[Spec winmodem-support] Winmodems need be supported out of the box

[t u]

Rich Johnson wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 December 2006 12:59, t u wrote:
> | Matthew East wrote:
> | > * Matthew Paul Thomas:
> | >> On Dec 19, 2006, at 6:17 AM, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> | >>> Specification changed by Scott James Remnant:
> | >>>
> | >>>     Approver: Colin Watson => Scott James Remnant
[snip]
> | > now that the
> | > scanmodem tool doesn't work on Ubuntu - so I'm adding him to CC: as well.
> | >
> | > Matt
> |
> | Does it really not work? Did / can anyone try (I don't have edgy)?
> |
> | If it doesn't: part of the spec is to be in contact with linmodems.org
> | so we can somehow offer winmodem support.
> 
> I can play around with it to see if it works or to find an alternative. BUT, I 
> don't have a dial-up provider (unless Comcast has a dial-up number I can try 
> for free). I can at least see if it connects and dials to a telephone though.
> 
> 

I don't think you need to dial up just to test the tool. As long as
scanModem runs and tells you which driver to use[1] and where to go
next, that means it's working on Edgy.

Shouldn't we CC discuss at linmodems.org to get some feedback?

Thanks (especially for trying) :)

PS. I'm not aware of any alternatives to scanmodem. afaik, if it doesn't
work, that means dial up users are pretty much shut out of Ubuntu.

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto/ScanModem