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Old 07-05-2008, 09:38 AM   #1
dojorichard
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Lightbulb fedora error 2


motherboard: intel D101GGC
processor: 3.06 celeron D
Ram: 1024 MB
Modem: Smartlink 56K voice modem om com1

trying to dual boot fedora with winxp....
Modem works ok in XP, but fedora can't activate modem...returns with ERROR 2
Where do we find the meaning of linux error messages?
thanks
DJ
 
Old 07-05-2008, 11:34 AM   #2
amani
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the driver for the modem is slmodem

Get the appropriate latest driver, compile and install it.

Read the documentation

You never get 'error 2' with the driver.
 
  


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