Winmodem deactivating

[Ron Bellomo]

Alois wrote:
> I have on a IBM ThinkPad 390E Notebook a WinModem and a Xircom Real port
> Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 (Xircom) runnining. I would like to deactivate
> this WinModem, in order to run the PCMCIA Modem.
> How do I deactivate a device under Linux.
> 
> thank you all,
> Ubuntu is a real nice piece of Linux distro.
> 
> Alois
> 
> 
If the WinModem is a built in type, integrated into the 
motherboard,  you may be able to disable it in the computer's 
BIOS. Then you should be able to set up your other modem without 
running into any conflicts.