Re: Fedora 5 works perfectly, except usb modem

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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








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