smartlink-softmodem ?

[darkeninhour]

how do i download and install smartlink-softmodem for my agere systems AC'97 modem ?

[darkeninhour]

i have been trying everything to try and get this modem to dial out.......
i checked the var/lock/subsys files and there is a file slmodemd in there after every time i reboot. i think this might be my main suspect, everytime i reboot it reappears. any suggestions ?

[bwkaz]

Stuff in /var/lock/subsys should be getting deleted when the system shuts down...

/var/lock is used for lock files -- files to ensure that only one copy of a given program is running. I'm not entirely sure what the subsys directory is for, but I think it has something to do with certain distro bootscripts (they put a file into subsys when a boot script runs in start mode, and delete it again when the script runs in stop mode).

Now, I would guess that this file keeps reappearing every time you reboot because you're running a boot script that puts it there (and starts up some related service). If you shut that bootscript down, it should delete that file for you.

Why is having that file there a problem?

[darkeninhour]

i thought the lock folder was to keep a program from running at all... my mistake.
how do i install the slamr program
i tried modprobe -v slamr and it says that the program does not exist
where can i download this from ?

sorry for being such a noob