On Monday 22 May 2006 15:38, William d'Ormond wrote: > Point of e-mail: How do you get fedora 5 to detect and install a USB > dial-up modem (DC-009 V2 Sitecom)? > > Hi everyone, > > I'm not really a linux newbie... but please treat me as one. > A long time ago I installed Fedora 3 and had a lovely time with it. But > then my laptop's internal winmodem broke (I had spent considerable effort > getting it to run with smartlink linmodem drivers (slmodem 2.7.9 or > something like that)). > > I then went and bought a USB modem. This I thought would cure all problems > associated with linux compatibility. It works under Windows, obviously, > however, I have now moved completely on to Fedora 5 and deleted the windows > partition. > Fedora 5 does not detect anything when the USB modem is plugged in... in > fact it only detects the broken internal modem which I cannot use. This is > strange as the modem lights on the USB modem turn on when I plug it into a > USB port. > > I now have absolutely NO IDEA how to start getting this stupid USB modem to > work under linux. Smartlink has given up linux support it seems, and has > switched to connexant (linuxant.com). Actually I can't find the chipset of > this modem under google anywhere, and can't detect it at all in linux, so > I'm not even sure it's a Connexant chipset. I am presuming it is an HCF > modem type????? > > Can someone please help me out, because I won't be able to access internet > at home if I can't dial up a connection on my phone line. > > Thanks! > > W Can't say anything about your modem since I don't know what it is (HINT - GIVE MORE INFORMATION). Perhaps you could include a brand name and model number someone will give you specific help. The light comes on on the usb modem because it is getting power. what does "tail /var/log/messages" show when you plug the modem in? That will at least give you a starting point on whether the modem is really seen. Tom -- Tom Taylor Linux user #263467 Federal Way, WA
