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by daz'n'ash

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I have Linux Mandrake installed, but I cannot get it to detect my PCI modem on com 3. I have the installCD for the modem but it doesn't have drivers on it for Linux. The modem is Volcano SoftK56 Data Fax Voice Speakerphone CARP PCI.
I have tried searching the net for a driver with no success yet. Does anyone know a specific place where I can get a driver for it to run in Linux?

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by les

find out specifically what chipset it uses. Perhaps it may use a lucent or rockwell chipset etc.
Visit www.linmodems.org and you can find out about tools to possibly detect your chipset and then see if that chipset is supported and able to run under linux.

by daz'n'ash

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. It would appear that this particular modem is only a cheap, budgetware type PCI modem. It is not supported in Limux.

by daz'n'ash

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. It would appear that this particular modem is only a cheap, budgetware type PCI modem. It is not supported in Limux.

by amoeba1

I assume from the name, it is a "soft" modem. There is some support for these in Linux, but you would be better off with an external or an older modem but only from a performance standpoint (as they use the system's CPU instead of one that is onboard the modem) try going to linmodem.org and look for the chipset that you have on the modem.

Good luck.

by daz'n'ash

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. It would appear that this particular modem is only a cheap, budgetware type PCI modem. It is not supported in Limux.

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