On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 08:54:39PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote:
> > On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:16:12 -0500, Rob Owens wrote:
> >
> > > I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up
> > > modem. It's been many years since I dealt with a modem, so I could use
> > > a few tips.
> > >
>
On Jo, 10 nov 11, 20:54:39, Rob Owens wrote:
>
> I can get gnome-ppp to recognize both modems. But when I attempt to
> dial, I don't hear a dialtone or any dialing. Almost immediately the
> application says something like "sending password", and it hangs there.
> Of course it's going to hang --
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 08:54:39PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote:
.snip.
>
> So I'm thinking maybe I need some kind of initialization string for the
> modem. Are they specific to a certain model of modem? Is there
> something else I should be trying?
See if this helps: http:/
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:54:39 -0500, Rob Owens wrote:
> Thanks for the tips, everyone. But it seems I have forgotten more about
> modems than I realized.
>
> I'm now using gnome-ppp as a dialer, which uses wvdial as a backend (I
> think). I'm also using martian-modem, which provides a driver for
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:54:39 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote:
> ...
> I'm also using martian-modem, which provides a driver for my
> Agere WinModem.
> ...
By the way, I forgot to mention that your winmodem is one of the
best ones, in my humble opinion (i.e. the best of a bad breed),
since it provides
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:54:39 -0500
Rob Owens wrote:
> > On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:16:12 -0500, Rob Owens wrote:
> >
> > > I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up
> > > modem. It's been many years since I dealt with a modem, so I
> > > could use a few tips.
> > >
> Thank
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:54:39 -0500
Rob Owens wrote:
> > On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:16:12 -0500, Rob Owens wrote:
> >
> > > I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up
> > > modem. It's been many years since I dealt with a modem, so I
> > > could use a few tips.
> > >
> Thank
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:54:39 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote:
>
> Thanks for the tips, everyone. But it seems I have forgotten more about
> modems than I realized.
>
> I'm now using gnome-ppp as a dialer, which uses wvdial as a backend (I
> think). I'm also using martian-modem, which provides a dr
> On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:16:12 -0500, Rob Owens wrote:
>
> > I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up
> > modem. It's been many years since I dealt with a modem, so I could use
> > a few tips.
> >
Thanks for the tips, everyone. But it seems I have forgotten more about
On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:16:12 -0500, Rob Owens wrote:
> I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up
> modem. It's been many years since I dealt with a modem, so I could use
> a few tips.
>
> I know that winmodems probably won't work, so I may have to swap it out
> for somet
On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:16:12 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote:
>
> I know that winmodems probably won't work, so I may have to swap it out
> for something in my old parts bin.
>
That's not necessarily true anymore. I hate winmodems, but some of the
most popular winmodems do have Linux drivers these
--- On Tue, 11/8/11, Rob Owens wrote:
> From: Rob Owens
> Subject: dial-up modem usage
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 6:16 PM
> I'm setting up a Debian system for a
> friend, and he uses a dial-up
> modem. It's been many yea
I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up
modem. It's been many years since I dealt with a modem, so I could use
a few tips.
I know that winmodems probably won't work, so I may have to swap it out
for something in my old parts bin. What is used to control dialup these
da
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