On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:00:14 -0500 "Smith, Herb" <herb.smith2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > No. If you reread my question you will see that I replaced my winmodem > with a hardware modem precisely for that reason. Kudzu seemed to detect > the new modem fine and configure it. I still get the error number 8 > when I try to activate it, however. > > Is this discussed somewhere in the documentation? Is there some > reference that explains the meaning of the Error Number 8 ?? > > Herb > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard E Miles [mailto:r.godzilla@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 4:53 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Modem Problem > > > On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 14:38:52 -0500 > "Smith, Herb" <herb.smith2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I have FC3 and Windows XP set up as a dual boot system. I recently > > installed a hardware modem to avoid issues with the WinModem that came > > > with my new pc. The modem seems to work fine on the windows side, but > > > on the FC3 side I get an Error Number 8 when I try to activate it. It > > will not dial or anything. Can someone tell me what this means? > > > > Thanks in advanced. > > > > Herb > > > > You probably have what is known as a winmodem. It works in windows > because > their drivers include support for capabilities usually handled by the > modem. If you have the hardware model numbers you can check at > http://linmodems.org to see if there is a driver you can use for your > modem. > [rmiles@localhost ~]$ perror 8 Error code 8: Exec format error How are you using the modem? What commands are you using to test it? -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. USA registered linux user 46097
