[SOLVED] udev symlink to dev/modem not working

[a10]

I'm running xubuntu on an old 600mhz laptop.

I have a agere winmodem and I downloaded and installed drivers for it and they work (I think). They create a /dev/ttySLTM0 link to my modem. The drivers also came with a udev file ltmodem.rules thats supposed to create a symlink <-? to /dev/modem. I added it to /etc/udev/rules.d and restarted udev... no /dev/modem. I restarted the laptop... still no /dev/modem. /dev/ttySLTM0 is there though.

Here's the ltmodem.rules file:

#
# UDEV rule for ltmodem
#  creates symlink /dev/modem to /dev/ttyLT?, and takes care of permissions

KERNEL="ttyLTM[0-9]", NAME="%k", MODE="0660", GROUP="dialout", SYMLINK="modem"

Thanks for any help.


EDIT: Holy something... I took one look at my post and my problem became obvious. The ltmodem.rules file searches for a ttyLTM0 when the drivers create a ttySLTM0\


Thanks for this forum so I could see my mistake.

[a10]

Hmm I changed the ltmodem.rules file and restarted udev... Still no /dev/modem. I restarted the computer and still no luck. What else am I missing.

[sex.toy]

still need answer?

check udev rules filename has number like '10-ltmodem.rules'

Here's the ltmodem.rules file:

also, rule is not rite.

Code:

#
# UDEV rule for ltmodem
# creates symlink /dev/modem to /dev/ttyLT?, and takes care of permissions

KERNEL="ttyLTM[0-9]", NAME="%k", MODE="0660", GROUP="dialout", SYMLINK="modem"

KERNEL="ttyLTM[0-9]"

is not rite.

try

KERNEL=="ttyLTM[0-9]", NAME="%k", MODE="0660", GROUP="dialout", SYMLINK="modem"

[a10]

No I no longer need an answer. I now have the modem working just fine on the laptop. I should've posted the solution and ended the ambiguity in this topic.

Anyways I gave up on the ltmodem driver. My biggest mistake was trying the ltmodem driver on a 2.6 kernel. OR maybe the mistake was putting a 2.6 kernel on a 600mhz laptop.

I was able to get the modem working with martian_modem. All is fine now


Thanks for your reply sex toy!