Re: [Alsa-user] I need a modem driver in the Alsa distribution

[Lee R. <rlr...@jo...>]

On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 16:46 +0000, nigel henry wrote:
> Hi Teilhard. I don't think you're going to have much succes in getting an 
> inbuilt software modem working with Linux. I don't know much about laptops as 
> I've never used one. If it's got a serial port you'd be much better off 
> getting yourself a serial modem and using that if you are on a dial-up 
> internet connection. Linux don't like USB modems either. Nigel.

Sorry, you're wrong.  Why would ALSA have a driver for his modem if it
was not supported?

rlrevell@krustophenia:~$ locate snd-atiixp-modem
/home/rlrevell/cvs/alsa-test/alsa-driver/.tmp_versions/snd-atiixp-modem.mod
/home/rlrevell/cvs/alsa-test/alsa-driver/pci/.snd-atiixp-modem.ko.cmd
/home/rlrevell/cvs/alsa-test/alsa-driver/pci/.snd-atiixp-modem.mod.o.cmd
/home/rlrevell/cvs/alsa-test/alsa-driver/pci/.snd-atiixp-modem.o.cmd
/home/rlrevell/cvs/alsa-test/alsa-driver/pci/snd-atiixp-modem.ko
/home/rlrevell/cvs/alsa-test/alsa-driver/pci/snd-atiixp-modem.mod.c
/home/rlrevell/cvs/alsa-test/alsa-driver/pci/snd-atiixp-modem.mod.o
/home/rlrevell/cvs/alsa-test/alsa-driver/pci/snd-atiixp-modem.o

Unfortunately I can't help you get it working, as I don't know anything
about this hardware.  But it should work.

Lee