New to Linux FC2 from Wme and PC use in general. Sorry, but don't do command line (yet). Using Gnome desktop. Will I be able to install and use my modem with the GUI ?
PC is Plll 600mhz, 256k RAM. Installation went fine, now would like to hook up to internet via dial up. Have read about "winmodems" and some tutorials, but have no experience with pinging, configuring, etc. Modem is PC Tel internal PCI and already physically installed in the PC. I have existing account with ISP. I have tried network modem setup and used the internet connection wizard but both indicate there is no modem or it is inactive. My next guess is FC2 has no drivers for the modem. I have downloaded some PC Tel Linux drivers (they are supposed to work with this "winmodem" )but I have no idea how to install them through the GUI and am not experienced enough to do command line.
Any help out there?
Thanks

Time to learn the command line where did you get the file from? Have you been able to extract it? There should be an INSTALL file that will explain how to install the drivers, you can post up some snippets or that entire file and I am sure myself or anyone else can walk you through this.

Hello,

I remember using a PC Tel modem with Mandrake 9 about 18 months ago, and it was a case of compiling the driver from source - I think that unless you can find an RPM, that's what you'll have to do, too.

I don't know where you obtained your driver from but for reference, here is the link that I used -

http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/

Using the command line and compiling from source really isn't too scary - don't be put off. Before you start though, do make sure that you've got the development tools (GCC, automake, autoconf, etc..) and kernel source installed on your machine - check your distro disks.

Then check out the documentation that comes with the driver - I've got it in front of me and it's fairly comprehensive.

An additional, and excellent tutorial in compiling, installing and setting up this driver, including troubleshooting, can be found at -

http://www.peacefulaction.org/sayamindu/pctel.html

Hope this helps and have fun!

EDIT: Nearly forgot to ask - what kernel are you running? The driver works with 2.2.x and 2.4.x but I'm not sure about 2.6...