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I am certainly not an expert, as everyone knows, but on my Ubuntu
install I go to System>Administration>Network and can set up my
modem in there for dial-up. Of course on my TiBook the soft modem is
not supported and I don't need it, but shouldn't that work for
supported modems?<br>
Brian<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:akaluta@zianet.com">akaluta@zianet.com</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Sam:
After your reply looked on the desktop with Ubuntu installed from live cd,a
file /dev/ttyUSB0 is installed,root dialout 188, 0. Where do I go from
there? in the mean time I will try the Live Ubuntu on the notebook computer
and see what happens,Thanks. Anthony K
Sam Noble writes:
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 06:03 -0600, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:akaluta@zianet.com">akaluta@zianet.com</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The installed distro does
not seem to do anything with my dial up modem. Anyone have any head-up
on
how to proceed. looked in ls -l /dev found a few things with dial up
attached. do not find uvdial in programs may be the problem.
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<pre wrap="">I think you're thinking of wvdial. Which is not strictly necessary to
use a modem, but it is one of the easier ways to get dial up working.
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<pre wrap="">If that is in
fact the problem that would lead to the question of how to download
from
vista and load to Ubuntu.
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<pre wrap="">Shouldn't be a big problem, Just a matter of finding all the packages
you need since you won't have apt to resolve dependencies on the fly.
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<pre wrap="">Am I on the right track? assume there is no plug and play, any
comments
please.
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<pre wrap="">Many USB modems work great these days. I've been buying Zoom and Hayes
(Zoom bought Hayes but they still sell as both brands.) USB modems for a
project at work. They use the cdc_acm driver, but the upshot is you plug
them in and they automagically create /dev/ttyUSBx.
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<pre wrap="">The second topic,will anyone who is planning to be at the Santa Fe
meeting
Thursday be willing to meet and guide me through a dual boot
vista/debian
install.
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<pre wrap="">I don't imagine anyone being excited to work with Vista, Dual-booting is
easy-schmeazy though of course as Mars suggests, virtualization is
usually more useful these days.
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<pre wrap="">I would be comming from Taos for such a meeting,so if I could firm
up an arrangement,I,in exchange,subject to a successful install,would
in
turn,provied a complimentry dinner at Santa Fe's finest baking
company,you
also receive a slap on the back and a hearty handshake. So best
regards to
all be well. Anthony K
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<pre wrap="">Sorry Anthony, nobody here works for food! At nmglug we're passionate
about freedom and software, so everyone gets access to our resources,
human and otherwise, in order to answer questions, help solve problems
and keep members informed. So it's all free whether you like it or not,
(exceptions may be made for back-slaps and handshakes, In fact Jason's
been looking like he could use some dorsal-fin beating :)
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