On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 21:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am e-mailing you to see if you can direct me to somebody who uses > Linux. I have and have loaded each of the following Linux versions and > each has had its own problem preventing me from accomplishing my goals > of: Surfing the Net, send and receive e-mail, use StarOffice.... > Redhat Versions 5.2, 7.0, 7.2 and Mandrake 8.2 were all used (many times). > Presently the problem is the modem. Mandrake does the best in that it > can actually tell the type of modem and if I swap one for > another. However, the dev/modem doesn't seem right and it will not dial or > pick-up the line. This, as well as the latest versions of Redhat do not > have modemtool(8) so I'm really lost. (Heck, I've been lost just about all > the time) Linux for Dummies and Running Linux don't seem to help either.
Are you sure it's not a winmodem (aka software modem)? Winmodems do not generally work with Linux, since they replace the DSP chip in real modems by relying on the OS and the CPU. Some of them do have drivers that work with linux, but getting them to work is not usually a simple task. See http://www.linmodems.org/ for more about that. Also look at http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html to see about identifying the modems you have. > > Can you point me in a direction so I can solve this? I've cc'd the RLUG list on this. Someone else on the list may be able to help. You can subscribe to the list at http://www.rlug.org. Cheers! Jay > > Thanks for your time > Cordially, > Vance Leedy > > PS I didn't see a Linux class listed w/ TMCC. Is there one coming > up? Judging by the RLUG meeting topics, they are well beyond my expertise > at this time, and the beginners class seems most appropriate. _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
