Re: HP Compaq network drivers

On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:12:07 +1300
Michael Adams wrote:

> On Monday 12 December 2011 09:18, Nick Rout wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Michael Adams 
> [snip]
> > > The latest Mint version downloaded and put onto a pendrive did
> > > it. Still no Dial-up of course but no real way of testing it
> > > either. Kppp could not find a modem.
> >
> > What does lspci tell you about the modem?
> 
> Nada, but it exists, she uses it under Win7.
> 
> > And do you REALLY have a use for this technology any more?
> 
> Me, i have just upped my broadband to 60Gigs, but the laptop isn't 
> mine. Some people are just happy checking emails and doing 
> interminable updates ;) Have you never met the techno challenged?
> 
> > This tool has been useful in the past:
> >
> > http://132.68.73.235/linmodems/index.html#scanmodem
> >
> 
> Thanks, forgot about linmodems.org. Found it on the sound chip. Now i 
> have to get a bigger USB stick. All the kppp depends filled this one. 
> I am not installing till i have this sorted.

Alternatively, consider wvdial - it's much lighter than kppp

John

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