Quoting Gerald Timothy Quimpo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > would it still be a winmodem if it just works (when i plug it in to the > USB slot, linux automatically loads usb, usb-ohci, acm and CDCEther [ > although CDCEther is a mistake and rmmod-ing it is OK])?
No. The defining trait of a winmodem is that, without the "engine" software to compensate for omitted circuitry, it doesn't do anything useful no matter what you try. The problem with that, as a heuristic for identifying winmodems, is of course that many people tend to be unsure about _what_ to try. ;-> > i mean, it works. it connects, i can surf. it just gets confused if > i do more than one or two things at the same time. My apologies for missing that, in your earlier post: My eyes seized onto the it-can't-be-a-winmodem-because-it's-external matter, and I didn't really notice all of the rest of that thread. With that addition, I'm not entirely sure what's going on. One thing's for sure: The Linux 2.4 code for USB is a little immature -- in part because Linus discarded the earlier USB effort's work (Inaky's), and started over from scratch. -- Cheers, "Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?" Rick Moen -- Steven Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
