On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 19:36:38 +1300 Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, cheers everyone who have tried to help, looks like i may have to > go and buy a new modem, there is no way im going to pay those w.....s > at that website money for drivers. > It just seems strange to me that Linux are getting bigger and better, > but they are still let down by the need of software support, and > those that are trying to monopolise modem support by making people pay > for something that should be readily available to anyone, should be > shot.
ahh excuse me but why shouldn't they get paid for their efforts? they perform work, the sell the proceeds of that work. > Oh and i think ive solved the html thing...lol > > Cheers > Mike > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "anton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 6:33 PM > Subject: Re: modem help > > > > > > >Bad luck. There are only commercial drivers for connexant chip > > >modems available, US$15. > > > > > hmmm. You sure about that? I am pretty sure I had a > > rockwell/connexant running with an rpm from: > > http://www.heby.de/ltmodem > > > > >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. > > > > > http://www.heby.de/ltmodem > > has rpms for some lucent modems (the LT, and others), which are I > > think the bottom of the range el cheapo (i.e., the one i've got...). > > Double click and play. No recompile, no link, at least not that I > > have to do. Got both Redhat 9 and MDK 9.2 no worries. The modem cost > > me about$20-$25 from memory. So do NOT pay for a driver. > > > > > > > >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. > > > > > I have a sneaking suspicion that you have no desire to do any "crank > > your compiler"ing, visit the site above before anything else. > > Cheers > > Anton > > > > > > > >Volker > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
