[newbie] Linmodems
I am very new to linux and would like to have some help with my modem. Vendor: Lucent Microelectronics Model: F-1156IV WinModem (V90, 56KFlex) Kernel Module: unknown Bus Type: PCI The driver that I use for it is ltmodem-kv_2.4.3-20mdk Version 5.99b1-1 I am running Linux-Mandrake 8.0 and would like to upgrade to 8.1 Thanks Arnold Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Linmodems
Tuesday, December 18, 2001, 7:06:11 AM, you wrote: RB :-( RB i crashed it.. trying to install a old worn out no good plain ole soft ware windoze powered piece of crap.. RB thanks for the link.. i went to the site and tried what they suggested.. (almost) i had some type o's in my RB /etc/devfsd.conf file.. so it crashed my machine.. i do not have a rescue disc and my RB friend has my copy of MD 8.1.. fail safe will not even boot.. and when it allows me in as root to repair things.. RB the fs is read only. i cannot restore the file from my back up.. any id's? RB thanxs.. RB roy Try passing single to kernel when you are booting. Like, if you are using lilo, type linux single instead of linux at the prompt. Onur Kucuk _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linmodems
:-( i crashed it.. trying to install a old worn out no good plain ole soft ware windoze powered piece of crap.. thanks for the link.. i went to the site and tried what they suggested.. (almost) i had some type o's in my /etc/devfsd.conf file.. so it crashed my machine.. i do not have a rescue disc and my friend has my copy of MD 8.1.. fail safe will not even boot.. and when it allows me in as root to repair things.. the fs is read only. i cannot restore the file from my back up.. any id's? thanxs.. roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 2028 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi, Once again, this is exactly the same response that I would get. In order to get a functioning modem there is a setup to followThis fellow from the Linmodem mailing list solved the problem for me and many others. Apparently, it has something to do with the devfs (file system) and some drivers. Anyway, go here.http://linmodems.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?1:mss:6582:200112:bobbejjjefngmoikejpfHTH,Bill W.On Sunday 16 December 2001 23:31, you wrote: HOORAY! i'm getting close! thanks for all of your help. I used /dev/modem under kppp and it queried my LT linmodem but it did not respond. i tried to dial up any ways and it didnot initialize. when i ran the query it found the modem but it did not give any response back.. under my isapnp.conf the modem is set to irq 3 or 4 cant remember cauze i had to come back to windoze.. my bios says its on 9 when my machine boots up.. could this be the problem? roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 1423 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi Roy, Same basic configuration as me. Before we try anything more complicated, you should go into the kppp , setup tab. In there, under 'device' you should try the /dev/tty0 or /dev/tty1 . Also, I have flow control set to xon/xoff. Under the 'modem' tab, there is a 'query' button. You could give that a try and see if your modem is responding at all. I'm sure you're very close. Regards, Bill W. On Sunday 16 December 2001 10:37, you wrote: I'm am using a LT winmodem(lucent chip) and ltmodem-kv_2.4.8_34.1mdk-6.00b7-1.i586.rpm. it installed a device.. i think using /dev/ltmodem ? linux rpm installers dont tell you much of what they are doing.. also.. thanks for refering the basiclinux course. i have signed up for it... roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2051 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi Roy, I was in the same boat as you. I needed a ltmodem driver for my modem to work. If you could supply a little more information; specifically which modem you are using, which 'rpm' did you use, I might be able to help. There are many on this list who can supply the answers you seek. Regards, Bill W. On Saturday 15 December 2001 23:18, you wrote: ok.. I'm new to this wonderful thing called linux, but i love it. i understand the file system and the fact that everything is a file. i know there is support for some linmodems, including the one i my machine. 8.1 did not autodetect it so i went on a search for a rpm that would work and found one. i installed it, but cannot get the internet dialer to recognize it. is there another dialer i can use .. or would it be best to by an external modem?. i have the same problem with my PDA.. the soft where is there, but it is looking @ /dev/polit when it is connect to comm2.. does any one know of some free training one the web or some good books i can read. i want to use my machine on the web instead of going under windoz all the time.. thanks roy --- --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linmodems
