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Issue: Installed ubuntu 9.10 on acer 3680 laptop. Configure agere softmodem
to recognize /dev/modem and dial isp. Copy/pasted below, in case you can't
open windows notepad.
tra@geb:~$ tar zxf SLMODEMD.gcc4.3.tar.gz
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
tra@geb:~$
tra@geb:/usr/sbin$ sudo dpkg -i agrsm-tools*.deb
dpkg: error processing agrsm-tools*.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
agrsm-tools*.deb
tra@geb:/usr/sbin$
tra@geb:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr
00:16:36:8d:8a:cc
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:16
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:240 (240.0 B) TX bytes:240 (240.0 B)
tra@geb:~$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down
tra@geb:~$ ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:240 (240.0 B) TX bytes:240 (240.0 B)
tra@geb:~$
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tra@geb:~$ tar zxf SLMODEMD.gcc4.3.tar.gz
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
tra@geb:~$
tra@geb:/usr/sbin$ sudo dpkg -i agrsm-tools*.deb
dpkg: error processing agrsm-tools*.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
agrsm-tools*.deb
tra@geb:/usr/sbin$
tra@geb:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:36:8d:8a:cc
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:16
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:240 (240.0 B) TX bytes:240 (240.0 B)
tra@geb:~$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down
tra@geb:~$ ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:240 (240.0 B) TX bytes:240 (240.0 B)
tra@geb:~$
