-=> Gandolf wrote to Mikesla <=-
> So far I haven't gotten a response from the Ubuntu forums so I thought
maybe
Ga> I
> would try you folks here.
>
> I don't know what else to do about this. All I wnt is to get my modem to
wor
Ga> k
> otherwise there is no point in me even having linux installed.
>
> Cheers.
Ga> So.....
Ga> The loaded question that comes to my mind is 'Why do you need use of
Ga> your modem?' Don't you have high speed networking on your machine
Ga> already?
Nope. only dial-up...(I know, I know. This costs me 9.95, HS would cost over
$50.00 dollars after taxes per month)
Ga> On the other hand... if a modem is legitimately necessary...
Ga> May I suggest investing in a serial based modem? No drivers are
Ga> needed, and I have yet to run into a linux distro that doesn't know how
Ga> to correctly deal with serial ports. (That includes my USB to RS232
Ga> adapter for my laptop.)
Okay you lost me.
Ga> How to 'sniff out' a serial port is on linux:
Ga> $ dmesg | grep tty
Ga> The needed output for identifying the serial port is as follows:
Ga> [ 2289.792347] usb 6-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Ga> All you have to do now is set up Minicom (or SyncTerm, or whatever your
Ga> favorite terminal program is) to recognize that device. In my case,
Ga> the device name would be /dev/ttyUSB0
Ga> Hope that helps. As you have already found out, WinModems and linux
Ga> don't always play well together. Hope you find the solution you need.
Ga> ---
Thanks Gandolf, I guess that is the way I may have to go then.
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