i crashed it.. trying to install ...thanks for the link.. i went to the site and tried what they suggested.. (almost) i had some type o's in my /etc/devfsd.conf file.. so it crashed my machine.. i do not have a rescue disc and my friend has my copy of MD 8.1.. fail safe will not even boot.. and when it allows me in as root to repair things.. the fs is read only. i cannot restore the file from my back up.. any id's? thanxs.. roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 2028 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi, Once again, this is exactly the same response that I would get. In order to get a functioning modem there is a setup to followThis fellow from the Linmodem mailing list solved the problem for me and many others. Apparently, it has something to do with the devfs (file system) and some drivers. Anyway, go here.http://linmodems.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?1:mss:6582:200112:bobbejjjefngmoikejpfHTH,Bill W.On Sunday 16 December 2001 23:31, you wrote: HOORAY! i'm getting close! thanks for all of your help. I used /dev/modem under kppp and it queried my LT linmodem but it did not respond. i tried to dial up any ways and it didnot initialize. when i ran the query it found the modem but it did not give any response back.. under my isapnp.conf the modem is set to irq 3 or 4 cant remember cauze i had to come back to windoze.. my bios says its on 9 when my machine boots up.. could this be the problem? roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 1423 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi Roy, Same basic configuration as me. Before we try anything more complicated, you should go into the kppp , setup tab. In there, under 'device' you should try the /dev/tty0 or /dev/tty1 . Also, I have flow control set to xon/xoff. Under the 'modem' tab, there is a 'query' button. You could give that a try and see if your modem is responding at all. I'm sure you're very close. Regards, Bill W. On Sunday 16 December 2001 10:37, you wrote: I'm am using a LT winmodem(lucent chip) and ltmodem-kv_2.4.8_34.1mdk-6.00b7-1.i586.rpm. it installed a device.. i think using /dev/ltmodem ? linux rpm installers dont tell you much of what they are doing.. also.. thanks for refering the basiclinux course. i have signed up for it... roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2051 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi Roy, I was in the same boat as you. I needed a ltmodem driver for my modem to work. If you could supply a little more information; specifically which modem you are using, which 'rpm' did you use, I might be able to help. There are many on this list who can supply the answers you seek. Regards, Bill W. On Saturday 15 December 2001 23:18, you wrote: ok.. I'm new to this wonderful thing called linux, but i love it. i understand the file system and the fact that everything is a file. i know there is support for some linmodems, including the one i my machine. 8.1 did not autodetect it so i went on a search for a rpm that would work and found one. i installed it, but cannot get the internet dialer to recognize it. is there another dialer i can use .. or would it be best to by an external modem?. i have the same problem with my PDA.. the soft where is there, but it is looking @ /dev/polit when it is connect to comm2.. does any one know of some free training one the web or some good books i can read. i want to use my machine on the web instead of going under windoz all the time.. thanks roy --- --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linmodems
Roy Barton wrote: ok.. I'm new to this wonderful thing called linux, but i love it. i understand the file system and the fact that everything is a file. i know there is support for some linmodems, including the one i my machine. 8.1 did not autodetect it so i went on a search for a rpm that would work and found one. i installed it, but cannot get the internet dialer to recognize it. is there another dialer i can use .. or would it be best to by an external modem?. i have the same problem with my PDA.. the soft where is there, but it is looking @ /dev/polit when it is connect to comm2.. does any one know of some free training one the web or some good books i can read. i want to use my machine on the web instead of going under windoz all the time.. thanks roy HI - I don't know what a linmodem is, but considering the low cost of an external modem, buy one and use it instead ! Best book about linux I've ever seen is : Running Linux from O'Reilly. It is very beginner-friendly and with a touch of humour too. Enjoy ! Regards Kaj Haulrich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linmodems
RB ok.. RB I'm new to this wonderful thing called linux, but i love it. i understand the file system and the fact that everything is a file. i know there is support for some linmodems, including the one i RB my machine. 8.1 did not autodetect it so i went on a search for a rpm that would work and found one. i installed it, but cannot get the internet dialer to recognize it. is there another dialer i RB can use .. or would it be best to by an external modem?. RB i have the same problem with my PDA.. the soft where is there, but it is looking @ /dev/polit when it is connect to comm2.. does any one know of some free training one the web or some good books RB i can read. i want to use my machine on the web instead of going under windoz all the time.. RB thanks RB roy I did make some models work fine under linux, but all have different styles to be configured. Which modem are you trying to make work ? What rpm did you use ? Btw, many of the modems can not work with rpms, as they need to be compiled against your machine. Onur Kucuk _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Linmodems
