Hello: Kindly be informed that Motorola SM56 internal modem is supported upto PCQ Linux 7.1 / Red Hat 7.1 only. Motorola have withdrawn the support for the same after that release.
Cheers, Surjo. --- N S Srikanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Listers > > I am trying to install GNU/Linux on some of my > friends' PC's here at > Trivandrum. The trouble is that all of them have > only internal modems. They > would very much like to try Any distro. > Having heard that it works with PCQ Linux 7.1, I > installed it at a friend's > PC (dual boot). But to make internal modem work, it > was no way. I installed > sm56 rpm, set it up and ran it . Setup was okay , > but the modem will not > work. Either " it is unable to find the modem" or " > modem is busy"(I made > the sym link, changed the device pointer > /dev/modem, /dev/ttyS01, 02 etc ., > "n" number of times). But no way. I posted this > query earlier. I am at my > wits end. > > Now apart from RH7.3, I have MDK9.0, Slackware 8.1 > and Debian Woody (3 CD > set) with me. Will the internal modem (Motorola SM > 56) work in any of these > distros without any hassle ?At least 5 of my friends > have internal modem > only. > I would like to install GNU/Linux in as many PC's > here in Trivandrum, but > only if this problem is resolved . > Any pointers or hints to help solve this problem ? > > N S Srikanth > Trivandrum > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
