Lynn Johnson wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I've just installed Mandrake 7.1 on a machine that had
> Windows 98 on it.
>
> I've got a 3-Com 56K Winmodem Int and a Lexmark Z32 printer
> that I can't get Mandrake to recognize. They work alright
> in Windows (Using 5 Gigs on an 8 Gig hard-drive) but I
> partitioned off 3 Gigs for Mandrake and they won't work.
> Everything else APPEARS to work in Mandrake, though.
>
> Any suggestions???????
>
> Lynn Johnson
> Iowa
> --
Lynn:
All may not be lost: There have been some successes at getting some
winmodems to work with Linux. (Where some means "not a whole lot". Also,
two "somes" in a row could well mean "probably not".) Check out the
Modem How To -- it contains links to the group that is working on the
problem. As for the printer, there is one possibility -- does it emulate
some other printer that is supported in Linux? My printer, a Brother
HL1040, isn't recognized by Linux. But if I tell Linux that it is a
HPII, it works OK, although at a lower resolution (300 dpi vs 600 dpi in
Windows), and a lower speed. Check out your manual, or contact Lexmark.
-- Carroll Grigsby
