Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
hmmm. You sure about that? I am pretty sure I had a rockwell/connexant running with an rpm from:
http://www.heby.de/ltmodem
And I am absolutely sure that you had not :) Read right at the start of that page that that driver only supports Lucent + Mars chipsets, big difference to connexant. The "lt" in ltmodem tells you it's a lucent chip driver.
I have a sneaking suspicion that you have no desire to do any "crank your compiler"ing, visit the site above before anything else.
Having to run a compiler before being able to get a modem going is not the way to get newbies hooked on Linux. Of course there's a chance of finding a precomiled binary, this will have to match the distro+kernel exactly or it most likely won't be a positive experience. As an experienced Linux user I don't have a desire to compile things either, if I can spend my time on something more productive instead. Alas, there are no open source softmodem drivers.
I agree. Its so easy to just throw an external modem on COM1, select dev/ttyS0 or dev/modem, and surf. Thats what I'd recommend. The new bits I upgraded my PC to included a v92 compatible PCI Winmodem (a Connexant jobbie) but I simply will not pay for a driver when Windows guys get one (essentially) free with the thing...
Where did you get a $20-25 modem from?
I've seen several externals (56k, firmware upgradeable to v92) for near that price in Buy-Sell-Exchange. As long as they've not been struck by lightning they should be OK! As with anything 'Caveat Emptor!'...
-- Kind regards,
Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch, New Zealand. Remove spamblocker to send replies direct to my email...
