[clug] Re: Linux Modem

[Rodney Peters]

On Thursday 12 August 2004 10:02, linux-request at lists.samba.org wrote:
> RE: [clug] Linux Modem
>  Date: Today 10:01:29
>  From: "Gilbert, Mark" <Mark.Gilbert at actewagl.com.au>
>  To: "Tak _" <akina_hachiroku at hotmail.com>, "CLUG Mailing List"
> <linux at lists.samba.org>
>
I have a an IN5699 and can confirm that it does use the Lucent chipset.

You should not need to install the full kernel source if you have the rpm 
applicable to Mandrake 10 from the www.heby.de site.  The full source should 
be needed only if you want to re-compile the ltmodem modules from a source 
tarball.

However, the modules are very much kernel dependent.  If you have updated the 
kernel on your Mandrake 10, you might get a message to the effect "modem not 
found"

If all that fails, you could try SuSE, which has the ltmodem modules included. 


Rod

> Tak,
>
> I'm a newbie myself. I think I've been a newbie forever, I wish I could
> spend more time on it. This is about the first question I might be able to
> help with, so I'm a bit excited.
>
> I have a lucent chipset winmodem in my IBM 600X thinkpad. I got a driver
> thingee (called ltmodem) from this site:
> http://www.samiam.org/linux/600x.html You'd have to go and have a read and
> check if it might work with yours (it might/not). But I've had a good
> experience with it. No problems at all on my laptop.
>
> If you want to find out more about a command or file (for example rpm) then
> pop up a terminal and try some of these: man rpm
> will give you the manual page for the rpm command. More technical, but
> handy. Press q to quit. It will show you how to use the command. info rpm
> the info pages for rpm. Less technical, more user friendly. This is a good
> place to start. Press q to quit. apropos rpm
> Search filesystem for anything apropriate/related to the rpm command.
> locate rpm
> Search filesystem for rpm in a filename or directory. (This will show you
> where things are in your filesystem).
>
> If your a newbie there is heaps of information on websites. But I'd really
> prefer to learn from books, for a number of reasons. I'd recommend this
> book:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runux4/
> Which you can get from these people in Sydney:
> http://www.everythinglinux.com.au/srch?searchwords=running+linux&partial=ex
>act&searchcata=10&searchcatb=5
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Mark Gilbert
> Ph 02 6242 1415
> Water Contract Operations & Compliance | ActewAGL Water Division
> 12 Hoskins St, Mitchell ACT 2609 | GPO Box 366, Canberra ACT 2601
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-bounces+mark.gilbert=actewagl.com.au at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:linux-bounces+mark.gilbert=actewagl.com.au at lists.samba.org]On
> Behalf Of Edgecombe, Scott
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 2004 3:45 PM
> To: Tak _; linux at lists.samba.org
> Subject: RE: [clug] Linux Modem
>
>
> Hello Tak,
>
> The kernel source is usually included with the mandrake distro.
>
> The rpm can be installed using as su with "rpm -ivh RPMname.rpm"
>
> As a newb you will want to take a look at http://tldp.org/ to find
> howto's and manuals for various linux operations.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-bounces+scott.edgecombe=airservices.gov.au at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:linux-bounces+scott.edgecombe=airservices.gov.au at lists.samba.org
> ] On Behalf Of Tak _
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 2004 2:37 PM
> To: linux at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [clug] Linux Modem
>
> Hi,
> I'm a newbie with linux and currently having trouble with Linux
> detecting
> the my internal modem and connecting to the internet.
> I have a Netcomm IN5699 int Win modem(it has the Lucent chipset, I
> think)
> and currently using Mandrake 10 OS.
>
> >From previous post  From: "ALi.J" <aj2468au at yahoo.com>
>
> this is what I can gather and done so far:
>
> I have downloaded the rpm file for mandrake 10 from
> http://www.heby.de/ltmodem
>
> Since I'm a newbie, I don't how to use the rpm file.....
>
> Where can I get the full kernel source (all 100 + MB)..???
> And what am I suppose to do with it?
>
> I very new to Linux so can you explain the procedures and commands step
> by
> step.
>
> Thank-you
>
> Tak
>
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