in its simplist terms, a winmodem is a modem where half the hardware has been replaced by software.. so certain stuff that would normally be done by the modem itself is done by your PC's CPU via the driver software.. The problem is that not many winmodem manufactures make linux drivers or even supply the specs so that one may be written. makes it hard to get them working properly. a linmodem is generally one that either had linux drivers supplied for it, or someone has worked out how to write one for it themselves and have released it.. I am of the belief that nothing does as well as a good old serial external modem, it won't need a driver at all, and should have you up and away almost instantly, it also puts alot less load on your PC, since your CPU isnt' doing half the work of the modem. be careful of USB external modems, alot of them are also winmodems. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kaj Haulrich Sent: Sunday, 16 December 2001 4:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Roy Barton wrote: ok.. I'm new to this wonderful thing called linux, but i love it. i understand the file system and the fact that everything is a file. i know there is support for some linmodems, including the one i my machine. 8.1 did not autodetect it so i went on a search for a rpm that would work and found one. i installed it, but cannot get the internet dialer to recognize it. is there another dialer i can use .. or would it be best to by an external modem?. i have the same problem with my PDA.. the soft where is there, but it is looking @ /dev/polit when it is connect to comm2.. does any one know of some free training one the web or some good books i can read. i want to use my machine on the web instead of going under windoz all the time.. thanks roy HI - I don't know what a linmodem is, but considering the low cost of an external modem, buy one and use it instead ! Best book about linux I've ever seen is : Running Linux from O'Reilly. It is very beginner-friendly and with a touch of humour too. Enjoy ! Regards Kaj Haulrich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linmodems
I'm am using a LT winmodem(lucent chip) and ltmodem-kv_2.4.8_34.1mdk-6.00b7-1.i586.rpm. it installed a device.. i think using /dev/ltmodem ? linux rpm installers dont tell you much of what they are doing.. also.. thanks for refering the basiclinux course. i have signed up for it... roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2051 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi Roy,I was in the same boat as you. I needed a ltmodem driver for my modem to work. If you could supply a little more information; specifically which modem you are using, which 'rpm' did you use, I might be able to help. There are many on this list who can supply the answers you seek. Regards,Bill W.On Saturday 15 December 2001 23:18, you wrote: ok.. I'm new to this wonderful thing called linux, but i love it. i understand the file system and the fact that everything is a file. i know there is support for some linmodems, including the one i my machine. 8.1 did not autodetect it so i went on a search for a rpm that would work and found one. i installed it, but cannot get the internet dialer to recognize it. is there another dialer i can use .. or would it be best to by an external modem?. i have the same problem with my PDA.. the soft where is there, but it is looking @ /dev/polit when it is connect to comm2.. does any one know of some free training one the web or some good books i can read. i want to use my machine on the web instead of going under windoz all the time.. thanks roy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Linmodems
On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Franki wrote: in its simplist terms, a winmodem is a modem where half the hardware has been replaced by software.. so certain stuff that would normally be done by the modem itself is done by your PC's CPU via the driver software.. The problem is that not many winmodem manufactures make linux drivers or even supply the specs so that one may be written. makes it hard to get them working properly. a linmodem is generally one that either had linux drivers supplied for it, or someone has worked out how to write one for it themselves and have released it.. a winmodem is basically a soundcard -- . --- |o_o | |:_/ | Give Micro$oft the Bird // \ \ Use Linux (| | ) /'\_ _/`\ \___)=(___/ Chad Young Registered Linux User #195191 @ http://counter.li.org --- Linux localhost 2.4.17-rc1 #5 Thu Dec 13 18:25:16 AST 2001 i686 unknown 2:00pm up 41 min, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linmodems
Hi Roy, Same basic configuration as me. Before we try anything more complicated, you should go into the kppp , setup tab. In there, under 'device' you should try the /dev/tty0 or /dev/tty1 . Also, I have flow control set to xon/xoff. Under the 'modem' tab, there is a 'query' button. You could give that a try and see if your modem is responding at all. I'm sure you're very close. Regards, Bill W. On Sunday 16 December 2001 10:37, you wrote: I'm am using a LT winmodem(lucent chip) and ltmodem-kv_2.4.8_34.1mdk-6.00b7-1.i586.rpm. it installed a device.. i think using /dev/ltmodem ? linux rpm installers dont tell you much of what they are doing.. also.. thanks for refering the basiclinux course. i have signed up for it... roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2051 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi Roy, I was in the same boat as you. I needed a ltmodem driver for my modem to work. If you could supply a little more information; specifically which modem you are using, which 'rpm' did you use, I might be able to help. There are many on this list who can supply the answers you seek. Regards, Bill W. On Saturday 15 December 2001 23:18, you wrote: ok.. I'm new to this wonderful thing called linux, but i love it. i understand the file system and the fact that everything is a file. i know there is support for some linmodems, including the one i my machine. 8.1 did not autodetect it so i went on a search for a rpm that would work and found one. i installed it, but cannot get the internet dialer to recognize it. is there another dialer i can use .. or would it be best to by an external modem?. i have the same problem with my PDA.. the soft where is there, but it is looking @ /dev/polit when it is connect to comm2.. does any one know of some free training one the web or some good books i can read. i want to use my machine on the web instead of going under windoz all the time.. thanks roy --- --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linmodems
