Getting on the internet with dial-upForum: Other Help Topics Topic: Getting on the internet with dial-up started by: workman161 Posted by workman161 on Jan. 20 2004,03:22
How do I configure linux or my browser to get on the internet?I have dialup and firebird. Posted by roadie on Jan. 20 2004,06:24
Need some more details.What do you have for a modem? (please don't say Winmodem) Does DSL see your modem on boot? If it's an internal modem run "lspci" w/out the quotes. If DSL is seeing it it'll show on the list. If it's an external run "dmesg" and look for it being picked up. When you get the modem going, Firebird will "fire up" Post back with the results but get all the info you can. roadie Posted by workman161 on Jan. 22 2004,20:28
Well, I have no idea what winmodem is, but it dosen't see the modem on boot. The modem is a PC Card (Not to be confused with PCMCIA or CardBus cards)Thanks though. I'll try that. Posted by len on Jan. 25 2004,06:40
post the modem specifics- esp. make, model # and rev/ version #. btw, a win modem is a windows modem- which means microsoft operating system "software" modem using OS, cpu, and drivers to work. not really desireable w/ linux. from what i hear, there is increasing work/ support for winmodems through pc-tel drivers, and linmodem drivers. but the best performance is from a hardware modem. edit: < http://www.linmodems.org/ > Posted by TiYogi on Feb. 04 2004,03:09
Hi, Just like "workman161" , I also have a Win modem and want to run Firebird. I just burned disk for the DSL only 30 minute ago. I have had it for a while in fact it is version 0.4.10 and I see we are up to v 0.5.3.1. I have not installed it to the harddrive yet. I do not know anything really about Linux. I have tryed reading about it but it does not sink in without actually doing it. I will try downloading a new version to night. I am a dailup so it takes forever to do 50 MB. This is what I have it installed on. Acer Asprire Model 2865 Intel Pentium II 300MHz 3 harddrives 6Gb, 6Gb and a 2 Gb ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 4Mb intergate on motherboard 256MB memory Modem PCI V.92 Chipset MD5628D-L-B and MD563X I have been able to find the Linux drivers for my modem. Which is Modem PCI V.92 Chipset MD5628D-L-B and MD563X with the Intel chipset. I have downloaded them but have done nothing with them yet. Because I have no idea as what to do with it.
Where am I supposed to run this "lspci" from?? Is this to be done from some program with a right click?? Is there a command line somewhere? Sorry but it is not clear as to where it is to be run from. I have found the various item with the right click. I have found the : App: Sytstem: PP/wdail Modemconfig: Configure modem Port 1. link to ttySo (comm1) .. 4. link to ttyS3 (comm4) Is this the place to run that "lspci"?? If I type it in there it comes back with " Modem set for 1 rwxrwxrwx 1 root toot 10 Feb 3 18:44 /dev/modem->/dev/ttys0 I am sure it will be explanined. I will check back later and also look thru the FAQ to see if their is an answer there. Posted by roadie on Feb. 04 2004,04:49
Any commands like lspci are run from the command line, open a terminal, I think DSL has rxvt or you can run it from the prompt after DSL boots but before you start X Windows.I think DSL does'nt have lspci so if not, run scanpci, this will show you all the PCI cards installed and usually picks up Winmodems at least on my DSL it does. It will give you a vendor name also. The drivers have to be compiled and that means installing compiling tools and kernel headers and in most cases kernel source. I do it the easy way, after I build the drivers for a certain kernel I save them for the next distro using that kernel and sometimes a different kernel by editing some files tho thats touchy cause you can taint the kernel that way. But it sure beats installing everything just to build a couple of drivers. Good luck, roadie Posted by TiYogi on Feb. 05 2004,02:15
Ok, so I ran "scanpci" in the rxvt terminal and it reported the followingxf86 enableIOPorts:faled to set IOPL of I/O So it looks like it did not find the modem. What do I have to do now? Is there a area in Linux similar to the "Windows" "System" where it shows all of the items that installed? Posted by roadie on Feb. 05 2004,07:26
Ok, open Midnight Commander or emefm and go to /proc/bus/pci/devices and see what it say's in there.roadie |