I have been using Mandrake linux for about a year now. I have found that I
am no better at command line stuff than I was when I started. Mandrake has
too many wizards and stuff, and I have fallen into the habit of using them.
I have decided to make the switch to Slackware 9.1, I had a friend download
and burn the iso and I am ready to go.
However, I am a dial up internet user(no form of broadband in my rural
community) and the machine I have only has a winmodem. It is a Lucent, and
for Mandrake and other RPM based distros the rpms are easy to find.
Now my understanding of Slackware is that it is not rpm based, but that
several tools are available to convert rpm to the proper format for install
in Slackware.
I am a dairy farmer and I use my one and only computer for dairy related
stuff as well as for pleasure. I cannot afford to install Slack and not
have a working modem due to various business demands(I have to connect
several times daily via dial up to my feed mill, etc.)
So I am looking for advice on how to get this up and running as quickly as
possible. I plan on installing late one night after milking, and want to
make it as painless as possible.
I have found the sources for the Lucent at http://www.heby.de/ltmodem and so
I think that this is what I need.
I would really appreciate any help with this that I can get.
Thank you all in advance.

--
~marc

"To be sure, conservative radio talk show hosts have a built-in audience
unavailable to liberals: People driving cars to some sort of job."
- Ann Coulter

Marc Zuverink wrote:
> Now my understanding of Slackware is that it is not rpm based, but that
> several tools are available to convert rpm to the proper format for install
> in Slackware.

well, not several, just one: rpm2tgz. but as the page you refer to says,
you should only use the binary drivers if you have the right
kernel. so it's probably better to compile your own.

> I have found the sources for the Lucent at http://www.heby.de/ltmodem and so
> I think that this is what I need.

looks like it, if you have the correct model.

> I would really appreciate any help with this that I can get.
> Thank you all in advance.

it seems that there is a readme file called 1ST-READ, that comes with the
sources, which explains the building and installation. see if it helps you.

if you're really dependent on this for your business, i'd suggest you not
remove mandrake from your computer until you have everything up and running
in slackware. you'll probably need to do some configuring after the drivers
are installed, and looking at the mandrake setup may help you get it right.

other than that, all i can say is go ahead and try. and if you get stuck
with anything, let us know.

--
Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com
Slackware doesn't have any quirks. Other distros have quirks. Slackware's
just pure Linux.

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On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:06:40 -0500, Marc wrote:

> I have found the sources for the Lucent at http://www.heby.de/ltmodem and so
> I think that this is what I need.
> I would really appreciate any help with this that I can get.
> Thank you all in advance.
>

For a lucent winmodem that is definitely what you need.

It is by far one of the easier things to compile. Definitely read the
1ST-READ file, but basically from inside the source directory do:
../build_module
../ltinst2
../autoload

Then configure whatever program you use to dial out.

I've been using the various versions of the ltmodem drivers from
http://www.heby.de/ltmodem since Mandrake 7 and now on Slackware
9.1/current with great success.

Brad



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> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:06:40 -0500, Marc wrote:
>
>> I have found the sources for the Lucent at http://www.heby.de/ltmodem and
>> so I think that this is what I need.
>> I would really appreciate any help with this that I can get.
>> Thank you all in advance.
>>
>
> For a lucent winmodem that is definitely what you need.
>
> It is by far one of the easier things to compile. Definitely read the
> 1ST-READ file, but basically from inside the source directory do:
> ./build_module
> ./ltinst2
> ./autoload
>
> Then configure whatever program you use to dial out.
>
> I've been using the various versions of the ltmodem drivers from
> http://www.heby.de/ltmodem since Mandrake 7 and now on Slackware
> 9.1/current with great success.
>
> Brad
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Thanks for your help and assurance.

--
~marc

"To be sure, conservative radio talk show hosts have a built-in audience
unavailable to liberals: People driving cars to some sort of job."
- Ann Coulter

Marc Zuverink blithely blithered

I can see you've gotten good advice on getting the Lucent working, but
let me add that life is easier with a good old external hardware modem.

--
I had a lease on an OEDIPUS COMPLEX back in '81 ...

Handover Phist wrote:
> Marc Zuverink blithely blithered
>
> I can see you've gotten good advice on getting the Lucent working, but
> let me add that life is easier with a good old external hardware modem.

I just setup an old system for my brother that has one of those
Lucent winmodems. It can be a pain to setup, that's for sure, but
it works fairly well actually.

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