Hi, I thought the idea was to get more people to use linux not deter them away, and by charging people for drivers does deter them.
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Rout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 11:28 PM Subject: Re: modem help > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
