I started looking at getting the internal modems to work with Ubuntu last night and it was painful. The PCtel one requires a downgrade to the kernel which is just to much hassle and to much of a potential problem of losing other features. Looks like it's going to be the External route.
<br><br>dan<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 23/07/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Evans</b> <<a href="mailto:mike@tandem.f9.co.uk">mike@tandem.f9.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br>Dan Attwood wrote:<br>> Ok cool I'll give UK online a go and see if i have any luck -<br>> unfortunately I've only got internal modems kicking around, lets hope<br>> Ubuntu comes up with the goods
<br><br>I did read something to the effect that some winmodems are now<br>supported. If not it would be worth trying the Linuxant route. They<br>started off using the 'free' model, but have decided they need to make a
<br>charge. Given that the charge is probably less than purchasing an<br>external modem it's still worth considering. They have some software<br>which detects the type of winmodem so you can get an idea whether they
<br>can help you, and then a try before you buy in any case. Seems pretty<br>reasonable unless you are hooked on the idea of never paying anyone to<br>write any software ever.<br><br>My plan, when Windows ME finally collapses on my mother's laptop is to
<br>take that route. Fortunately she has so far been extremely disciplined<br>with regard to clicking on dangerous things and getting a virus.<br><br>Mike<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Kent mailing list
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