HOORAY! i'm getting close! thanks for all of your help. I used /dev/modem under kppp and it queried my LT linmodem but it did not respond. i tried to dial up any ways and it didnot initialize. when i ran the query it found the modem but it did not give any response back.. under my isapnp.conf the modem is set to irq 3 or 4 cant remember cauze i had to come back to windoze.. my bios says its on 9 when my machine boots up.. could this be the problem? roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 1423 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi Roy,Same basic configuration as me. Before we try anything more complicated, you should go into the kppp , setup tab. In there, under 'device' you should try the /dev/tty0 or /dev/tty1 .Also, I have flow control set to xon/xoff. Under the 'modem' tab, there is a 'query' button. You could give that a try and see if your modem is responding at all.I'm sure you're very close.Regards,Bill W.On Sunday 16 December 2001 10:37, you wrote: I'm am using a LT winmodem(lucent chip) and ltmodem-kv_2.4.8_34.1mdk-6.00b7-1.i586.rpm. it installed a device.. i think using /dev/ltmodem ? linux rpm installers dont tell you much of what they are doing.. also.. thanks for refering the basiclinux course. i have signed up for it... roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2051 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi Roy, I was in the same boat as you. I needed a ltmodem driver for my modem to work. If you could supply a little more information; specifically which modem you are using, which 'rpm' did you use, I might be able to help. There are many on this list who can supply the answers you seek. Regards, Bill W. On Saturday 15 December 2001 23:18, you wrote: ok.. I'm new to this wonderful thing called linux, but i love it. i understand the file system and the fact that everything is a file. i know there is support for some linmodems, including the one i my machine. 8.1 did not autodetect it so i went on a search for a rpm that would work and found one. i installed it, but cannot get the internet dialer to recognize it. is there another dialer i can use .. or would it be best to by an external modem?. i have the same problem with my PDA.. the soft where is there, but it is looking @ /dev/polit when it is connect to comm2.. does any one know of some free training one the web or some good books i can read. i want to use my machine on the web instead of going under windoz all the time.. thanks roy -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linmodems
Hi, Once again, this is exactly the same response that I would get. In order to get a functioning modem there is a setup to follow This fellow from the Linmodem mailing list solved the problem for me and many others. Apparently, it has something to do with the devfs (file system) and some drivers. Anyway, go here. http://linmodems.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?1:mss:6582:200112:bobbejjjefngmoikejpf HTH, Bill W. On Sunday 16 December 2001 23:31, you wrote: HOORAY! i'm getting close! thanks for all of your help. I used /dev/modem under kppp and it queried my LT linmodem but it did not respond. i tried to dial up any ways and it didnot initialize. when i ran the query it found the modem but it did not give any response back.. under my isapnp.conf the modem is set to irq 3 or 4 cant remember cauze i had to come back to windoze.. my bios says its on 9 when my machine boots up.. could this be the problem? roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 1423 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi Roy, Same basic configuration as me. Before we try anything more complicated, you should go into the kppp , setup tab. In there, under 'device' you should try the /dev/tty0 or /dev/tty1 . Also, I have flow control set to xon/xoff. Under the 'modem' tab, there is a 'query' button. You could give that a try and see if your modem is responding at all. I'm sure you're very close. Regards, Bill W. On Sunday 16 December 2001 10:37, you wrote: I'm am using a LT winmodem(lucent chip) and ltmodem-kv_2.4.8_34.1mdk-6.00b7-1.i586.rpm. it installed a device.. i think using /dev/ltmodem ? linux rpm installers dont tell you much of what they are doing.. also.. thanks for refering the basiclinux course. i have signed up for it... roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2051 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi Roy, I was in the same boat as you. I needed a ltmodem driver for my modem to work. If you could supply a little more information; specifically which modem you are using, which 'rpm' did you use, I might be able to help. There are many on this list who can supply the answers you seek. Regards, Bill W. On Saturday 15 December 2001 23:18, you wrote: ok.. I'm new to this wonderful thing called linux, but i love it. i understand the file system and the fact that everything is a file. i know there is support for some linmodems, including the one i my machine. 8.1 did not autodetect it so i went on a search for a rpm that would work and found one. i installed it, but cannot get the internet dialer to recognize it. is there another dialer i can use .. or would it be best to by an external modem?. i have the same problem with my PDA.. the soft where is there, but it is looking @ /dev/polit when it is connect to comm2.. does any one know of some free training one the web or some good books i can read. i want to use my machine on the web instead of going under windoz all the time.. thanks roy --- --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linmodems
