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| Any experts in Ubuntu 9.1? Do we have any experts here versed in Ubuntu 9.1? I'm a noobie to UNIX to begin with, and I have a question regarding external modem installation in this distro. Before I go into chapter and verse about it I'd like to know do we have any wizards here?
Thanks to any who respond, and I'll put the details up as soon as I see there's a potential for response.
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pabloMVM
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kudos:1 | Hi,
I suspect someone should be able to lend a hand. Go ahead an post your details. It'd be desirable to start a new topic with the issue you're trying to resolve.
btw, it's rare that any issue is distro-specific.
Cheers,
-pablo
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| OK, will do. Thanks for the tip. |
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 technickPremium
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kudos:1 | reply to caribconsult
You in the right spot for unix and linux questions (Ubuntu is a version of Debian Linux btw). Anyways, go ahead and ask your question and someone here will probably go above and beyond to help you  . |
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HoboJ
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kudos:1 | reply to caribconsult
I can certainly try to help with basic problems when it comes to ubuntu. Though I'm no wizard at it, not by a long shot. |
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said by caribconsult:I have a question regarding external modem installation in this distro. 1) buy any HARDWARE external modem. See »tldp.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO-2.html - you want to avoid any modem that needs a "driver" of any kind. Winmodems are good examples. As a rough guide, if the modem is very inexpensive, it's a softmodem.
2) plug it in
Modems are getting pretty rare these days!
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To everyone who has posted here, there is a new thread in the UNIX forum about installing the modem pursuant to using EFax, and it's getting to be quite a discussion, so you might want to follow that.
And BTW, I do indeed have a hardware modem. It's a real USRobotics Sportster 56K data/fax unit that connects to COM1. I don't feel any attraction to searching for software drivers for winmodems, especially since I've encountered serious issues with winmodems even in windows. Trying this in UNIX seems like an exercise in self-flagellation. I'm not saying it can't be done; I just don't feel like another challenge when I've already run into a few having nothing to do with the modem. See my other post for more on this.
Thanks again to everyone who took their time to post here. Muchas gracias a todos.
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