On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 08:50:59PM -0500, fred smith wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 06:58:56PM -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 11:52:01AM -0700, Preston Crawford wrote: > > > Just wondering if all modems are having problems or just certain ones (like my old > > > internal ISA modem). Comcast still isn't up. Those idiots are so incompetent that > > > I like will not be able to get my cable modem running for quite a while. So I'd > > > like to buy an external modem today while I wait for DSL. Does anyone know if all > > > modems are having a problem or just certain ones? An external serial modem should > > > work fine, right? > > > Preston > > My external modem works but was not recognised by kudzu. Luckily I > > refused to remove the configuration. > > Well, in the case of an external serial modem, it ain't no huge deal if > kudzu removes the configuration. AFAIK the only thing it configures for > you (besides its own database) is that it creates /dev/modem. Otherwise > it's just a serial port with something attached to it, and your programs > aren't going to care if kudzu knows about it or not. It may not be a big deal but it is a bug and it is anoying. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
