Jim Try $ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf to detect older harder modem types. YOu need to activate scanModem with $ sudo chmod +x scanModem before $ ./scanModem MarvS On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Jim Aird <jimaird@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Marvin > > Thank you for your help > As you must be aware I am not up to speed on Linux yet, (understatement) > The story so far: > I am using my old computer without partition and have loaded Ubunto 7.10 > I plan to install Ubuntu on my new computer if I can get my head round > Linux. > The old computer (named Chocolate after the desktop picture) is about 6 > years old, unbranded bought new from a local computer shop. > I have already had one go at installing a soft modem driver recommended by > linmodems, I got in a mess so I took the soft modem card out and have put a > proper modem card in from another old computer thinking Linux would > recognize it, it does not. > > I previously tried to make the scanModem program do its business but I could > not give it the correct command (maybe) I finished up opening the scanModem > file and pasting the text into the terminal command line and pressing > "Go"(don't wince), hence > the result is the file I previously submitted. > > The situation now > The desktop now has a file called scanModem that replaced scanModem.gz after > the command $ gunzip scanModem.gz but it does not want to scan, see the > terminal command record below > I now know not to "Cut and paste" > I hope you can help > > Thanks to you and Jacques Goldberg for responding > > Jim Aird > > ******** > jim@Chocolate:~$ cd ~/Desktop > jim@Chocolate:~/Desktop$ gunzip scanModem.gz > jim@Chocolate:~/Desktop$ * sudo ./scanModem > bash: scanModem: command not found > jim@Chocolate:~/Desktop$ > jim@Chocolate:~/Desktop$ sudo ./scanModem > [sudo] password for jim: > sudo: ./scanModem: command not found > jim@Chocolate:~/Desktop$ ./scanModem > bash: ./scanModem: Permission denied > jim@Chocolate:~/Desktop$ sudo ./scanModem > sudo: ./scanModem: command not found > jim@Chocolate:~/Desktop$ > > ******** > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marvin Stodolsky" <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "Jim Aird" <jimaird@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:58 PM > Subject: Re: ModemData.txt > > > > Jim > > > > Get the current http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/#scanModem > > Do under Linux ONLY: > > $ gunzip scanModem.gz > > $ ./scanModem > > which will output a Modem/ folder including ModemData.txt > > Send ONLY the ModemData.txt to the List as a PLAIN Text attachment > > > > MarvS' > > scanModem maintainer > > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:48 AM, Jim Aird <jimaird@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > > >
