Hello all, I've made a few advances today. I downloaded two drivers for the modem one was I686 and the other for Athlon. The one for I686 detected the modem but got no further but the one for the Athlon processor didn't find it at all. The reason that this is so strange is this computer is running an Athlon processor but yet Linux sees it as an I686. I was briefly thinking that if Linux correctly detected the processor, would the modem driver that runs with the athlon processor work? If so, how can I make the kernel think that its an Athlon. Thanks again Darragh ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <valhalla@computerdatasafe.com.au> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 6:59 AM Subject: Re: Connecting to the Internet ; editing LIO; setting up the sound card > > I'm not at all sure where you are up to. However, there is a significant > difference between Linux recognising a device and Linux having a driver for > it. > > A few months ago I installed a Netcomm (Australian brand) internal modem. It > uses a Lucent chipset. > > It was a new computer, and first I installed Linux. Linux immediately > recognised that the modem was there, it finds it by inspecting the PCI bus. > > I then went to the linmodems website and located the driver for the Lucent > chipset, downloaded it and built it according to the instructions. > > When that was complete I was able to use the modem to dial the number of my > mobile phone and so confirm it worked. > > Similarly, Linux recognises the AMR devices on the motherboards of many modern > motherboards, but it doesn't do anything useful with them. > > On Saturday 24 August 2002 04:04, Darragh wrote: > > once more. I may have this completely wrong, but if Linux recognised my > > modem, why was the wvdialconf command not working? I suppose, It wasn't > > just telling me that it couldn't find a modem, it told me that the modem > > > > > -- > > > Cheers > John. > > Please, no off-list mail. You will fall foul of my spam treatment. > Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at > http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >