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What type of modem do you have (make, model), and is it an internal or external modem. If it is a Conexant HCF modem, then installing it shouldn't be too difficult - and if you want a relatively painless way to set it up then Linuxant ( http://www.linuxant.com/drivers ) provide some nice drivers.
i have an internal modem and i am installing it on slackware 10.
on another thread ive checked out the linux site (linuxant) and i couldn't find anything for my modem. its a rockwell hcf 56k i gess.
i have the driver for win 98, in one of the files it says HCF PCT 56K Modem (FM-56PCI-RW) mabey that will help hopefully!!!!
AFAIK, Rockwell are now Conexant. I would download the modem tool from http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/mode....php#listmodem and see which device is returned. Then compare these with those on the website. I would be pretty surprised if the driver from http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hcf/index.php didn't work, even if it's not listed as supported. You could download the evaluation version to give it a try (or hunt the net for pre-release versions).
i dont no wat to do idownloaded the modem dector,it says:
numbers of modems found = 1
modem#1
pciconpiguration information read:
vendor id 127a
device id 1005
subvendor id 12127a
subdeviece id 1005
revision id 01
deduced info:
vendor name rockwell
deviece name hcf data/fax/voice/speakerphone
modem type unknown
winxp inbuild support yes
Well, from the linuxant website it looks like it's supported.
Now, make sure you have the kernel source installed (usually in /usr/src/linux, or wherever that simlink points to) and then download the latest demo driver from http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hcf/...400full.tar.gz after signing your life away on the page before that one (or search the web for an equivalent free driver... ). Next:
Code:
tar -xvvzf <package_name>
cd <package_directory_just_created>
less README
less INSTALL (and then, depending on what you read there...)
make install (as root, most likely)
make hcfpciconfig
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