Re: modem support
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Hello: I am using a US Robotics 56k Voice Win modem. I ran pppconfig
> (correctly) and get a log that indicates:
>
> pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0
> tcgetattr: Input/ouput error (5)
> Exit
>
> I assume Linux does not support the Win modems. Is that correct? Is
> there not a "patch" or something available?
Mostly correct. Linux has support for some winmodems (specifically the
ones based on Lucent's chipset) with some kernel revisions (specifically a
recent 2.2 kernel iirc) in the form of a binary-only loadable module.
If you don't meet those conditions the thing is worthless without Windows,
I'm sorry to say.
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