Steve Bergman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an friend that just got 7.2 installed on his
> machine. It has a Rockwell Conexant (softk56) modem. I
> have suggested that he get something else. His hardware
> config is unknown and he is not (yet ;-) a techie. He
> doesn't see and com ports on the machine so I'm
> recommending an internel. Perhaps a USR sportster.
>
> (Note: It shows up in harddrake with all the info about
> what kind of modem it is. Does anyone know if perhaps it
> *IS* support. The install linked /dev/ttyS2 to /dev/modem)
>
> I always do all my configuration from the command line and
> turn of all that stuff that autodetects things and never
> set anything up through the graphical interface. So it is
> due to my extreme ignorance of things "user friendly" that
> I must ask this question.
>
> Once the modem is plugged in, what happens. Should the
> modem be set for plug and play or be at a fixed com port.
> What would he need to do to get it going.
>
> I would do this myself but I don't have easy access to the
> machine.
>
> Thanks for any enlightenment.
>
> Oh, BTW. He is very impressed with Mandrake, modem
> problems aside. He's migrating over from WinME. During
> the install, he chose to nuke his Windows partition so he's
> obviously cut off from the net right now but perservering.
>
> :-)
>
> -Thanks,
> -Steve Bergman
Steve....go here for help, as that's a winmodem he's got.
http://www.linmodems.org/
--
Alan
