Do you also have a winmodem in the machine? Is PnP enabled in the bios? I had a machine with a winmodem and a USR ISA modem. With PnP enabled in the bios, the winmodem would take precedence and Linux would not be able to communicate properly with the real modem. Once I turned off PnP in the bios, everything worked great. That was RH 5.2/Mandrake 5.2, so maybe things are different now... Thanks, James Spinti jspinti at dartdist.com 952-368-3278 x396 fax 952-368-3255 |-----Original Message----- |From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org |[mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Jason Hataye |Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:33 AM |To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org |Subject: [TCLUG] modem configuration | | | | |Hi Tclug people, | |I've finally got around to installing a new linux system with Red Hat |7.1 this week, so thanks for your comments a few weeks ago! I have |another question for you. I can't seem to get my modem to work. I know |it works because I used linux kernel 2.2.16 with it before, and also I |can use it with MS windows. | |I'm somewhat confused and baffled. Here's the immediate problem(s) | |1) the kppp PPP program I'm using--when I attempt to initialize the |modem, a window pops up saying "modem isn't responding" | |2) the red hat PPP program, when it trys to search for a modem it |doesn't |find one. | |Here's what I know: | |I have an ISA PnP modem (not a winmodem), US Robotics brand. | |when I boot windows instead of linux, the modem works and is using COM2 |serial port. this is how i am sending this very email. | |linux seems to have the correct info as far as the serial port is |concerned. for example, when I type "setserial -a /dev/ttyS1" I get |what seems like all the right info: IRQ=3 and i/o=02f8. At least I'm |pretty sure this is what I want. I don't know however if my hardware is |actually set to this. | |I tried making the symbolic link from /dev/ttyS1 to /dev/modem just out |of frustration, but to no avail. | |when i boot linux, linux indeed acknowledges that I have a US Robotics |modem installed, and seems to be happy with the PnP. (by the way, do |you know how to slow down all of the boot messages that zoom by? I |can't read the whole thing before it's gone.) | |that's all i can think of to tell you. any thoughts? | |thanks, | |Jason | | |_______________________________________________ |tclug-list mailing list |tclug-list at mn-linux.org |https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list |