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 > >
