From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CnHJi-00055c-00 for ; Sat, 08 Jan 2005 09:11:47 -0500 Received: from frontend3.messagingengine.com (frontend3.internal [10.202.2.152]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 076BAC4AAD6 for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 09:11:46 -0500 (EST) X-Sasl-enc: 9a5ZL4784z+9QnBaCG6tlA 1105193505 Received: from debian (1Cust191.tnt1.richlands.va.da.uu.net [67.200.27.191]) by frontend3.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 346982553F for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 09:11:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from jekis by debian with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CnHJM-0000ij-5v for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 08 Jan 2005 09:11:24 -0500 Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 09:11:23 -0500 From: Justin Ekis To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-ID: <20050108141123.GA1246@(none)> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Subject: usb modems X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 14:11:47 -0000 Hey guys, first of all are there any general Linux lists? I'm not sure where else to ask this but don't know if it's really on topic here. Anyway, that will teach me not to believe Windows about my computer. It reported only one serial port, but checking the manufacturer specifications for my motherboard shows I have two. So I did what I should have done to start with and pulled the computer out to check the back. There is one port left for the m20 which leaves only one question. Are there any good USB modems that will work in Linux without proprietary drivers? I would prefer one I could get for around $60 or less. I found one very cheap but as far as I could tell it needed a special driver that isn't in the kernel. I don't want something like that where somewhere down the road it won't be supported by new kernels. That's what brought me to this point to begin with. Thanks. Justin