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Going round in circles
Following on from my post yesterday, I'm still unable to make the modem work.
Cutting 'cos I'm going to start writing bits of code
I'm now fairly certain that I've downloaded the right set of drivers for it. They're on a CD and on my memory key. Running tar xvfz slmodem-2.9.10.tar.gz from the CD seems to be making it try to extract the files and write them to CD, where it doesn't have permission to write 'cos it's a CD-R.
I haven't yet worked out how to mount the memory key (where it should have permission to write). Googling 'mount memory key debian' didn't bring anything particularly useful.
As far as I'm aware (and I could be wrong) I don't yet have a home directory (ie. when I type ls at a command prompt I don't get anything).
If I can't make this modem work with the drivers, then I'll be looking for an external, serial modem suitable for use with a laptop. I'm willing to buy second hand from people I know. If not, I don't imagine they're all that expensive new. I'm not buying electricals from ebay or other commercial second hand sources. This is not my preferred solution in any case, since I have a modem that works and that should be happy if I can make these drivers work.
Other stuff I did last night:
modprobe serial - gives no results
dmesg | grep tty - gives no results
Cutting 'cos I'm going to start writing bits of code
I'm now fairly certain that I've downloaded the right set of drivers for it. They're on a CD and on my memory key. Running tar xvfz slmodem-2.9.10.tar.gz from the CD seems to be making it try to extract the files and write them to CD, where it doesn't have permission to write 'cos it's a CD-R.
I haven't yet worked out how to mount the memory key (where it should have permission to write). Googling 'mount memory key debian' didn't bring anything particularly useful.
As far as I'm aware (and I could be wrong) I don't yet have a home directory (ie. when I type ls at a command prompt I don't get anything).
If I can't make this modem work with the drivers, then I'll be looking for an external, serial modem suitable for use with a laptop. I'm willing to buy second hand from people I know. If not, I don't imagine they're all that expensive new. I'm not buying electricals from ebay or other commercial second hand sources. This is not my preferred solution in any case, since I have a modem that works and that should be happy if I can make these drivers work.
Other stuff I did last night:
modprobe serial - gives no results
dmesg | grep tty - gives no results