Compaq laptop modem
Tom Karickhoff
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Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:48:21 -0800 (PST)
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I have a Compaq Pcmcia 28.8 w/telephone adapter that I will sell for cheap.
Derek Neighbors <derek@gnue.org> wrote: I think the presario's had 'winmodems' which have problems on linux,
though I thought someone was working on getting them working under
linux.
You can pick up a pcmcia modem card that works for linux pretty cheap and
if you drop 80 bucks or so you can get a combo ethernet/modem that works
under linux.
-Derek
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Joseph Gledhill wrote:
> I was recently gifted a Compaq Presario 1810 laptop. I have purged it
> of the viruslike OS and installed Linux Mandrake 8.1 and all runs great
> except for the stupid modem. I tried using lspci and less /proc/pci to
> find some info on the device but it does not appear several other
> devices appear and I can account for all of them but no modem. Is it
> possible that this modem is so wiggle-jacked that the kernel doesn't
> even find it as a pci device? (kernel 2.4.17)
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Joseph
>
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<P> I have a Compaq Pcmcia 28.8 w/telephone adapter that I will sell for cheap.
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<P> <B><I>Derek Neighbors <derek@gnue.org></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I think the presario's had 'winmodems' which have problems on linux, <BR>though I thought someone was working on getting them working under <BR>linux.<BR><BR>You can pick up a pcmcia modem card that works for linux pretty cheap and <BR>if you drop 80 bucks or so you can get a combo ethernet/modem that works <BR>under linux.<BR><BR>-Derek<BR><BR>On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Joseph Gledhill wrote:<BR><BR>> I was recently gifted a Compaq Presario 1810 laptop. I have purged it <BR>> of the viruslike OS and installed Linux Mandrake 8.1 and all runs great <BR>> except for the stupid modem. I tried using lspci and less /proc/pci to <BR>> find some info on the device but it does not appear several other <BR>> devices appear and I can account for all of them but no modem. Is it <BR>> possible that this modem is so wiggle-jacked that the kernel doesn't <BR>> even find it as a pci device? (kernel 2.4.17)<BR>> <BR>> thanks in advance<BR>> <BR>> Joseph<BR>> <BR>> ________________________________________________<BR>> See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail.<BR>> <BR>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us<BR>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<BR>> <BR><BR>________________________________________________<BR>See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail.<BR><BR>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us<BR>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br>
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