On Friday 29 August 2003 08:07 pm, Merlin Zener wrote:
> But the surprise is: Linux doesn't think there's a Modem in my machine! > > When I click on "connect to the internet" [from the "what to do" menu] > it either hangs on the "initialising modem" stage, or sometimes it > says "sorry, the modem doesn't respond". [at least it's polite :) ] > > I looked in the Mandrake Control Center and the modem is not listed at all. > > I know there's a modem in there - WIN2K sees it fine - but past knowing > it's a PCI card I don't know any more about it. No surprise--you have a WINMODEM (and an AMR Winmodem at that). Winmodem's are designed as hardware-less modems, using software to emulate the hardware and save money. These modems require drivers, and most manufacturers only supply drivers for Windows. That's the bad news. The good news is that about 1/3 of them have Linux drivers, and the ones that work with Linux usually work even better than with the Windows drivers--Lucent and PCTel/Conexant chips are well supported--Rockwell somewhat less so. Some AMR modems use PCTel/Conexant chips, so you MIGHT be able to get it to work. I recommend that you Google for the "scanModem utility" and install it. If scanModem can find your modem, it will tell you what chip it has and what driver to install. If scanModem can't find the modem, it is unlikely that you will ever get it to work in Linux. The best thing to do is go out and by an external SERIAL modem.
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