Re: [LINUX_Newbies] New to group with QUESTION

Hi Chris,

Sorry for the delay in answering this question. My modem is an internal
modem:

Intel(R)537EP V9x DF PC1

According to Windows XP it is in slot 2 - whatever that means.

Fred

-----Original Message-----
From: c beck
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 11:07 AM
To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] New to group with QUESTION

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Fred Lieberman <quartz@frontier.com> wrote:
>
> Here is an update on what has been happening.
>
> 1) Installed supporting documents for WVdial
> 2) Installed WVdial
> 3) Installed gnomeppp
>
> Machine did not find a modem (drivers were installed)
> Manual said to download gnome-network-admin package (did it from RIT)
> When I opened it, it only has 3 tabs (documentation says it has four and
> the
> first is where I can tell the machine to recognize the modem for dialup.)
>
> Very frustrated at this point.
>
> Fred

Do you know the make and model number of your modem (or motherboard if
built in)? We could try searching through some "bug reports" with that
info and seeing if any hits turn up.

There seems to be one reported solution here:
http://forums.techguy.org/linux-unix/927230-solved-trouble-setting-up-dialup.html

But it looks like the beginning of that link is installing four .deb
files that are on the linux CD, And if I remember correctly, that is
one spot where you got hung up at because you could not get the cd to
mount...

I don't mean to have you backtracking if you've already given that
route up, but it may be worth revisiting. Another way to install from
the CD is to add the CD to your sources. I've done this in the past,
but am a little fuzzy on the details. I'm thinking if you just dump
the CD in the drive, there is a box you can check.. but may need to
add it manually to etc/sources.list file... Alternatively, if you
provide the link with instructions you were following, and point out
where it didn't work for you, I (or someone smarter) might be able to
figure out what was going wrong there...

Hope you manage to not pull your hair out over this... :)

~Chris

>
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