Joseph
The fact that your Viking modem is offered in both a Win and Mac version
leads me to believe that though you tecnically have an external modem it is
still a Win Nomodem.
If it is a real modem it should be listed under devices and in kppp there
would be a listing for acmo.
Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Polanik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 4:19 PM
Subject: [newbie] Need Help with USB Modem
> I installed Linux-Mandrake 7.1 as a second OS. (win 98 SE came with the
Dell pentium III system)
>
> I'm having trouble getting kppp to recognize my USB modem (Viking 56K
external USB). When configuring a dial up connection, kppp doesn't offer the
choice of /dev/usb/ttyACM0 (or other usb modems) as a device. It lists only
the serial modems (ttyS0 etc).
>
> Is there a way to add the USB devices to its list?
>
> kppp *did* have a /dev/modem choice. This didn't exist initially. However,
defining it as a symbolic link to /dev/usb/ttyACM0 had no effect.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> TIA,
>
> Joe
>
>
