[Wolves] Am I getting through??

[david]

Helen Randle wrote:

>>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?
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>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!
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>>You need to find out what kernel module it uses and
>>then find out if that module is loaded. 
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>How do I do that?
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>>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.
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>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?
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>Thanks for the help anyway
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>Helen
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On my machine (zoom external serial modem), the modem appears on tty0 
and not ttymodem
the setup facility in kppp is all i use to get things going.
Open kppp up and go to setup/device and "detect modem". Then just enter 
the account details by hand.

nux