Dear Jacques, (you can call me Rainer), Thank you for your letter, I learned a lot. I sent my scanmodemfile to you one month ago. I needed that time to learn Linux-commands and many things like vi editor, and to read and try to understand all the files produced by scanmodem. The Elsa modem is nicely connected, as it works with less advanced commercial software. I tried to use the Elsa modem with the modem button on the graphic surface of Ubuntu. If I use wvdial, do I have to do some additional configuration other than editing wvdial.conf ? Thanks a lot Rainer -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:13:15 +0200 > Von: Jacques Goldberg <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx> > An: "Dr. Rainer Wawarta" <Rainer.Wawarta@xxxxxx> > CC: discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, rudi@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: Re: take a new modem > Dear Dr. Wawarta > > We do not deal with Windows here. This is not the place for your > problems with Windows. > > We cannot know which "56k Intel modem" you have, without reading the > file ModemData.txt created by "our scanmodem". There are very many > different modems sold under such a label. This is the reason why > scanModem exists. > Have you seen on your display, while running scanModem, and even better, > reading how to use scanModem before using it, that we ask to SEND US the > file ModemData.txt? > > Random fishing for a driver usually leads to failure, be it under Linux > or Windows. If your internal modem is really completely an Intel modem, > there is NO (=ZERO) chance that slmodemd and the Linuxant drivers, made > for other hardware could work for you. > > I wonder if you have taken the time to read > http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/#scanModem > because it starts with: > "Use scanModem: You can quickly identify PCI modems chipsets" > As far as I know your "serial 33.6k Elsa modem" is an external modem > hooked up to the computer with a cable terminated by a 9 pins > trapezoidal connector on its computer end. > You cannot expect a tool made for PCI (always internal) modems to work > on an external modem, can you? > > By the way, this ELSA modem should work with Linux without any special > driver other than the serial driver always included in any Linux > distribution. If the modem does not work, there may be many reasons, > such as : > > -you have not configured the connection at all, or badly. > -your modem is broken > -the modem is not powered > -the phone cable is not connected > -the serial port on your new computer is broken > > You write > > "Ubuntu > > was able to dial with this modem and > > to connect to the internet for some seconds, > > then connection broke down." > but Ubuntu does not dial. Uuntu offers tools to dial, such as the > network management tool, or wvdial, or possibly gnome-dial or whatever. > But you do not tell which you used. > You probably did not use wvdial, otherwise you would have seen the cause > of the failure. > If you try wvdial, PLEASE first CAREFULLY read > http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/wvdial.html > > Jacques > > Dr. Rainer Wawarta wrote: > > Dear MarvS, > > > > in my new Computer (2008) I installed > > Ubuntu 7.1 (several times) and tried to use > > the 56k Intel modem but slmodemd and Conexant > > both failed. > > Your program scanModem did not find > > a serial 33.6K Elsa modem, but Ubuntu > > was able to dial with this modem and > > to connect to the internet for some seconds, > > then connection broke down. > > > > I installed Windows vista, which was not > > evan able to dial with one of the modems. > > > > I installed Windows XP Professional, > > which also failed to use the modems. > > I installed a modem driver, which > > was used in 1994 for Windows 3.1 and > > also useful in Windows 95. > > The setup broke down, but it installed enough, > > to connect to the internet now with 33.6K speed. > > > > My question: > > I would like to get a new 56k modem. > > external or internal, USB or serial, I dont care. > > With which modem I would have best chance to > > use it with Ubuntu 7.10 ? > > > > Thanks a lot > > Rainer > > > > > > > > > > -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger
