Won't install properly

> try to install the package sl-modem-modules-2.6.15-20-686

it should not say that. Needs to be fixed...

You need to use the module source and compile it. I believe the package name was sl-modem-source (in repos)... Wiki has instructions on how to compile this.

In Dapper, you will bump to bug #31640 until it is fixed.

I think the bug title should be changed to something like: "sl-modem-daemon error output refers to NONexisting package"...

 I can confirm that the daemon refers to this non-existing package in my Daper as well... Never tried in Breezy, but most probably, it's the same as well.

Bug still needs its title to be changed.

On my computer the smart link modem is handled by the alsa driver instead of the slamr module. The line

slmodemd --alsa modem:0 --country GERMANY &

put into a RC file will start the modem daemon on my computer - even if I assume that the slamr modem is still handling USB modems and perhaps some of the PCI cards with the appropriate chip set so unconditionally replacing the line in the start up file might break other systems.

Hello,

  I prepared a package for the latest upstream release of sl-modem.
  The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
  - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/s/sl-modem
  - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free
  - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/s/sl-modem/sl-modem_2.9.11~20080817-1.dsc

  Please test it and report if your bugs got solved and any suggestions you've got.

  Thanks.

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Hello,

  For those who need a binary package, I have uploaded the package to my
  PPA (https://launchpad.net/~aelmahmoudy/+archive), also fixed an FTBFS
  for Intrepid. Binary packages for Hardy and Intrepid are available.

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This bug was fixed in the package sl-modem - 2.9.11~20100303-2

---------------
sl-modem (2.9.11~20100303-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * debian/control:
    + Really remove quilt from sl-modem-source's Depends
    + Add execstack to Build-Deps
  * debian/rules: Mark slmodemd as not requiring executable stack
    (LP: #537650)

sl-modem (2.9.11~20100303-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    + Fixes NO CARRIER issue with linux kernel >= 2.6.31
  * Dropped 2.6.31.diff patch, as it got applied upstream.
  * Refreshed debian/sl-modem-source.lintian-overrides
  * debian/control: Added DM-Upload-Allowed field.
  * Only include modem/modem_defs.h in sl-modem-source
  * debian/rules: add -s switch to dh to correctly build on amd64 archs.

sl-modem (2.9.11~20090222-3) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Rolf Leggewie ]
  * debian/control:
    - add myself to Uploaders
    - update description for sl-modem-daemon package. (LP: #109620)
    - request the package to be autobuilt (adjust debian/copyright accordingly)
    - drop kernel-package from Recommends, we use dkms
    - move linux-headers from Recommends to Depends and make more robust
    - stop to provide sl-modem-modules-new which has been unused for years now
  * debian/patches: add autoload.diff patch from Ubuntu
    (Ubuntu should be able to go back to sync mode now)

  [ أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) ]
  * debian/control:
    - sl-modem-source conflicts with sl-modem-daemon version 2.9.11~20080817
      and earlier (LP: #520890)
    - Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4
  * debian/sl-modem-daemon.init: Fix error message when slamr is not found
    (LP: #42991)
  * debian/sl-modem-source.postinst: use DKMS-provided logic instead of
    maintaining our own (LP: #497149)

sl-modem (2.9.11~20090222-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Switch to 3.0 (quilt) source format.
  * Removed debian/sl-modem-daemon.dirs
  * Added debian/sl-modem-daemon.preinst to remove obsolete
    sl-modem-daemon.modutils conf file. (from Ubuntu although for a different
    purpose)
  * Added debian/sl-modem-daemon.lintian-overrides
  * Install sl-modem.conf using dh_installmodules
  * debian/dkms.conf.in: Use 'cd' instead of popd & pushd
  * debian/control:
    + s/Alsa/ALSA in extended description.
    + Bumped Standards-Version to 3.8.3
  * Added 2.6.31.diff patch to fix FTBFS with kernels >= 2.6.31
    (Closes: #563823)
  * debian/sl-modem-daemon.init:
    + Added $remote_fs to Required-Start & Required-Stop
    + Added sl-modem-daemon to Provides
  * debian/NEWS: Use regular paragraphs rather than asterisks.

sl-modem (2.9.11~20090222-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
  * Refreshed patch: 01_Makefile.diff
  * Removed patches that were merged upstream: 02_dial_string_size.diff,
    03_Makefile_2.6.12.4.diff, 05_st7554_license.diff, README.diff,
    06_slmodem-class-simple-to-class-meins.diff, kernel-ver.diff,
    fortify_source.diff, class_device.diff
  * Remove support for module-assistant
    + debian/rules:
      - Remove binary-modules, kdist_clean & kdist_config targets and the
        variables/includes associated with them (including AGE, k & SUBLEVEL
        variables).
      - Remove lines...