Re: modem agere on debian
On Sunday 13 February 2005 11:40 am, Gianluca Gasperini wrote:
> How can I use on laptop Acer Aspire 1603LC the modem Agere System AC'97
> under debian?
> Thanks and regards
> Gianluca
>
I have an Agere Systems AC'97 modem on my IBM R40 laptop. It's a Winmodem
which is designed to use the Windows operating system to do some of its work.
I never got it to work satisfactorily even with the herioc efforts of the
helpful folks at linmodems.org. Check their archives and you can follow my
experience with the Agere modem and my R40 with Red Hat 9 Linux. (I'm
currently running RH9, Knoppix --which is based on Debian Sid -- and WinXP. I
plan to migrate to Debian Sarge soon.) I was trying to get the Agere driver
(not open source) to work. IBM has dropped the link on their site to the
driver, so I guess that even they realized that it didn't work right. I am
currently using a Linksys Etherfast 10/100 + 56k modem PCMCIA card. It's
annoying to have that appendage sticking out there, but it works great.
There have been some reports that another driver will work (Smartlink, if I
remember correctly), though it's not specifically meant for the Agere modem.
I didn't try that because they offer it only for use with their modems. Their
end user licensing agreement states "The Software may only be used by the
Buyer to upgrade the Buyer's existing version of the Product and may not be
used with any other product not provided by Smart Link." Browse some of the
IBM R40 reports at Linux on Laptops (www.linux-laptop.net) and you should
find info on it. There's one report of a Linux install on an Acer Aspire, but
that person hasn't gotten the modem to work.
If you would like help with this, I highly recommend the patient and
knowledgable folks at linmodems.org. Read the instructions on their site
before posting. Run their scanmodem program and post the results.
Good luck.
Elmer E. Dow
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