This modem should work right out the box with Mandrake 8.0 or 8.1. Mine does. Like Dave said, run Harddrake & see if it is listed. Sometimes you have to manually link it to a certain com port, but that's about it. >On Fri, 2001-11-16 at 09:35, Robert Sinland wrote: > > I have finally installed Linux on my newest box. Mandrake 8.1 in fact. > > The reason I am not posting under Linux is that it can not use my modem > > for some darn reason... > > The modem is a USR model # 3CP5610A PCI type. > > I have searched and searched, and been assured that it's not a winmodem. > > That much I know, it even says on the box it works with Linux (kernel 2.3= > and > > higher) > > I know Linux has a few hurdle's to overcome yet and this may be one. > > I used to run Linux as my daily OS back in the early slackware days, but = >got > > lured away by games and stuff like Direct-PC.. > > Now I'm tired of fighting viri and don't play games as much...:) > > I have a few other issues with Mandrake, but nothing as big as this one. > > No modem =3D no net.... > > Any Ideas? > > RS > >Did your modem come with its own driver source code for you to compile, >or is it supposed to be included in the kernel source? If you've got >source code, did you compile and install it? If it's in the kernel >source, did Mandrake include it in *their* kernel (either as a module or >right in the kernel itself)? > >I will assume you have already run HardDrake, and Mandrake is not >automatically detecting the modem, or any modem, on any COM port...