Ann, Do not despair. Have patience, it will help you here. Here's one way you can do it, you may also browse through the windows folders and look for the file scanModem.gz and then select it and copy it over to home directory of Ubuntu. or use the method below One way: Do you have a usb stick? If so you can use it. Download scanModem.gz http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/scanModem.gz and save it as it is to your USB stick. Then shutdown/reboot and load Ubuntu. As you are already set up, then pop in your USB drive and it will get mounted automatically. Select scanModem.gz and drag and drop to your home directory. Look for the menu that has a terminal, could be the system one, and fire it up. Now you should be in your home directory with scanModem.gz residing there. $ gunzip scanModem.gz $ chmod +x scanModem $ sudo ./scanModem will create a folder with Modem/ and some information is displayed in the screen. When everything is complete browse to Modem/ folder using $ cd Modem/ type cp ModemData.txt to where usbstick is mounted /media/disk? or something like this $ cp ModemData.txt /media/disk logout and close Ubuntu. Hopefully ModemData.txt is saved and then boot into Windows. Now pop in your usb disk and ModemData.txt should be there, send a message to discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the title Ann CountryName Ubuntu 2.6.24-?? and attach ModemData.txt to it. Then with that information we can recommend a driver for your modem. Hopefully that modem is supported and you can get online with Ubuntu. HTH, Antonio --- Ann <tate886@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am about ready to give up on Ubuntu, and > unfortunately, resign myself > to being with Windows forever. I was very impressed > with my Ubuntu, > until I discovered that because I have dial up > internet access, and like > most people a Winmodem that Ubuntu doesn't > automatically recognize, I'll > have to jump through a million hoops to maybe get a > working dial up > connection. Isn't being punished by having to use > dial up while everyone > else around you is getting broadband enough? LOL! > > I am running a dual boot system with Windows XP & > Ubuntu, which I > installed using the new "Install Inside of Windows' > feature of 8.04. > This went completely without problems, and my Ubuntu > works great, except > for the modem issue. > > I have downloaded, when logged in to the XP side of > my dual boot, > windows XP, the scanModem tool, but can't even get > it to uncompress with > gunzip in my Ubuntu set up. Perhaps I am doing > something wrong in trying > to copy the file from the folder where it was placed > when downloading > through Windows? It is in a folder on my main C hard > drive called Downloads. > > Anyhow, any advice, in the simplest of terms keeping > in mind I have been > a Microsoft Windows slave for the past nine > years,,would be helpful > here. Or, even a bit of encouragement? :) > > Or, if another modem is recognized by Ubuntu and I > can purchase this > particular brand somewhere for a reasonable cost, > that advice would be > welcome as well. > > Thanks. > ~Ann > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
