driversForum: Other Help Topics Topic: drivers started by: sobie Posted by sobie on Jan. 09 2004,05:48
ok i know in this modern day and age that a good majority of us have winmodems, and this poses as a huge problem since linux doesnt natively support it (that i know of), but i have found a decent set of drivers for linmodems (linux version of win modems) that are excellent at < http://www.linmodems.org/, > now i want to download and copy them onto my cd. after i burn i want to untar them and install them... or is it possible to put them on the cd and have dsl automatically find the hardware?I wouldnt be going through all this trouble except i want to learn.. and well its the only type of internet we have in the area also i am still fairly new to linux command line, and the whole admin thing so what exactly are the steps required to install a driver? Sobie ----------------------------------------------------------- AMD 1.3gig 1gig ram sis 315 thrill pro with 64megs of ram (i know it sucks) 2x60 Seagate Barracuda's PCtel Platinum V.90 Modem Posted by roadie on Jan. 09 2004,16:56
Copying the files & installing on the cd is gonna be a real problem as you will also need the compiling tools, GCC, make etc:In the case of Lucent or HCF modems you will need the kernel headers too, I think it would be better to do a hard drive install and compile the drivers ( tho I think the modems have to be installed ) then burn a new cd. There are thousands of Winmodems being used in Linux and it's unfortunate that the users get so little support. As far as I know Kurumin is the only one to include drivers on the cd, I've been told the problem is licensing issues but Carlos does'nt seem to have a problem with it. Winmodems are a real pita but for a lot of us it's the only way we have to connect. Posted by sobie on Jan. 09 2004,19:18
2 solutions: find precompiles... and yes they very well do exist... took me 5 mins to find one for my pctel modem...#2 cross compile if you know what you are doing its not that hard... |