Create /dev/ttySL0 with udev or a workaround

[Antonio Olivares]

Dear Users,
   Has anyone found a solution, suggest a solution for
autoloading slmodemd upon boot.  Using a terminal and
running system-config-services, I can see that
slmodemd is listed in the list.  I do as su - root,
lsmod and see that slamr is running 

[olivares at localhost ~]$ su - root
Password:
[root at localhost ~]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
radeon                120516  2
slamr                 409032  0
parport_pc             24705  1
lp                     11565  0
parport                41737  2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4                24005  0
i2c_dev                10433  0
i2c_core               22081  1 i2c_dev
sunrpc                160421  1
ipt_REJECT              6465  1
ipt_state               1857  1
ip_conntrack           40693  1 ipt_state
iptable_filter          2753  1
ip_tables              16193  3
ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
md5                     4033  1
ipv6                  232577  8
ohci1394               35033  0
ieee1394              302869  1 ohci1394
uhci_hcd               31449  0
ehci_hcd               31557  0
snd_via82xx            27237  2
snd_ac97_codec         64401  1 snd_via82xx
snd_pcm_oss            47609  0
snd_mixer_oss          17217  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                97993  3
snd_via82xx,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              29765  1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          9673  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
gameport                4801  1 snd_via82xx
snd_mpu401_uart         8769  1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi            26725  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          8137  1 snd_rawmidi
snd                    54053  12
snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore               9889  1 snd
via_rhine              23497  0
mii                     4673  1 via_rhine
floppy                 58609  0
dm_snapshot            17029  0
dm_zero                 2369  0
dm_mirror              23341  2
ext3                  116809  2
jbd                    74969  1 ext3
dm_mod                 54741  6
dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
sata_via                7109  0
libata                 40005  1 sata_via
sd_mod                 16961  0
scsi_mod              118417  2 libata,sd_mod
[root at localhost ~]# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg  Desktop  install.log 
install.log.syslog
[root at localhost ~]# slmodemd &
[1] 3872
[root at localhost ~]# SmartLink Soft Modem: version
2.9.10 Dec 18 2004 08:01:11
symbolic link `/dev/ttySL0' -> `/dev/pts/3' created.
modem `slamr0' created. TTY is `/dev/pts/3'
Use `/dev/ttySL0' as modem device, Ctrl+C for
termination.

and all I have to do is run slmodemd so that I can
surf the internet.  I have modified slmodemd in
/etc/init.d/slmodemd to modprobe slamr and it works. 
However, /dev/ttySL0 is not found so I have to type
slmodemd as root on the terminal and now I can surf
the internet.  I have tried using command udevinfo -a
-p /dev/ttySL0 but it gives 

[olivares at localhost ~]$ udevinfo -a -p /dev/ttySL0
couldn't get the class device
[olivares at localhost ~]$ udevinfo -a -p
/usr/sbin/slmodemd
couldn't get the class device
[olivares at localhost ~]$

It would be helpful and useful to many users of Fedora
Core and Linux in general if we can find a workaround
for this problem.  

Thanks,

Antonio 


		
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