Subj : Linux & Modems
To   : Charles Stephenson
From : Alexey Vissarionov
Date : Sat May 25 2019 14:04:44

Good ${greeting_time}, Charles!

23 May 2019 23:13:36, you wrote to All:

 CS> Wondering, I'm venturing into setting up my dial-up modem with linux,
 CS> but since (if I read it correct) by default, alot of distros don't
 CS> support them.

 CS> I'd have to do something to my kernel.

Very unlikely: the main problem is systemd, and it resides in the userspace.

 CS> Can anybody point me to some help sites/blogs/videos I can use to set
 CS> my modems up?

If really necessary, I can make a video of `man mgetty` for you :-)

 CS> I'm using Ubuntu 19.04 and I have a external 'linux compat' USB 56k
 CS> modem(s).

I guess you'd have lots of fuck^H^Hn...


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