Internet connection using Smart link 56k voice modem and Ubuntu 5.04 AMD64

Sebastian M=?ISO-8859-1?B?/A==?=sch sebastian at sebastian-muesch.de
Tue Aug 30 23:30:03 UTC 2005


Hi,

Maybe they'll tell you that the driver is functional on amd64 and send you
another object-file (.o) file compiled for your platform, in most cases they
just do nothing ...

If you get this object file, then just unpack the original driver ...

"tar xzvf filename" for a tar.gz file
"tar xvf filename" for a tar file

... Replace the object-file within the unpacked files and procede like
already told (or take a look at the readme).

> If the company told me they can´t help me to solve the
> problem, what should I do?.

You should tell them, you bought the modem, because there was no restriction
for the processor, while using linux, and force them to pay you the money
back. Another option is to reinstall ubuntu and use your amd64 in
compatibility 32 Bit mode, but that's imho like having a ferrari and driving
it like a bike
Buying a modem, which is functional in linux is the last option then. Sorry,

> When I use oppenoffice, I want to save information on
> the floppy disk, but I can´t find it, I suppose it
> happends because I have to mount the floppy, doesn´t
> it?.  What is the command to mount the floppy in
> GNU/Linux?

Imho. Goto Drives (?) within Nautilus, then all drives including your floppy
should appear. Insert a disk and right-click to the icon "Mount disk" ...
Should do the trick. On the Terminal "mount /media/floppy" would have the
same effect. It seems like you are not familar with using filesystems within
unixoids. So here's an important tip: Don't eject the disc before unmounting
(same procedure within nautilus / "umount /media/floppy" from within the
terminal).

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