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I�m trying to connect to the Internet with my Motorola SM56 modem on Debian 3.0r1. I�m facing two problems: my the SM56 is a soft-modem that uses a driver that is no longer supported and requires running kernel 2.4.2, and Debian uses kernel 2.4.18. In previous correspondence some supporters suggested that I uncomment several lines circa line 1100 in the slabs.c file in my kernel and recompile. This doesn�t work and, as it turns out, these lines are already uncommented. Another user suggested installing the old Red Hat 7.1 kernel that supported my modem (namely, version 2.4.2). Therefore, I�ve �debianized� the kernel package and the modem package using alien and installed them. This allows the modem to run and dial through Debian; however, it turns out that the PPPD daemon cannot use this kernel. Whenever I dial up and log on to my ISP I receive a message informing me that PPPD has died unexpectedly. Let me add that I have two versions of the modem driver: SM56_5.1.rpm and sm56_84_Prev5.rpm and both run on the old kernel and do not run on newer kernels. Also, I have been unable to use the modem drivers under an original Debian 2.4.10 kernel, which is closer to the 2.4.2 kernel, but still too �advanced�. With either PPPD or the modem driver not working, what should I do? I�d appreciate your assistance Shahar Yuval |
