USB modem with Linux?

USB modem with Linux?

[djden]

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Hello
I am using SuseBlinux with hardware speech synth and Braille display on com1 and 2. I only have a winmodem which uses virtual comport 4 and will therefore not work with Linux. I only have two physical comm ports on my machine.
Is there any way around this? I wonder if any USB modems are supported in Linux - specifics would be helpful?
I do not think software speech is fully developed yet and the Apollo2 is very responsive.
Any help welcomed please.
Thanks.


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Re: USB modem with Linux?

[Thomas D. Ward]

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Hi, as far as I've known USB modems are supported under Linux.However, you have to make sure you have kernel, and module support for USB devices, and have the USB modems compiled in or as a module.
Also it is worth a shot to try the Lucent Win Modem driver, and see if that works.In a few cases that has gotten some good resaults for getting some Win modems to work under Linux.



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: djden 
  To: Speakup@braille.uwo.ca 
  Cc: suse-blinux@suse.com 
  Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 4:30 AM
  Subject: USB modem with Linux?


  Hello
  I am using SuseBlinux with hardware speech synth and Braille display on com1 and 2. I only have a winmodem which uses virtual comport 4 and will therefore not work with Linux. I only have two physical comm ports on my machine.
  Is there any way around this? I wonder if any USB modems are supported in Linux - specifics would be helpful?
  I do not think software speech is fully developed yet and the Apollo2 is very responsive.
  Any help welcomed please.
  Thanks.


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Re: USB modem with Linux?

[Amanda Lee]

If someone knows of a driver I can download for making a winmodem work
under DOS would appreciate that.  Please write me ofline though as know
it's not applicable to this O/S.

Thanks!  -  Amanda

P.S. specifically, after applying patch to make DOS workable in Windows ME
need to hopefully get the modem working too.



On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Thomas D. Ward wrote:

> Hi, as far as I've known USB modems are supported under Linux.However, you have to make sure you have kernel, and module support for USB devices, and have the USB modems compiled in or as a module.
> Also it is worth a shot to try the Lucent Win Modem driver, and see if that works.In a few cases that has gotten some good resaults for getting some Win modems to work under Linux.
>
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: djden
>   To: Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>   Cc: suse-blinux@suse.com
>   Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 4:30 AM
>   Subject: USB modem with Linux?
>
>
>   Hello
>   I am using SuseBlinux with hardware speech synth and Braille display on com1 and 2. I only have a winmodem which uses virtual comport 4 and will therefore not work with Linux. I only have two physical comm ports on my machine.
>   Is there any way around this? I wonder if any USB modems are supported in Linux - specifics would be helpful?
>   I do not think software speech is fully developed yet and the Apollo2 is very responsive.
>   Any help welcomed please.
>   Thanks.
>
>