aplay -l | egrep '^card [0-9].*(M|m)odem') ; then
            aplay_grep_line=$(echo "$aplay_grep" | sed -r 's/^card ([[:digit:]]+).*device ([[:digit:]]+).*$/\1 \2/')

            # Let's configure subdevice
            if [ -n "$aplay_grep_line" ] ; then
                set $aplay_grep_line
                # This one needs hw as prefix
                ALSADEVPREFIX="hw"
                SLMODEMD_DEVICE="$ALSADEVPREFIX:$1,$2"
                ALSA=yes
                return 0
            fi
       # if there is no aplay and proc output, try to modprobe and then check for modem cards again
        else
            # first check to not do unneccessary modprobe calls. Some people even put
            # it into the kernel image

            for x in $driverlist ; do $modprobe $x 2>/dev/null ; done

            for start_reps in `seq 100` ; do
                test -e /proc/asound/cards && proc_grep=$(grep -i "\[Modem   " -i /proc/asound/cards) && (aplay -l | egrep '^card [0-9]*\: Modem ' >/dev/null) && break
                sleep 0.1
            done

        fi
    fi
	
    # if we got proc_grep (already existed or from previous if), let's use it to form SLMODEMD_DEVICE as modem:a
    if [ -n "$proc_grep" ] ; then
        # ALSA driver is loaded, use it
        set $proc_grep
        SLMODEMD_DEVICE=$ALSADEVPREFIX:$1
        ALSA=yes
        return 0
    fi

    return 1
}

config() {
   if test "$DONTSTART" = 1 ; then
      test "$BEQUIET" = 1 || echo "Not starting $DESC (options not set in /etc/default/slmodemd)"
      exit 0
   fi

   if test "$SLMODEMD_COUNTRY" ; then
      OPTS="$OPTS -c $SLMODEMD_COUNTRY"
   fi

   ALSA=`echo $SLMODEMD_DEVICE | grep :`
   
   if [ "`echo $SLMODEMD_DEVICE | grep auto`" ] ; then

       # carefully look for signs of loaded drivers
       if grep -i "\[Modem   " -i /proc/asound/cards ; then
           # already loaded, just pick up the device there
           alsaload;
       else
           # ALSA not loaded yet, try the smartlink driver first, then try ALSA
           # though (forced loading)
           if grep -q 'slamr\..*o' /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep ;
           then
               if $modprobe slamr 2>&1 | grep -q not.found ; then
                   alsaload;
               else
                   SLMODEMD_DEVICE=slamr0
               fi
           else
               alsaload;
           fi
       fi
   fi

   if [ "$ALSA" ] ; then
       # either detected or choosed by user, the driver must already be loaded
       # and the device name be picked up before

       OPTS=" --alsa $OPTS $SLMODEMD_DEVICE"

   else

      if test "$SLMODEMD_DEVICE" ; then
         OPTS="$OPTS /dev/$SLMODEMD_DEVICE"
      fi
      
      if uname -a | grep -q x86_64 ; then
         echo "Only access through ALSA is available on amd64 but slamr driver was chosen!"
         echo "Make sure that an ALSA driver for your chipset is available and is loaded"
         echo "and that access to SmartLink modem components is supported by it."
         exit 1
      fi

      # installed as module so just load it or bail out
      if MODPROBE_OPTIONS="" $modprobe slamr 2>&1 | grep -q not.found ; then
          echo "SmartLink modem driver not available for this Kernel. Please read README.Debian"
          echo "or try to install the package sl-modem-source. Exiting..."
          exit 1
      fi
   fi
}

start() {

    echo -n "Starting SmartLink Modem driver for: $SLMODEMD_DEVICE"
    ulimit -Hl unlimited; ulimit -Sl unlimited
    start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --make-pidfile --background --quiet -- $OPTS
    RETVAL=$?
    if [ "$RETVAL" = 0 ] && [ "$NOSYMLINK" != 1 ] ; then
        echo "."
        echo "Creating /dev/modem symlink, pointing to: /dev/ttySL0."
        ln -sf ttySL0 /dev/modem
    fi
}

