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08-03-2003, 10:48 AM
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running scanModem
Hello All:
Getting there slowly but surely.
I've a scanModem utility (M.Stodolsky) and woe is me: don't know how to run it.
I can run:
tar zxvf scanModem.gz
which opens Ark (using kde), and I've extracted the file to /home.
Now what?
how do I run the file? Is it something like:
./scanModem
or is it something else? I ask because I'm bouncing between two hdds, and really, I'd like to get rh up and running.
Thanks
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08-03-2003, 10:50 AM
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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After decompression, do not forget to make it executable with
chmod +x scanmodem
or
trigger it with source scanmodem
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08-03-2003, 11:13 AM
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Thanks much Jatt_thugz, but my question is more basic.
I ran:
chmod +x scanModem
as root, but then what do I do? I don't know how to launch the script. What do I type on the command line or--running kde, where do I go and what do I do?
Again, thanks
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08-03-2003, 11:23 AM
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Well, first of all, tar command wont work with this file. You do this is console:
gunzip scanModem
which will extract the file in the same directory. Then you do
chmod +x scanModem
which will make it executable. And after that you do this:
./scanModem
If you have any problems, just post here.
cool
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08-03-2003, 11:24 AM
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sorry the first command should be:
gunzip scanModem.gz
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08-03-2003, 11:31 AM
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Great. I'll let you know how it goes.
Thanks
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08-03-2003, 11:58 AM
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OK! Done. I copied the output to the floppy, and of course now I can't read it because I'm on my Win box. Drag-ola!!
So I have to go back and swap hdd's again so I can have the skinny on what's what w/ LTmodem.
Hopefully no curveballs coming.
I guess this is about half the battle. Now I have to download the driver, compile, go into a few files to fidget and reconfig, and hopefully, voila!!
I'm an optimist right now.
Again,
Thanks for the help!
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08-03-2003, 12:04 PM
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Yeah man, no problem. If you got a question, just post.
cheers
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08-03-2003, 12:55 PM
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Well, I've just downloaded what I think is the appropriate file, and, lo and behold, I copied scanModem.txt and scanModem.txt2 to floppies again and I can see them on my Win box.
I'll be posting here quite a bit since I've got more than just a few questions.
Hopefully I'll be posting shortly on Linux rather than Windows.
Thanks
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