Jon, RE: 9-pin COM port The modem is supported by the Linux serial drivers If stall the wvdial support packages if necessary. Then the modem should be detected if you run: $ sudo wvdialconf If so, a /etc/wvdial.conf should be written. Edit it using: $ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf removing the symbols: < > ; and entering your personal information. See the wvdial.txt for details. Then dialout with: $ sudo wvdial MarvS On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Jonathan Meek <shrouded.cloud@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > l've also got a Best Data Smart One External v.92 modem (I tried to > rerun scanModem with it attached, but it didn't appear to detect it; > it plugs into 9-pin COM port [model 56SX92]). Does this help my > situation at all? > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Marvin Stodolsky > <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Jonathan, >> >> As scanModem automatically reported, the USR winmodem has never been supported, >> and support for the Ambient Tech modems ceased long ago. >> >> You will need alternate hardware, for modem service under Linux. >> Read the InfoGeneral.txt about alternatives. >> >> MarvS >> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Jonathan Meek <shrouded.cloud@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I'm using the 9.10b of Ubuntu and would like to attempt (again) to get >>> this partition to run dialup as it is the only available connection >>> type in this area. >>> >> >
