Re: Modem detection and installation problems
On 1. December 2003 at 5:22AM +0100,
Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:15:16 -0800,
> Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote in message
> <20031201011516.GG22387@ursine.ca>:
>
> > On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 12:17:41PM -0500, Eric Dickner wrote:
> > > I have a BCM V.90 56K Modem (PCI Bus 1, device 4, function
> > > 0) on an Intel Pentium 4 that the debian configuration
> > > software never did detect. I went on to try and configure
> > > PPP as best I could...
> >
> > Is it a winmodem? Winmodems aren't actually modems, just
> > glorified sound cards. You can try to finagle it to work,
> > but it's not easy. http://www.linmodems.org/
> >
> > Just get an external serial modem. Those Just Work in any OS
> > without any difficulty, period.
>
> ...and before getting an USB modem, make sure it is
> _NOT!_ another damn usb-wired WINmodem. BTDT. ;-)
For those who have legacy-free(tm) mobos without serial ports: I
have a serial modem connected via a USB serial converter. It's
been working nearly flawlessly under kernel 2.4.23 (the usbserial
driver(s) for 2.4.22 has a bug). It connects as /dev/ttyUSB0.
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