On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 09:50:42 +0200 RAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I'm totally new in Linux and kind of lost :) > > 1st - the modem in my laptop doesn't work. Ok, it's WinModem, but I > search several forums and find some solutions. I've figured out that I > have Conexant chipset and found a driver at > http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/ but it's not for free and it doesn't > even seems to work. Is there another driver for my modem which works?
For what is worth, I have no end of hassles with winmodems in laptops - there is quite simple if a little costly way around this hassle - It works for me everytime now and I 'look after' 8 laptops running linux. The answer is a PCMCIA modem card - about $US60 from the Shack and a whole heap of other outlets. And the PCMCIA interface is freely available as source or binary, in fact I think it's even on the 3-CD download set. Worth considering? I've had no trouble with dial-up with a Zoom V92 PC Card (Series 1003 - Model #3075, Check it out at: http://www.zoom.com/products/dial_up_pc_card.html > > 2nd - my laptop has touchpad with scroll buttons. I also searched forums > and I wasn't sucessful. I found a driver for my touchpad but it killed > it so I had to go back to my PS2 driver. Any sugestions? My Acer 653LCI has one of those touchpads and has worked out of the box with MDK9.2, ok the scroll buttons don't work but it is quite useable otherwise. I beleive there is a generic Synaptics driver which can enable the scroll buttons. However, IMHO it's seems simpler to use a 'standard' ps/2 or usb mouse. Cheers John
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