Re: duh everyone knows the answer to this!

[shaleh@clifford.livenet.net]

> 
> USERS:
> I'm going through the process of reading piles of DOC, but
> maybe someone knows of the top of their head---
> 
> i'm having the same problem as freefood, getting my modem
> up and dialing.  it's a Megahertz XJ1144 and as far as I can
> tell it's not a winmodem.  So what do i need to do to get
> linux to recognize it?  I do i tell if it is being recognized?
> If i do need some sort of extra PCMCIA support, where might I
> get it and what do i do with it once i've got it?
> thanks!
> jk
> 

a) debian-laptop exists for laptop specific stuff

b) if a pcmcia card is supported when you insert the card it will beep once
when the card is known and then again when the /etc/pcmcia script has finished
running.

So if you put the card in and you do not hear at least one beep, Linux is not
seeing it.  At that point, make sure you have a version of pcmcia which knows
your card.