Re: Dell Inspiron which Linux
From: Jeff (jeff_at_falsepart.com)
Date: 06/18/05
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Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 03:34:53 -0400
My Inspiron 8100 has a modem that does not seem to work under Linux. It is
a 3Com 56k V.90 Mini PCI Modem Any idea if there is a way to make these
work under a Debian based (Mepis) distribution?
Thanks.
-- Jeff Stevens Email address deliberately false to avoid spam jeff@stevens.com "Dances With Crows" <danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@gmail.com> wrote in message news:slrndb32h3.ifm.danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@samantha.crow202.dyndns.org... > On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 08:03:57 -0400, General Schvantzkoph staggered into > the Black Sun and said: >> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 09:37:45 +0200, Stéphane Paris wrote: >>> Well, I have no answer but a question about dell inspiron 8100 and >>> linux mandrake 10. I really don't understand modem configuration. It >>> seems that the material is correctly plugin at boot but when I use >>> the configuration tool, it doesn't work ? >> Chances are that your modem is a Winmodem, all built in modems are >> winmodems, and most winmodems don't work with Linux. > > A quick look at http://www.ironorchid.com/jjinux/inspiron_laptop/ says > that the Insipron 8100 has a Lucent LoseModem. Those are supported. > Check with "lspci | grep Lucent". Stéphane, go to > http://www.linmodems.org/ and follow the directions for Lucent. There > might even be a Mandrake 10 RPM for the 2 evil binary-only modules you > have to install. Do that, then do: > > modprobe lt_modem > modprobe lt_serial > > ...point your kppp or whatever at /dev/ttyLT0 or make a symlink from > /dev/modem that points at /dev/ttyLT0 . > >> get an external modem and make sure that it's a real modem. > > External modems are A) expensive B) not nearly as portable. FWIW, the > last 2 laptops I've owned (Thinkpad 600X, Thinkpad A22p) have had Lucent > LoseModems, and I've never had any problems with them on the rare > occasions when I'm somewhere without a real Net connection. > >> I'm not sure if all USB modems are real modems, > > Some are, some aren't. It's not worth it to use USB if there's already > a Lucent LoseModem built into the laptop. HTH, > > -- > Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to > see > Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / mail: TRAP + SPAN don't belong > http://www.brainbench.com / Hire me! > -----------------------------/ http://crow202.dyndns.org/~mhgraham/resume
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