Try this. Open a shell or terminal window. SU and then type/run modemconf. This will display a window with an option to autodetect. Select it and if it finds your modem, it will configure the /dev/modem appropriately. For instance, under Windows98, my winmodem is on IRQ 3, under Linux, it is IRQ 15. Anyway, assuming it finds it, it means that a) you have the correct driver installed and b) it should work for you after you accept the settings. (if you get a command not found error, then you didn't SU before running it!) Joe On Sunday 16 December 2001 10:31 pm, you wrote: HOORAY! i'm getting close! thanks for all of your help. I used /dev/modem under kppp and it queried my LT linmodem but it did not respond. i tried to dial up any ways and it didnot initialize. when i ran the query it found the modem but it did not give any response back.. under my isapnp.conf the modem is set to irq 3 or 4 cant remember cauze i had to come back to windoze.. my bios says its on 9 when my machine boots up.. could this be the problem? roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 1423 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi Roy, Same basic configuration as me. Before we try anything more complicated, you should go into the kppp , setup tab. In there, under 'device' you should try the /dev/tty0 or /dev/tty1 . Also, I have flow control set to xon/xoff. Under the 'modem' tab, there is a 'query' button. You could give that a try and see if your modem is responding at all. I'm sure you're very close. Regards, Bill W. On Sunday 16 December 2001 10:37, you wrote: I'm am using a LT winmodem(lucent chip) and ltmodem-kv_2.4.8_34.1mdk-6.00b7-1.i586.rpm. it installed a device.. i think using /dev/ltmodem ? linux rpm installers dont tell you much of what they are doing.. also.. thanks for refering the basiclinux course. i have signed up for it... roy - Original Message - From: Bill Winegarden To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2051 Subject: Re: [newbie] Linmodems Hi Roy, I was in the same boat as you. I needed a ltmodem driver for my modem to work. If you could supply a little more information; specifically which modem you are using, which 'rpm' did you use, I might be able to help. There are many on this list who can supply the answers you seek. Regards, Bill W. On Saturday 15 December 2001 23:18, you wrote: ok.. I'm new to this wonderful thing called linux, but i love it. i understand the file system and the fact that everything is a file. i know there is support for some linmodems, including the one i my machine. 8.1 did not autodetect it so i went on a search for a rpm that would work and found one. i installed it, but cannot get the internet dialer to recognize it. is there another dialer i can use .. or would it be best to by an external modem?. i have the same problem with my PDA.. the soft where is there, but it is looking @ /dev/polit when it is connect to comm2.. does any one know of some free training one the web or some good books i can read. i want to use my machine on the web instead of going under windoz all the time.. thanks roy --- --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linmodems
Hi Roy, I was in the same boat as you. I needed a ltmodem driver for my modem to work. If you could supply a little more information; specifically which modem you are using, which 'rpm' did you use, I might be able to help. There are many on this list who can supply the answers you seek. Regards, Bill W. On Saturday 15 December 2001 23:18, you wrote: ok.. I'm new to this wonderful thing called linux, but i love it. i understand the file system and the fact that everything is a file. i know there is support for some linmodems, including the one i my machine. 8.1 did not autodetect it so i went on a search for a rpm that would work and found one. i installed it, but cannot get the internet dialer to recognize it. is there another dialer i can use .. or would it be best to by an external modem?. i have the same problem with my PDA.. the soft where is there, but it is looking @ /dev/polit when it is connect to comm2.. does any one know of some free training one the web or some good books i can read. i want to use my machine on the web instead of going under windoz all the time.. thanks roy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linmodems
On Sunday 16 December 2001 3:18 pm, you wrote: ok.. I'm new to this wonderful thing called linux, but i love it. i understand the file system and the fact that everything is a file. i know there is support for some linmodems, including the one i my machine. 8.1 did not autodetect it so i went on a search for a rpm that would work and found one. i installed it, but cannot get the internet dialer to recognize it. is there another dialer i can use .. or would it be best to by an external modem?. i have the same problem with my PDA.. the soft where is there, but it is looking @ /dev/polit when it is connect to comm2.. does any one know of some free training one the web or some good books i can read. i want to use my machine on the web instead of going under windoz all the time.. thanks roy Roy, Which PDA package are you using? I found problems configuring Kpilot, but Jpilot works just fine for me. Confusingly, Jpilot is under Applications | Communications on the KDE menus, while Kpilot is under Office | PDA. Can't quite see the logic of this. Anyway, if you try Jpilot, just go to File | Preferences | Settings, type in the name of the com port your are attached to and bingo (famous last words I know). Hope that helps /Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] LinModems!
