Old spec w. no lovin'

[Kartik Thakore]

On Sun, 2006-08-10 at 01:08 -0400, Kartik Thakore wrote:
> is there a generic driver that can handle most of the winmodems out
> there?
> On Sat, 2006-07-10 at 20:54 -0700, Constantine Evans wrote:
> > t u wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I am writing to attract a little bit of attention to this spec:
> > > https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/winmodem-support which asks
> > > for winmodem support out-of-the-box. Recently, a user proposed a
> > > dialogue popup which would give some feedback to user upon installation
> > > regarding the user specific winmodem hardware. This seems easy enough
> > > for Edgy + 1? What do you think?
> > > 
> > > Is anyone interested in this?
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > > Ps. I've got no coding knowledge at all...
> > 
> > We can't support most winmodems out of the box, because there are no 
> > free drivers, and companies like Conexant refuse to release specs under 
> > reasonable terms.
> > 
> > Having a modem detection script during installation that explains the 
> > issue when an appropriate modem is detected would be nice.
> > 
> > Constantine Evans
> > 
> > 
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