Nope, it's NOT the internal modem, when I bought the laptop I specifically
told them to leave the modem OUT. The one I am having a problem with is a
Xircom Realport card......it's the Card that is a 10/100 Nic and a modem in
a Type III PCMCIA card.
--Dave
At 07:08 AM 4/3/00, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote:
>If that's the internal modem that Dell ships, it's a WinModem.
>
>The DeskPorte Fast 100 combo card, for one, works well. Haven't tried
>others.
>
>On Sun, 02 Apr 2000, you wrote:
>| My Inspiron 7000 is currently dualbooting Win98SE and Mandrake 7.0.2 quite
>| nicely. The only problem i am having is getting the Xircom Realport
>| NIC/Modem working properly. NIC is fine but the modem is not cooperating.
>| --Dave
>|
>| Brian T. Schellenberger typethed the following...
>|
>| >Just a quick note . . .
>| >
>| >The newer, higher-end Inspirons (7500) are among those on which Dell
>| >*does* offer Linux shipped, and on which Linux works quite well.
>| >(That's what I'm using right now, in fact.)
>| >
>| >On Sun, 02 Apr 2000, you wrote:
>| >| WH Bouterse wrote:
>| >| >
>| >| > My latest attempt to bring two converts into
>| >| > the Linux fold has met with another delay.
>| >| >
>| >| > Dell Deminsion XPS T 500
>| >| > Diamond Viper Tnt 16mg AGP
>| >| > PCI probe "No" blank out and return to screen
>| >| > Same with going ahead with "yes"
>| >| > "error /mnt/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ card not found"
>| >| > I thought this card got recognized by L-M 7.0 ?
>| >| > Are the drivers elsewhere?
>| >| >
>| >|
>| >| Ummm, when the brand is Dell, not necessarily. Turtle Beach
>| >| Montego sound drivers on the Aureal website are stated to work
>| >| for all TBM sound cards EXCEPT Dell. Dell has enough buying
>| >| power to have OEM-only versions of cards made to their specs, and
>| >| often these DO require Dell drivers, even in Windows.
>| >|
>| >|
>| >| > "Sound Card Yamaha Corp:YMF-724F {DS-1 Audio Controller]
>| >| > is not supported"
>| >| > The sound card gets recognized, but then I get the above?
>| >| > Subsequently sound doesnt work. Even with sndconfig.
>| >|
>| >| www.opensound.org supposedly has a driver that works (but, with
>| >| Dell, who knows?) for about $30 DEFINITELY try before you buy.
>| >| They will let you download a driver that provides 3 hours of
>| >| sound before you must use the unlock code.
>| >|
>| >| >
>| >| > It found the Printer fine. An HP 600c
>| >| >
>| >| > This is a clean install on a new 20gig as /dev/hdb etc.
>| >| > With NT on /dev/hda
>| >| >
>| >| > Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>| >| >
>| >| > Thanks
>| >| >
>| >| > William Bouterse
>| >| > Alaska
>| >|
>| >| Dell offers linux on SOME of its machines. I have worked on some
>| >| Inspirons and others not offered natively in linux by the
>| >| manufacturer and my success rate is lower than it is with the
>| >| rather proprietary Gateways and Compaqs. Again, this seems to be
>| >| because Dell uses cards which are driven only by its own drivers
>| >| even though they may appear to be similar to retail offerings.
>| >|
>| >| Civileme
>| >|
>| >| While Dell will most likely tell you they don't support linux on
>| >| that model, usually the tech can save you hours of fruitless
>| >| labor and searching by letting you know how proprietary the card
>| >| is--in other words, call them and ask about drivers (in Windows)
>| >| for the cards in question. If he refers you to a public website,
>| >| it is likely that you can succeed. If not, best abandon the
>| >| effort.
>| >|
>| >|
>| >| --
>| >| Remember that if it is done on networks, it may occur on
>| >| your host which is a network unto itself.
>| >--
>| >"Brian, the man from babbleon-on" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>| >Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org
>| >Support http://www.eff.org. Support decss defendents.
>| >Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com.
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