Modem Problem

[Richard E Miles]

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:00:14 -0500
"Smith, Herb" <herb.smith2 at boeing.com> wrote:

> No.  If you reread my question you will see that I replaced my winmodem
> with a hardware modem precisely for that reason.  Kudzu seemed to detect
> the new modem fine and configure it.  I still get the error number 8
> when I try to activate it, however.
> 
> Is this discussed somewhere in the documentation?  Is there some
> reference that explains the meaning of the Error Number 8 ??
> 
> Herb
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard E Miles [mailto:r.godzilla at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 4:53 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: Modem Problem
> 
> 
> On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 14:38:52 -0500
> "Smith, Herb" <herb.smith2 at boeing.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I have FC3 and Windows XP set up as a dual boot system.  I recently 
> > installed a hardware modem to avoid issues with the WinModem that came
> 
> > with my new pc.  The modem seems to work fine on the windows side, but
> 
> > on the FC3 side I get an Error Number 8 when I try to activate it. It 
> > will not dial or anything.  Can someone tell me what this means?
> > 
> > Thanks in advanced.
> > 
> > Herb
> > 
> 
> You probably have what is known as a winmodem. It works in windows
> because
> their drivers include support for capabilities usually handled by the
> modem. If you have the hardware model numbers you can check at
> http://linmodems.org to see if there is a driver you can use for your
> modem.
> 

[rmiles at localhost ~]$ perror 8
Error code   8:  Exec format error

How are you using the modem? What commands are you using to test it?

-- 
Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA. USA
registered linux user 46097