Re: Help me to config my modem in debian
From: Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Help me to config my modem in debian
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 21:28:23 -0700
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On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 08:21:04PM +0100, Partha Sarathy wrote:
>
> Hi , I'm Sarathy calling from India.I need to know whether the
> following modem is supporting linux.
That's nice. Asking three times isn't going to help you get help, but
will succeed in annoying (and thus alienating) people. Asking once
and waiting 3-7 days before trying again with more detail will.
Please read ESR's guide to smart questions to help increase your odds
of a successful call for help.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Amazingly enough, flaming someone new to the list that does not yet
understand list ettiquette is also a good way.
> D-Link DFM-560IS+ (internal) 56K
Not sure if this is a winmodem or not...if it is, you're probably
SOL. If not, it'll work as-is, no driver required. Pretty much all
non-USB external modems are guaranteed to work with Linux out of the
box and even shitty external modems tend to perform better than most
internal modems and all winmodems.
Please read Miriam-Webster's dictionary http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm,
as it contains many examples of proper English. This individual is clearly
not American (i.e., he has been properly educated in English, as opposed
to learning slang in our own sorry excuse for a public education system)
and possibly lacks understanding of expressions like "shitty" and "SOL."
> How to identify the ports (i.e COM1,.COM2,COM3,COM4 .. ) physically
> in the computer.I can't identify the port in which my modem is
> connected.
fire up minicom, start trying ports. Type at it, if you get a
response or see the RX and TX lights blink (oops, sorry, only works on
externals...) you've found the right port. /dev/ttyS0 is COM1 in
MS-WinDOS terms, ttyS1 is COM2, etc.
I really don't mean to flame (I know this post doesn't seem that way),
escpecailly since you make many good contributions to the list. When
someone's posting really makes you angry, try waiting a few minutes
(or hours) before responding so that your reply does not seem hostile.
- --
.''`. Baloo Ursidae <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org>
: :' : proud Debian admin and user
`. `'`
`- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system
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