[COLOR="#FF0000"]stop() {[/COLOR]
    echo -n "Shutting down SmartLink Modem driver normally"
    RETVAL=0
    if [ "`pidof $NAME`" ] ; then 
        if start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --retry 1 ; then
            echo .
        else
            echo " probably failed."
            echo "Trying it the hard way (send SIGKILL all $NAME processes): " 
            killall -KILL $NAME || RETVAL=1
        fi
    else
        echo " ... no $NAME daemon running."
    fi
    test "$RETVAL" -ne 0 || rm -f "$PIDFILE"
    echo -n "Unloading modem driver from kernel ... " 
    msg="none found."
    for x in $unloadllist ; do 
        if grep -l -q "^$x " /proc/modules ; then
            $modprobe -r $x 2>/dev/null && msg="$x." || msg="failed."
        fi
    done
    echo $msg
}

status() {
    echo -n "Status of $DESC: "
    if [ ! -r "$PIDFILE" ]; then
        echo "$NAME is not running."
        exit 3
    fi
    if read pid < "$PIDFILE" && ps -p "$pid" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
        echo "$NAME is running."
        exit 0
    else
        echo "$NAME is not running but $PIDFILE exists."
        exit 1
    fi
}

# See how we were called. Consider udev action too.
case "$1$ACTION" in
    
    start)
    config
    start
    ;;

    add)
    ALSA=""
    # slusb via udev part
    if [ "$DEVICE" ] ; then 
       SLMODEMD_DEVICE="$DEVICE"
    else
       SLMODEMD_DEVICE="$DEVNAME"
    fi

    if [ -r "$SLMODEMD_DEVICE" ]
    then
       # check if $GROUP really exists
       if getent group $GROUP > /dev/null; then
          chmod 660 "$SLMODEMD_DEVICE"
          chown root:$GROUP "$SLMODEMD_DEVICE"
       fi
    else
       exit 1
    fi
    start
    ;;

    stop|remove)
    stop
    ;;
    
    restart|reload|force-reload)
    stop
    config
    start
    ;;
    
    status)
    status
    ;;

    *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon {start|stop|restart|status}"
    exit 1
esac

Well to me it looks like you already have a stop function included in the script. Just a matter of getting it to start at boot time.

Purely based on the assumption that your script looks very similar to the advice in the link that I posted above, you might want to try the start code I posted to see if it in fact works...
I don't know that it could do any real damage.
Just note exactly what you do in case of any undesired effects but you may want to give it a shot. If not you could wait for someone else to chime in with some knowlegeable guidance...

**ardvark71** · May 11, 2012, 09:40 PM

Originally posted by bra|10n View Post

Well to me it looks like you already have a stop function included in the script. Just a matter of getting it to start at boot time.

Purely based on the assumption that your script looks very similar to the advice in the link that I posted above, you might want to try the start code I posted to see if it in fact works...
I don't know that it could do any real damage.
Just note exactly what you do in case of any undesired effects but you may want to give it a shot. If not you could wait for someone else to chime in with some knowlegeable guidance...

Hi...

I appreciate your help with this. I might give it a shot but I want to make sure the code doesn't cause any problems...

Regards...

**ardvark71** · May 12, 2012, 07:21 PM

Hi all...

Interesting...as my system was shutting down and right after the purple Ubuntu screen went off, I saw for a split second the words "Modem driver." I didn't catch what the rest said but it may be referring to the same driver I installed originally using Jockey (which I configured.) The following writeup was also given...

Code:

The SmartLink modem daemon is the application part of thedriver for recent modems produced by Smart Link Ltd.

This package replaces (along with hardware access drivers) the olddriver generation (2.7.x) which consisted of kernel modules only.

It needs a kernel driver to access the hardware. This can be eitherrecent ALSA (shipped with a newer kernel (>=2.6.4) with ALSA supportand snd-intel8x0m module) which is sufficient for basic operation anddata/Internet connection, or the SmartLink kernel driver which isprovided by separate packages which you can build using the source fromthe sl-modem-source package.

This driver enables the usage of many software modems, as commonly found in laptops.

If this driver is not enabled, you will not be able to use your modem.

Why would the driver be running in memory but still not see my chipset unless I give the command mentioned in my previous post?

Regards...

**ardvark71** · May 29, 2012, 11:14 AM

Anyone?

**Snowhog** · May 29, 2012, 10:41 PM

Maybe http://linux.about.com/od/ubuntu_doc/a/ubudg19t13.htm

**jlittle** · May 29, 2012, 10:58 PM

I've noticed the text "Modem driver" appearing near the end of my Oneiric shutdown. Box has never had a modem of any variety, AFAIK.

Regards, John

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