Here I am, replying to my own message!
I just got my modem working this evening (about 15 minutes ago), with
the free (as in beer) binary-only driver supplied by Lucent
Technologies, which I downloaded from linmodems.org.
Dave
On Thursday 01 February 2001 17:50, you wrote:
> Well, I'm not running an A20, but I am running an IBM ThinkPad i1400,
> and Mandrake 7.2 performs better on it than any of several distros I
> have tried. It detected all of my hardware during the install,
> warning me that I had a Lucent Technologies 'winmodem' and suggested
> I go to linmodems.org for more information (LT winmodems are not
> supported, but there are beta-quality drivers available at
> linmodems.org). It also found my PCMCIA network card and got it
> working immediately.
>
> The only thing I had trouble with was the monitor. It detected my
> video card ok (NeoMagic 256AV), but the monitor itself I had to
> choose from a BIG list. Hint: if you don't know your monitor type,
> try the various IBM monitors listed until you find one that works. I
> initially tried the generic 1024x768 SVGA monitor, but the
> performance was *terrible*. I changed to an IBM monitor (don't
> remember which one, off-hand), and I noticed an immediate
> improvement.
>
> Good luck,
> Dave
>
> At 08:53 AM 02/01/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hello all!
> >
> >I'm new to the linux world and new to this mailing
> >list too. I wish to install mandrake 7.2 on my IBM
> >A20p laptop. anyone has the same machine as mine and
> >installed 7.2 ?? i wish to know any problems tt u hav
> >encountered and any advice u may wanna give pertaining
> >to optimizing mandrake 7.2 for A20p.
> >
> >thank you very much!!
> >
> >mikael
> >
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> Dave Sherman
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