find modem

[O. Sinclair]

O. Sinclair wrote:
> Howard Coles Jr. wrote:
>> On Tuesday 19 August 2008 07:13:23 pm John Heinen wrote:
>>> I installed opensuse on a gateway  64 bit dual core  (win vista)
>>> computer, while installing opensuse, the installer noted no modem found!
>>> Does that mean it was unable to read the factory installed modem?
>>> There is a modem though, I use it for vista
>>> What would the command be  for opensuse to find  and recognise the modem
>>> present?
>> The problem here may be in the fact that you have a "winmodem" not a real 
>> hardware based modem.  WinModems have to be software driven, whereas real 
>> hardware modems are just handed commands, and drive themselves.  
>>
>> The problem is many WinModems cannot be run from within Linux.  The good news 
>> is that there are a good number of them that can now.  Do some Google 
>> searching for your modem.  There used to be a website "winmodem.org" or 
>> something like that which listed what drivers worked with winmodems in Linux.
>>
>> Some one here should be able to correct me on that website address I'm sure.
>>
> Cannot is a too strong word. Search for "linmodems" on the internet or 
> check out www.linuxant.com - note they charge for a fully working driver.
Maybe I should add that I have managed to get both external usb-modems 
and internal "soft" winmodems working with more or less effort by 
googling around and trying various solutions. For the moment my life is 
easy as I own a Dell laptop where they supply the modem driver.

Sinclair