From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pop-a065c10.pas.sa.earthlink.net ([207.217.121.184]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cvjhn-0005HM-00 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:07:35 -0500 Received: from h-68-166-89-140.chcgilgm.covad.net ([68.166.89.140] helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by pop-a065c10.pas.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1Cvjhl-00063k-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:07:33 -0800 Received: (qmail 26950 invoked by uid 1023); 31 Jan 2005 22:07:19 -0000 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:07:19 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050131220719.GA26925@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20050131215916.GB3212@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050131215916.GB3212@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc Subject: Re: Cell Phone Modem 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: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:07:35 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This is a very rough guess, but maybe you want to look at enabling the usb modem option in the kernel. Greg On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 02:59:17PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > I thought I'd mess around with connecting my laptop up to a cell phone > to enable it onto the internet from time to time. I know, the > connections are slow and all that but thought it a neet way to drag > the internet on the road with me. The question here is, How do I go > about making Linux recognize my phone? I have an LG VX4500 model with > a USB cable with their mobile office kit; now that kit is obviously > rigged for windows but understand connectivity to linux is quite > possible and I recall Gene Collins doing this with his phone. > > So I'm wondering if and what modules I might need tohook up the phone > probably to a USB connection. Also, my machine doesn't have USB ports > but I am looking for a PCMCIA USB adaptor I could hopefully use. > > -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > !DSPAM:41feaa9b268594297559586! > > - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB/qwW7s9z/XlyUyARAglHAJ9P/mcsB494vO+he3e9JEcwu4hCcQCfSE/a Ca+qv9FoB31f0jdLT5gjDW4= =bpGQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----