On Thursday 05 April 2001 15:13, you wrote:
> Steve Bergman wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an friend that just got 7.2 installed on his
> > machine. It has a Rockwell Conexant (softk56) modem. I
> > have suggested that he get something else. His hardware
> > config is unknown and he is not (yet ;-) a techie. He
> > doesn't see and com ports on the machine so I'm
> > recommending an internel. Perhaps a USR sportster.
> >
> > (Note: It shows up in harddrake with all the info about
> > what kind of modem it is. Does anyone know if perhaps it
> > *IS* support. The install linked /dev/ttyS2 to /dev/modem)
> >
> > I always do all my configuration from the command line and
> > turn of all that stuff that autodetects things and never
> > set anything up through the graphical interface. So it is
> > due to my extreme ignorance of things "user friendly" that
> > I must ask this question.
> >
> > Once the modem is plugged in, what happens. Should the
> > modem be set for plug and play or be at a fixed com port.
> > What would he need to do to get it going.
> >
> > I would do this myself but I don't have easy access to the
> > machine.
> >
> > Thanks for any enlightenment.
> >
> > Oh, BTW. He is very impressed with Mandrake, modem
> > problems aside. He's migrating over from WinME. During
> > the install, he chose to nuke his Windows partition so he's
> > obviously cut off from the net right now but perservering.
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > -Thanks,
> > -Steve Bergman
>
> Steve....go here for help, as that's a winmodem he's got.
>
> http://www.linmodems.org/
