Modem

[Carroll Grigsby]

Patrick Burnett wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i've just installed ubuntu on a new pc and am really impressed. only 
> problem is that i'm not seeing the internet modem anywhere. it's a pci 
> internal 56kbps v.92 fax modem. the cd driver provided doesn't seem to 
> work. do i need to download other drivers? any help or assistance would 
> be greatly appreciated.
> 
> regards,
> 
> patrick

Patrick:
It sounds as if you have a winmodem. Not a good thing, but often 
curable. Start here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DialupModemHowto

If that doesn't work, then give this a try:
http://www.linmodems.org

Of course, the easy way out is to get an external serial modem.

-- cmg