> Hi, im a newbie at Linux and have just installed mandrake 9.1, it > seems that the o.s.detects the modem but does not have drivers for any > modem with a conexant chipset. Can anyone out there help with this > problem, the modem is a 56k Puretek 3515 with conexant chipset.
Bad luck. There are only commercial drivers for connexant chip modems available, US$15. You can try at reduced speed (33k) before you buy. For $30-35, you can get a new modem card with lucent chip which has costless, but no opensource drivers. Installing the drivers will be a little hassle as you'll need to recompile/link them for your kernel. There are Intel 536EP chip modems too for the same price, driver installation and configuration of Linux etc is out of the box and fully automatic on SuSE 8.2, but I could not yet get the modem itself to talk to any ISP's dialup, probably because I haven't yet found the correct init strings for that modem. You will have this kind of problem potentially with any modem. The 536EP driver is also costless, but not opensource, if it's not out of the box for your, crank your compiler. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
