Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> 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
Go to the lexmark site. Look in the international section, you'll find a
link in German that link will take you to an area that may have drivers for
your printer. Other than that I dont know of any were elese that can make
your printer work. I have the same modem, a little trial and errror and
you will get it working.
