My ltmodem (in the laptop) works under gentoo, and worked under knoppix on the hard drive. I haven't tested it extensively, as I am on adsl at home and the office. I'm off to the west coast for the weekend, so may get a chance to check it out.
On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:08:37 +1200 Lance Blackler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hear this line quite often in response to these queries, and I don't > disagree with it, but I thought it would be useful to mention that I > use 2 internal modems quite successfully with linux (HD install of > Knoppix)- one is a HCF winmodem the other is a an Actiontec (I think > that is right) PCI hardware modem, both are easy to set up (Knoppix > sets the hardware modem just by running Khudzu) - and brwsing and > downloading is excellent with both (I reckon that the winmodem works > better in linux than XP actually). > > Just my 2c worth. > > Lance Blackler > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:43:44 +1200 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Who does this remind you off > > > My experience says that an external serioal modem will offer almost > hassle free use under Linux. Has been that way for a long time and > don't expect it to change anytime soon. Any "softmodem" is a bit of a > challenge to get working in the best case... > > Cheers > > Jason > > Robert Bernard wrote: > > >Hi Have two modems, The current one that I used with Mandrake 9.0 > >no problems therefore used the same driver for 9.1, told me I was > >"tainting the kernel" its a >Telepermit Holder Ricoh New Zealand > >Limited Product Name Ricoh1800L Facsimile Transceiver FCU: H5467200 > >Manufacturer Ricoh Company Limited Japan Model no. 1800L HWV FCU: > >H5467200 Ringer Loading(RN/RAL) 0.5 Year 2000 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
