uninstall/reinstall modem driver

[lee292]

I've been trying to get my Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop's modem to work instead of having to pack around my old clunky USR Sportster.
I found a package that would work (slmodemd)that had alsa support, but it looks like I botched my installation. I got it to dial out, but the second it connects, wvdial tells me "the ppp daemon has died.", with an 02 exit code. This code says something about something in its config file being mutually exclusive. A peek at a system log file showed pppd couldn't start its alsa protocol and exited. Obviously, I've botched the installation somehow. I'd like to flush everything that slmodemd has installed and start over. How do I do that?

[yeats]

If you installed it with Synaptic, you would just select to "completely remove" it. Alternatively:


sudo apt-get purge slmodemd

in the terminal.

[lee292]

Thanks! Since it was installed in terminal, sudo apt-get purge should get rid of it and I can start over. Will keep the group posted if it works.

[lee292]

Tried your suggestion but got this in Terminal:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package slmodemd

Suggestions?

[lee292]

Found the answer I needed on www.linmodems.org. My problems was with permissions. I followed their suggestions for running wvdial as root, and it worksed.