On Fri, 24 May 2019 16:17:02 -0400 Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dan Youngquist composed on 2019-05-17 09:08 (UTC-0700): > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > >> Target is a Vaio laptop (not mine) with 2.2GHz dual core with 2GB RAM and GM965 > >> 14" 1280x800 video. I have an openSUSE maintenance installation (only IceWM for X) > >> on it now, which will stay. > > > One problem that I didn't see anyone mention, that you may already be aware > > of: The modem in that Vaio is almost certainly a winmodem. Most of those> can't be made to work with Linux, > > Actually it is one that ostensibly is supported, technically a high definition > audio device. > > > and for those that can, it's more trouble > > than it's worth. > > I wholeheartedly agree. I tried by starting with basics, determining whether the > modem could work at all. My support mailing list discuss-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > sub attempt was returned to sender. ScanModem found a 14f1:2c06 High Definition > Audio device that should be supported as a modem, but underlying support for > modems in distros seems to have died through lack maintenance required for newer > foundational software versions, e.g. glibc, gcc, etc. The driver has to be built, > and automatic building by installing the .deb (Debian 10) or .rpm (openSUSE 15.1) > fails with "C compiler cannot create executables" on the cli and in config.log. In > Debian, every attempt to use apt or aptitude for anything since trying to install > the .deb results in "E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)" on > account of alsa-driver-linuxant producing exit status 77 in post processing. e.g.: > > apt install wvdial Bumbling around on the linuxant homepage for a while identifies them as the weak link in all this--they stopped developing the driver about ten years ago, and never upstreamed it. They say the driver you need "works under 2.6.16 or newer kernels", which probably means you need a kernel version V where 2.6.16 <= V < 3.0. I don't know if any current distro carries a kernel that old. At this point, having your guy hit garage sales and junk shops to check for old PCMCIA or even external modems looks like a better bet. E. Liddell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
