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Re: Modems on PowerBook 3400



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On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 09:51:13AM +0100, linuxppc_user@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
> 
> On 16 July 2002 01:08 Chris Tillman <tillman@voicetrak.com> wrote
> 
> } Did you install (or choose) the yenta-socket module? I think that's the 
> } one you need. If you chose the default (which is the common choice for
> } i386), it won't work.
> } 
> } (debian-powerpc-200204/msg00449.html rang my bell).
> 
> Yes, I installed Yenta.  I also installed i8-something-not-common
> (there are two i8-something options.  The standard one wouldn't
> install, the other one did).
> 
> Okay, here's what I did after installation.
> 
> 1) Changed the memory and port options in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts,
>    according to LDP's How-To.
> 
> 2) Ran dmesg.  That gave me:
>    cs: memory probe 0x80000000-0x80ffffff: excluding 0x80000000-0x809fffff
>    ttyS00 at port 0x03f8 (irq = 22) is a 16450
> 
>    Although ttyS00 is not a common device, from what I've read, I
> figured by the interrupts that it was my PCMCIA modem (although it
> could have been my internal, too, come to think of it).

Ah hah. This should be ttyS0 on ppc. Don't ask, I don't know.

> 3) Configured pppconfig, manually installing /dev/ttyS00
> 
> 4) Got an error saying /dev/ttyS00 is an invalid option
> 
> 5) Re-link /dev/modem to /dev/ttyS00 (a la messege
>    <http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2000/debian-powerpc-200011/msg00210.html>)
> 
> 6) Ran pon.  Didn't get any errors (yipee!), but didn't get any
>    response out of the modem (rats!)
> 
> Tonight (this morning for those of you Stateside), I will try plugging
> my phone cord into the internal modem and see if I get any results
> (Hot Shots Part Deux was on last night as I figuring this out.  The
> humour won out over the computer).
> 
> I'll also try fiddling with my /etc/pcmcia/config.opts.  The How-To has
> 
>      include memory 0x80000000-0x80ffffff      
> 
> while message
> <http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2000/debian-powerpc-200011/msg00085.html>
> and one other PPCLinux source (can't remember) suggests
> 
>     include memory 0x90000000-0x90ffffff      
> 
> as well as
> 
>    #include port 0x800-0x8ff  #modem
> 
> I'll give those a whirl.
> 
> I also forgot to mention that I'm using the 2.4 kernel... I don't
> think the Yenta option is available on the 2.2 kernel... it certainly
> wasn't on 2.2r3.
> 
> If this doesn't work, you can rest assured I'll be back here
> whimpering tomorrow.
> 
> Thanks for the help, though.
> 
> Cheers,
> Aaron
> 

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