Public bug reported:
In 7.04, the linmodem/winmodem drivers aren't particularly difficult to
install (I imagine, since I never got that far), but all the information
from www.linmodem.org and the gzip file that I needed to wget according
to the help files are inaccessible without internet access. Clearly, if
I need to install modem drivers, I don't have internet access, making it
impossible to install. Although I could rig up some ways around it, like
saving the appropriate files to a USB drive and then opening them while
the liveCD is running, it seems excessively complicated.
I wasn't sure if this was appropriate for a bug report, but because it
could create a serious problem for people who wipe their hard drives and
install ubuntu without noticing the impossibility of installing the
drivers without another source of internet access, it seemed like a
Catch-22 that could be taken care of via a reevaluation of the files
included within the package.
Thanks, you're all doing wonderful work that's much appreciated!
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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winmodem drivers catch-22
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116961
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