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| rchatterji 2003-06-11, 5:59 pm |
| Hi,
I have recently installed Redhat 8. I am already having Windows XP installed.After installing redhat8, my internal modem (motorola sm56 speakerphone), is not detected in redhat 8 where as on winxp it is working fine.Even the hardware is not detected. Can somebody help me out , what to do, how to install, detect the hardware.do I have to change the modem, if so plz recomend me one whom redhat 8 or above can detectand have drivers that support Redhat 8.0 or above.
You Can mail me at
millenniumworld2k@yahoo
.com
Thanks & Regds.......
Rajaa Chatterji. | |
| onoski 2003-06-12, 7:28 am |
| Originally posted by rchatterji
I have recently installed Redhat 8. I am already having Windows XP installed.After installing redhat8, my internal modem (motorola sm56 speakerphone), is not detected in redhat 8 where as on winxp it is working fine.Even the hardware is not detected. Can somebody help me out , what to do, how to install, detect the hardware.do I have to change the modem, if so plz recomend me one whom redhat 8 or above can detectand have drivers that support Redhat 8.0 or above.
You Can mail me at
millenniumworld2k@yahoo
.com
Thanks & Regds.......
Rajaa Chatterji.
Linux does not support winmodems, you need to buy a Linux compatible external modem for RH8 or any Linux versions. I hope this sheds light on your quest for answers. Cheerio | |
| mindmesh 2003-06-12, 12:25 pm |
| Don't they have internal modems that linux supports?? | |
| Supertech 2003-06-12, 1:20 pm |
| That's "winmodem", as opposed to a real modem. The WinModem is really just half a modem -- a card with a DSP and a phone jack, but none of the usual telecomunications chips on board. Instead, it uses the system processor(s) to do all of the hard work. The catch is that it utilizes Windows-specific API calls to accomplish its task.
Because this hardware is not operating system-agnostic, it can't be made to work under Linux, or under any other x86 operating system, for that matter. Linux users who purchase a machine with a built-in WinModem are forced to spend extra money for a standard modem for their communications needs. | |
| fatchronos 2003-06-12, 5:58 pm |
| I agree - winmodems are crap!!
Sorry to hear you got lumped with that piece of garbage... an internal modem that IS supported by linux shouldnt cost you more than $15-20... depending on where you live |
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