Re: USR external faxmodem on RH9 ???

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Bassam ALHUSSEIN wrote:
> ** THAT'S BAD NEWS !!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Thanx for the quick answer ...

You might find a driver for it, but it appears to be a Conexant chipset.
Those are not supported.

Do an "lsusb" command and look at the output (ignore any "timeout"
messages that pop up).  Find the entry for your modem and see if the
"idVendor" number is 0x0572 and the "idProduct" is "0x1232", "0x1233" or
"0x1234".  If it is, you're out of luck as Conexant hasn't released a
driver for it and apparently no one has gotten enough info from them to
write one themselves.

Sorry about that.  As I said, go buy a modem that plugs into the serial
port.  First, it'll be compatible with ANYTHING (windows, Linux, BSD,
Macs) and second, it'll be faster than a winmodem is (since winmodems
depend on the CPU of your machine to do a lot of the work rather than
doing it themselves).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com] On Behalf Of Rick Stevens
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:03 PM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: USR external faxmodem on RH9 ???
>
> Bassam ALHUSSEIN wrote:
>
> > Hello ...
> > I had a bad souvenir with Rockwell winmodems on redhat 7.2 , and all
>
> the
>
> > world told me : Get an extyernal modem and it will be fun with RH.
> >
> > Recently I purchased a new computer, and ofcourse with an External
> > faxmodem which is : U.S.Robotics USB faxmodem ( USR815633 ).
> > Installing RH9 went well, But probing didn't see the modem.
> > After consulting our friend Google I knew that hundreds have the same
> > problem with this "called" modem.
> > Contacting U.S.Robotics  ??? Useless ....They told me literally :
> > " Thank you for contacting U.S. Robotics. Your satisfaction is of the
> > utmost importance to us ....bla bla bla ...   USR does not have any
> > Linux drivers for this modem.  You may find drivers on a Linux forum
>
> on
>
> > the Internet.  "  What a shame !!!!!!!!
> >
> > This modem is apparently not compatible!!! With linux ? because of
>
> it's
>
> > USB connection to the computer. I browsed the  linux-usb.org site and
> > found nothing usefull.
> >
> > I am just looking for a hope that it could work someday with some
>
> trick
>
> > !!!!
> > I can't sent it back to the shop I purchased it from " this is not
> > possible where I live ...".
> >
> > Does AnyBody have an idea ????
>
>
> That is YADWM (yet another damned WinModem), and no, there probably
> aren't any Linux drivers for it.  Your best bet is to get an external
> SERIAL modem.  You know, the kind that plugs into a serial port (COM1,
> COM2) on your system.  In the U.S., they can be had for $20.
>
> BTW, "COM1" is called "/dev/ttyS0" and "COM2" is called "/dev/ttyS1"
> on Linux.
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