On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 15:47 +0200, Eberhard Roloff wrote: > Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote: > > Have a older thinkpad with an internal softmodem. Still working on a > > working > > driver but in the meantime i would like to use my PCMCIA Thinfax modem. > > This modem I still use regularly with my HP200LX palmtop. > > The modem seems to be recognized but I have no idea how I can address the > > PCMCIA modem in my 10.2 laptop. > > Read a lot about the new PCMCIA card setup but that did not help me much. > > Somebody can help me out? > > Hi, > > I would start as follows: > > 1. open up a terminal (ex konsole), get root and type (without quotes) > "tail -f /var/log/messages"
You should use tailf instead of tail -f. > > 2. insert your PCMCIA modem and look what is showing up in > /var/log/messages . > > 3. Proceed from there > Also, you might try dmesg to see what it reports. Ken -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
