Re: Can not install my modem on redhat 9

From: CWO4 Dave Mann (misterfixit_at_loveable.com)
Date: 04/27/05

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    Moe Trin wrote:

    > In article <a9b8e184.0504250824.6b579010@posting.google.com>, parag wrote:
    >
    >>I have redhat 9 system and Motorola's modem. when i search for modem
    >>on mys system with network device config it can not find it.
    >
    > 1. Red Hat 9 (introduced 7 April 2003) has been obsolete since Red Hat
    > stopped supporting it nearly a year ago. Some limited errata are available
    > from download.fedoralegacy.org, but you'd _REALLY_ do better by getting a
    > more modern distribution. Fedora Core 3 is the current general release,
    > and FC4 is probably in the wings.
    >
    > 2. A "Motorola" modem? This wouldn't be one of the SM56 family, would
    > it? Those are brain-dead loosemodems, although a Linux driver is available
    > for a number of distributions (the driver is kernel specific). See the
    > Modem-HOWTO for a lot more details and help:
    >
    > -rw-rw-r-- 1 gferg ldp 333496 Feb 15 09:00 Modem-HOWTO
    >
    > You can find that on the web, or at any LDP or sunsite mirror, such as
    > http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/docs/HOWTO/
    > http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html
    >
    > 3. The 'network device configuration' tool only knows how to find
    > hardware it has been taught to find. Look in the boot data in the
    > /var/log/messages and /var/log/dmesg files.
    >
    >>i have already istall kernel devlopement rpm,
    >>also have enable pci communication port for kernel config
    >>and also have done #dep command
    >>still my modem is not being found.
    >
    > Not enough information. Exactly which Motorola modem? Motorola and other
    > manufacturers using Motorola chipsets have built over 40 different
    > modems.
    >
    > Old guy

    Hi Moe,

    it sounds like you have what is called a "Win-modem" that is a modem which
    is optimized to work with Windows. There have been some work-arounds for
    them, but the best possible action is to pick up an external US Robotics
    fax and data modem on eBay or at the local used computer place. You could
    buy a new external modem too. First, take a look at the various modems
    which are known to work 100% with Linux. Go to:

    http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Modem-HOWTO.html

    for an excellent tutorial.

    Go to here to find a cheap modem which works out of the box and is Linux
    friendly:

    http://www.nextag.com/buyer/outpdir.jsp?nxtg=181347_E0FF9136C8EA2CD3&search=linux+modems

    HTH, let me know if you need some moe info without any dough, ho ho ho!

    Cheers,

    Dave 

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