yeah, actually there seem to be a few .o files without corresponding .c
files alright.

-----Original Message-----
From: Giuseppe Ghib� [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 08 August 2002 14:21
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Mandrake and Winmodems


O'Riordan, Kevin wrote:

> Smart link have winmodem drivers with source code included. Licence seems
> similar enough to gpl, in that it allows source code distribution and
> modified source code distribution as long as licence is included. Drivers
> are at http://www.smlink.com. Have tested them on my own machine with
> success (laptop with via board and integrated amr modem).

Are you sure they don't include some binary only files (like for
the Conexant based winmodems http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/).

Bye.
Giuseppe.

> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 04 August 2002 14:18
> To: Cooker Mandrake
> Subject: [Cooker] Mandrake and Winmodems
> 
> 
> Dear Cooker Team,
> 
> I want to raise an issue with the cooker team regarding Winmodems. I 
> recommend Mandrake to everyone I know. As such I get calls to help with 
> installs all the time. These people are ALWAYS encouraged by me to 
> either buy ML or join the club. They almost always do once they see how 
> great ML is. I would say that as the premiere desktop distro, a 
> concerted effort should be made to support winmodems when possible and 
> include all available drivers in the distro along with the tools to 
> autodetect them and install as appropriate. I would say that at least 
> 70-80% of my installs run into a winmodem problem. A newbie has no clue 
> how to go to linmodems.org and get drivers/install etc.
> 
> When these winmodems are detected, the installer simply suggests the 
> cryptic "please visit linmodems.org for more information" or something 
> to that effect. Why are the available winmodem drivers not simply 
> included in the distro?? This would be a major plus if Mandrake added 
> this and it would put it even further ahead of the other desktop 
> oriented distros. This one sticking point has always concerned me and as 
> I run into this problem more and more I thought this feature would be 
> EXTREMELY useful to myself and many others who use/recommend ML.
> 
> Thank you ALL for your hard work and dedication to making the best Linux 
>   distro possible but please can we make some progress in this area for 
> 9.0??
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Jason Greenwood
> 
> 



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