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Linux Compatibility

Started by MDI Dec 26, 2002 at 3:14 PM 1 reply 150+ views

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Dec 26, 2002 at 3:14 PM

This has really pissed me off. I got Suse Linux 8.1 Pro for Christmas, it installed fine, yet it wouldn''t automatically recognise my modem, the only problem. I search for about half an hour on the internet for the drivers page for my modem, after realising that the company who makes it have changed their name (from Diamond Multimedia, to SonicBlue). The website is like a jungle, yet I eventually find my modem (SupraExpress 56i Pro) only to find the stupid bastards don''t make a linux driver for it. They''re effectively forcing me to use Windows, a pile of steaming turd, for my browsing of the internet, witrh Internet Exploiter. It''s annoyed me to no end, I can either buy a new modem, I only recently bought this one, after my other one packed in, that supports other operating systems apart from the bloated piece of filth that''s Windows, or I can suffer having to use it everytime I want to go online. Bah.

Run_The_Shadows

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Run_The_Shadows

Dec 26, 2002 at 3:17 PM

Installing both Red Hat and Mandrake I''ve had trouble with modem autodetection. Try and manually set the port and see how that works.

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Strife

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Strife

Dec 26, 2002 at 3:22 PM

Try linmodems.org. I''d assume you have a winmodem, or else you wouldn''t be having this problem. Hardware modems are great because you don''t ever have to worry about this problem, but when most of the modem functionality is done by software, that''s when you wind up with problems.

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