Thanks! will try wvdial.
On 6/23/05, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 18:13 +0800, jerome figueroa wrote: > > Thanks! > > Nobody's helped you yet, so I'll try. :D > > > > > I saw some links in the internet wherein they say they've been able to > > make some internal modems work using the smartlink drivers. But then > > again, it's the internet so it could be anything :-) > > > > They might probably be right. I've made mine work, but I don't have an > IBM thinkpad (but it uses the AC'97 chip sets). I've encountered the > same problem as you have, and my solutions (based on others' solutions) > are: > > 1. I use wvdial as my dialer -- it detects my modem, and it knows that > it's a softmodem. > 2. I run the slmodemd daemon upon startup. > 3. I configured my dialer (wvdial in my case) to NOT wait for a CARRIER > when dialing into a server -- it might be different with kppp, and I > haven't made kppp work with my internal modem either. > > > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/IBM_Integrated_56K_Modem_(MDC-2) gave > > me hope :-) The smartlink doc was actually what I followed. I think > > I'm almost on the last mile based on the documents and other sites on > > the net. > > > > Tried contacting smartlink for any help... waiting... hoping ... > > > > If you didn't purchase technical support from their site, they won't > help you too much. Or even at all. ;) > > HTH! :D > > <snipped a lot> > -- > Dean Michael C. Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GPG Key: 0x08AE6EAC > http://mikhailberis.blogspot.com > Mobile: +63 921 7841815 > > > BodyID:322384056.2.n.logpart (stored separately) > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
