[ILUG] Defeated?

[poneil at jps.net]

Unless this is a joke. First r u using a dist. or u build yourself. Run setup
if u can for the modem and consider your mouse if serial these two conflict
easy. Do u run gpm for console or u go into X at boot if so try not doing it.
/etc/rc.d/rc.local perhaps? 

>After trying for a month to configure the printer and to get a dial out
>under minicom - reading messages like 'device offline' or 'dev/modem
>locked' - have I stumbled across a conspiracy to deny me using Linux
>properly. Are M$ telling me that all my hardware has to go and be
>replaced or am I being paranoid?
>Maybe I don't understand enough but it seems as though the modem and
>printer will only operate under windoze.
>I'm fearful of the answer to the above but someone better put me out of
>my misery.
>By the way, thanks Mel and Kate for the help with extracting the new
>kernel.
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