lowlevel.c:454 error: 8, Unknown error - well better than nothing!!

[karanveer singh]

Hey, I'm trying to configure gnokii using smsd. I can send sms through
gnokii --sendsms. I created a database called smsgw using the contents
of the file /usr/share/doc/gnokii-smsd-mysql/sms.tables.mysql.sql
Now when I execute the following command :

sudo /usr/sbin/smsd -u username -ppassword -d smsgw -c localhost -m
mysql     (username and password are the user's username and password)

I get the following recurring error:

Message sent: 0x00 / 0x000d
41 54 2b 43 50 4d 53 3d 22 53 4d 22 0d          | AT+CPMS="SM"
write: [AT+CPMS="SM"<cr>]
read : [AT+CPMS="SM"<cr><cr><lf>ERROR<cr><lf>]
Message received: 0x00 / 0x0016
03 41 54 2b 43 50 4d 53 3d 22 53 4d 22 0d 0d 0a |  AT+CPMS="SM"
45 52 52 4f 52 0d                               | ERROR
Received message type 00
lowlevel.c:454 error: 8, Unknown error - well better than nothing!!

Any ideas?