Roger Oed wrote:
Hi All,
I am trying to configure my Redhat 8.0 box to work with a modem for e-mail and Internet access. I have configured my e-mail account correctly, and have configured a network connection for the modem. When the machine starts up, during the Bios phase the machine obviously sees the modem. However, when I try to run the e-mail it immediately returns an error indicating that it hasn't seen the modem. Can anyone suggest some tests I can perform to try and identify the source of the error or any reasons why Linux does not appear to see the modem, please?
What sort of modem? External, internal, ISA or PCI? (If you still have Windows installed, just boot into Windows and tell us what it's identified as under the Device Manager) My first guess is that it's a software-driven modem (aka 'winmodem'; many of these work in Linux, but almost all require extra drivers and setting up that aren't part of the standard install. There's probably helpful info on the wiki if you search for 'winmodem'.