[Wolves] Am I getting through??

[Helen Randle]

> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:30:21 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Adam Sweet <drinky76 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Wolves] Am I getting through??
> To: Wolverhampton Linux User Group <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Message-ID: <20031208133021.96923.qmail at web21002.mail.yahoo.com>
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> Hmm I don't know much about this stuff it's been a
> long time since I used a modem under Linux, but are
> you certain that your modem is Linux compatible? If
> it's an external serial one then it probably is, but
> have you checked with Mandrake's hardware
> compatibility list? Can you tell us exactly what make
> and model it is?

It's a US Robotics external 56K V92 (not sure of the model number, as I
haven't got it in front of me at the moment) I bought it because it said it was
Linux compatable!
> 
> You need to find out what kernel module it uses and
> then find out if that module is loaded. 

How do I do that?


> 
> So you did the Mandrake Control Centre | Network and
> Internet | whatever connection wizard thingy? Where it
> probes for network cards and modems and tells you what
> it found so you can set it up? Well it beats me
> without knowing more about your modem.

I don't understand either!! It sometimes makes the beepy dialing up noise,
so I wondered if it was a settings rather than modem problem?

Thanks for the help anyway

Helen

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