slmodem overwrites my system files

Hi there,

I've installed this package:

http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pack...0070813.tar.gz

on my Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop running Debian Etch GNU/Linux to make my
soft-modem work:

$ lspci -nn | grep -i modem
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller
[8086:2486] (rev 02)

However, my system package manager, dpkg, complains that some files owned
by other packages have been overwritten by this package.

Is it normal?

Anyone knows what's the need of slmodem to overwrite other package's
files?

Here's a list of those relevant files (owner package in brackets):

/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/crtend.o (gcc-4.1);
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/crtbegin.o (gcc-4.1);
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/collect2 (gcc-4.1);
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/cc1 (cpp-4.1); /usr/bin/ld (binutils);
/usr/bin/strip (binutils);
/usr/bin/nm (binutils);
/usr/bin/gcc (gcc).

Thanks a lot for answering.


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On Aug 30, 1:17 pm, HamRadio <hamra...@remove.this.quipo.it> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I've installed this package:
>
> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pack...dem-2.9.11-200...
>
> on my Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop running Debian Etch GNU/Linux to make my
> soft-modem work:
>
> $ lspci -nn | grep -i modem
> 00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller
> [8086:2486] (rev 02)
>
> However, my system package manager, dpkg, complains that some files owned
> by other packages have been overwritten by this package.
>
> Is it normal?

Apparently, yes. And broken (wrt your system) to boot.

> Anyone knows what's the need of slmodem to overwrite other package's
> files?

Because, apparently, the slmodem source (which you downloaded) cannot
be compiled with GCC v3 or later. The package you downloaded includes
an "install system", which, apparently, replaces your installation of
GCC with a GCC thats compatable with the slmodem source.

> Here's a list of those relevant files (owner package in brackets):
>
> /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/crtend.o (gcc-4.1);
> /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/crtbegin.o (gcc-4.1);
> /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/collect2 (gcc-4.1);
> /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/cc1 (cpp-4.1); /usr/bin/ld (binutils);
> /usr/bin/strip (binutils);
> /usr/bin/nm (binutils);
> /usr/bin/gcc (gcc).

Notice that the slmodem install replaced your GCC v4.1 programs and
object code with it's own versions. You no longer are running GCC 4.1
(slmodem replaced it with a backlevel GCC), and you probably should
reinstall the gcc-4.1, binutils and gcc packages once you've got your
slmodem installed

Il Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:37:20 -0700, Lew Pitcher ha scritto:


> Notice that the slmodem install replaced your GCC v4.1 programs and
> object code with it's own versions. You no longer are running GCC 4.1
> (slmodem replaced it with a backlevel GCC), and you probably should
> reinstall the gcc-4.1, binutils and gcc packages once you've got your
> slmodem installed

Thank you Lew for your clear answer.
However, I'll reinstall all those involved packages for sure, but I'll have
also to uninstall slmodem because it doesn't seem useful to make my
soft-modem work.
Thanks again.


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For anyone having my same problem, I solved everything uninstalling
sl-modem and installing this driver provided directly from Dell:

http://support.dell.com/support/down...&fileid=206745

(It's meant to be installed on Dell laptops, and I don't know if it could
install on other laptops as well...)

Thanks Dell!


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