Modem Install By A Linux Newbie

[Jim]

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The Linux Documentation Project (www.tldp.com) would be a good place to start 
looking.  There is a Hardware HOWTO there.  The ZD Net Linux Hardware 
Database does NOT list any "Best Buy" modems but if you can find out the real 
manufacturer, you might find it listed there. 

On Friday 31 May 2002 14:31, you wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Quick Question...
>
> Is there a fast and easy way to see if a modem is
> installed properly in Linux without dailing to an ISP?
>  I know in Windows :-( there was a phone dailer
> utility that would test to see if the modem dialed out
> properly.  Is there an equivalent utility in Linux?
> I bought an ISA 56K modem from Best Data (don't know
> model number), but it says on the box it works with
> Linux.
>
> BTW, for any Linux newbie's out there who has been
> frustrated with configuring a sound card in Linux,
> I downloaded and installed a software from Open Sound
> System. They have a driver module that automatically
> detects and installs MOST ISA sound cards easily.  The
> only thing that's not cool about it was I had to pay
> for the software ($20). It did save me hours of
> frustration.  When I finally get to a point where I
> know what I'm doing in Linux, I won't take the weenie
> way out!
>
>
> =====
> Thanks,
> Alpha Zenon Sanchez
>
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Jim

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