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kcmkisdn (general information)



3. What's kcmkisdn for ?

The K Configuration Module (thus the prefix 'kcm') kcmkisdn is, as the name implies, kISDN's configuration part and can only be started by the superuser root. kcmkisdn covers hardware configuration and general settings as well as account configuration. The average user, in contrary, is not allowed to change settings (kcmkisdn will refuse execution) and thus cannot crash the ISDN setup; however, there's still some customization left to be done by the user, such as scripting, color settings etc. using the dialup client kisdn.
Concerning your internal ISDN adapter you should have the following information handy: And concerning your ISDN connection you should know about Beginning with release 0.5.0 kISDN comes with a provider database, so with a little luck, your provider has already been submitted and configuration will speed up for you. If this is not the case, there's some more work to do (please remember this situation when you successfully configured your ISP, because you can help other users by submitting the data of your provider at kISDN' s homepage). To configure a provider not already contained in kISDN's database you will need the following pieces of information:



4. What kcmkisdn can't do for you

Yes, your eyes don't lie to you: kcmkisdn can't do the whole job, since some aspects of ISDN configuration belong to kernel setup (see Appendix D for details). You don't have to bother if ISDN already worked for you in the past; it will also work with kISDN in that case.
Since most people use a Plug&Play ISDN adapter, there might be some more preparation to be done (see Appendix B for details); again: this does not apply if Linux already knows about your card (have a look at the output on bootup or at the system logs).
Watchout for some recent ISDN adapters, since you will need very recent snapshot releases of the HiSax ISDN driver as well to get those cards to work (you will most probably find those snapshots here).

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T. Westheider / October 16th 1998 - kISDN Release 0.7.0