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Pantso:
I hope you guys can help me on this. Well here goes: I just bought an HP XE3 Omnibook, on which I'm planning once again to install Linux  ;)  . Unfortunately though, the particular model has a winmodem (ESS superlink) that doesn't work under Linux (I know that winmodems are sorry excuses for modems, but I was trying to save some money). Anyway, I'm thinking of buying a PCMCIA 56K modem. What's the support status on PCMCIA modems? Do they work in Linux? Pls help  :confused:  .

rtgwbmsr:
Winmodems? *YUK*

Anyway:
Yes, some PCMCIA Modems work in Linux.

Xircom and Linksys PCMCIA ethernet cards work in Linux...would it be safe to assume the modems work as well?

This is a helpful link:
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/hp.html
Scroll down to your model.

If you aren't a n00b try this (sorry, it's gotta be said):
http://www.math.u-bordeaux.fr/~depouill/XE3/#modem

[ September 09, 2002: Message edited by: The_Muffin_Man/B0b ]

Pantso:
Thanks for the reply and the links you provided M.M/Bob, but I've already checked them out to see if my crippled winmodem   :mad:  can be turned into a linmodem using open source drivers (no luck there). All they say is that it doesn't work, period because ESS don't provide the source code. I've found only a module for the 2.2.* kernel but nothing else.

You know, the funny part is that my old laptop (a Toshiba satellite) had a Lucent winmodem on which worked better with the Linux drivers than with the windoze ones  :D  .

Anyway, if anyone uses a certain PCMCIA modem in Linux pls help!

Calum:
i know how you feel. i have a smartlink hamr56 v90 modem and they DO provide linux drivers for both i386 and i686, however they do not work.

Calum:
if i was going to get a PCMCIA Xircom CEM56-100 network/modem card, but i wasn't sure whether it would work on my computer, how could i test out my PCMCIA slot before i get the network/modem card considering i have no other PCMCIA cards?

sorry to hijack somebody else's thread, but it's relevant, you see...

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