On Sunday 20 August 2006 16:51, Alan wrote: > As far as I can see, if I have done things correctly, it would appear > that the new downloaded modem is version 8.31 which is what is already > installed, so I dont think that I will gain by building and installing > the new one. The latest recommended ltmodem files are:- http://www.sfu.ca/~cth/ltmodem/ltmodem-8.31a10.tar.gz and http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/ltmodem-2.6-alk-8.tar.bz2
The second one provides the necessary for correct functioning under 2.6.x > As it appeears that wvdial is not in this mepis program I have looked at > downloading it to try it out, but wasnt sure which version I should down > load. > At the moment I have downloaded version wvdial_1.54.0_1.1_i386.deb ...... > Have I got the right one to work with Mepis 6 ?? Probably, but according to the wvdial home page http://open.nit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=DownloadReleases there is a later stable version, namely 1.56 but I don't know if this has percolated through to the .deb archive for Mepis yes. > I have also downloaded > all the instructions on how to install it so hopefully I might even be > able to get that right as well. best of luck -- CS
