> Apart from serial port and pppd configuration errors (I assume you
> have read all the various man pages and howtos), there is only one
> reason why this would be happening to you -- you are
> trying to use a "winmodem". If you have one of these, then you loose.
> They are brain-dead pieces of sh^H^Hjunk that can only be used under
> windows.
If this indeed is a winmodem, then there is a very tiny chance that you might
still get it to work under Linux. If you have a PCI win modem made by Lucent,
apparently you can download from them a precompiled kernel module for it. My
friend found himself in this situation and reports success.
--
Maciej Kalisiak | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mac [McQ]
PGP->finger|www; (0x39AC36F5) 9F BB 9E 11 F0 1E 5D 20 0B 31 3D 37 47 D0 67 C7
GE/CS d- s++:+ a- C++(+++) ULAI++ P+++ L+++ E+++ W++ N- o? K? !w--- O- M- V--
PS PE+ Y+ PGP+ t+ 5 !X-- R+ tv-- b+>++++ DI+ G+ e>+++>++++(*) h--- r+++ y?