Hi all, I just stumbled upon a neat thing. People have started writing Linux drivers for WinModems. And the one that came with my system has a driver. Yay! I was really bummed when I found out that I had a WinModem. And hopefully this will be an immediate help. I do plan on getting a real modem here in the not too distant future, but it's not a priority just yet. For anybody else who is enterested I found out about these at the following sites: http://linmodems.org/ http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html Cheers! Jake Shop Safely Online Without a Credit Card http://www.rocketcash.com
Re: [newbie] Linmodems
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Denis Havlik wrote: On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :~(http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=2905114341) BTW: If you want to receive ALL forum headlines in your INBOX, subscribe to "forum" mailing list. This means ca 3-5 mails a day, and it is quite informative... I have tried to find this mailing list, but I can only find the website. Where did you hide the list? Paul -- I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain. -Carol Leifer http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
Re: [newbie] Linmodems
I went to their homepage http://www.mandrakeforum.com and about ½ way down on the right hand side is a heading that says forum and Join the Forum Mailing list. See ya there Paul giggle Patti Registered Linux User #184611 Original Message On 9/7/00, 12:53:13 PM, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Linmodems: On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Denis Havlik wrote: On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :~(http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=2905114341) BTW: If you want to receive ALL forum headlines in your INBOX, subscribe to "forum" mailing list. This means ca 3-5 mails a day, and it is quite informative... I have tried to find this mailing list, but I can only find the website. Where did you hide the list? Paul -- I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain. -Carol Leifer http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
[newbie] Linmodems
Linmodems (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=2905114341) Due to wide avaliability of cheep junk-modems, "How can I get my winmodem working under Linux" question has made it very high on list of Frequently Asked Questions. For a long time, standard answer was "no, forget it", but this has changed lately to "maybe", "some" and "to some extend", because some vendors provided binary-only modules, and there has even been some progress on free-software front. Although this question has already been discussed several times on this forum, I decided to re-launch the story, because of two recent changes on linmodems.org and WG pages: First, there is a new table on gromitkc pages, with list of existing linmodem drivers and links to tarballs. Thus, search for drivers has just been made easier. Second change is that Mikhail Moreyra has written a driver for the CL-MD5620DT (Ambient Tech) chipset, and according to linmodems.org it does PPP! I have no idea how good this driver is, but if you have this winmodem, make sure to try out the driver. So, times are changing in Linmodems land, but don't expect too much. Binary-only drivers are bound to give you problems on next kernel upgrade, and GPL-ed ones are still in vary early stage (though the above mentioned one could be further than I thought), so you should still avoid these monsters if you can, and we will not be able to give you any sort of support if/when something goes wrong.
Re: [newbie] Linmodems
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :~Subject: [newbie] Linmodems :~ :~Linmodems :~(http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=2905114341) BTW: If you want to receive ALL forum headlines in your INBOX, subscribe to "forum" mailing list. This means ca 3-5 mails a day, and it is quite informative... cu Denis -- - Dr. Denis Havlikhttp://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---oOO--(_)--OOo- The mailserver is on strike. It wants better working conditions, paid days off and a female connector. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])