MODEM INSTALLATION PROBLEM

[Karl Goetz]

mandcfalk at att.net wrote:
> Running 5.10, and trying to follow "HowTo" instructions to install
> drivers, etc.
> Did download a copy of scanModem onto a CD with a Windows box, but 5.10
> doesn't see the files on the CD.
> Browsing the Computer tells me that it's a SmartLink modem even without
> using scanModem, but trying to follow the directions and looking to see
> if needed "packages" build-essential, etc.) are on the hd, most of the
> time I get responses telling me that it can't "gethostname ()" or
> something like that.
do you get the gethostname() error when running sudo? check your
/etc/hostname and the first line of your /etc/hosts. the last word on
the first line of /etc/hosts should be the same as whats in
/etc/hostname. as for your modem, can help  im afraid.
kk

>    Also, everything that I'm able to read seems kinda
> "circular"...download this or that...but HOW to do that if I can't get
> the modem to DO anything ;-)
>  
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Mischa
> 

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Karl Goetz
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