[ltp] ThinkPad A20P Modem = ?

[D. Sen]

Hi Pam,

Is the PCI modem in the T30 replaceable with one that works with ltmodem 
(such as the one that worked with my old T21)?

Thanks,
DS

Pam Huntley wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>To establish exactly what type of modem I have tried lspci and received
> 
> the
> 
>>following:
>>00:1f.6 Modem:  Intel Corp.: Unknown device (rev 01)
>>while Win Xp says the following:
>>Lucent Technology Soft Modem AMR on Com 3.
> 
> 
> That is correct.  You have the Xircom/Intel manufactured mini-pci card that
> contains the Lucent/Agere SoftModem chipset.  I was confused too, when I
> first started trying to sort all this out!
> 
> 
>>Not being confident in the modem type leads to the question "Is the
> 
> following
> 
>>modem file the correct file for Mandrake 8.2?"
>>ltmodem-kv_2.4.18_8.1mdk-8.26a-1.i586.rpm
> 
> 
> I haven't looked at Mandrake at all, but the ltmodem part is certainly
> correct.  However, you said "Mandrake 8.2 uses kernel 2.4.28", which I hope
> is a type-o, because the above package is for 2.4.18, and probably wouldn't
> work on a 2.4.28 kernel.
> 
> If in doubt, the ltmodem website is here: http://www.heby.de/ltmodem, and
> they have some contributed packages for Mandrake.
> 
> Pam
> 

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