Re: Softmodem for Sis intel 537 56k winmodem (info)

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

daniel huhardeaux (<no-spam@tootai.net>) wrote:

> this is information for thus who want to use such kind of modem on
> there computer. I have an ASUS L3500D running unstable and installed
> the last Pctel drivers. Computer freeze with or without kernel panic.
> But installing the deb package of sl-modem-daemon did the trick. It
> seems that smartlink drivers are the best for all kinds of winmodems.
> You can download a scanmodem script on linmodems.org who can help to
> debug.

I had the same problem, and playing with the acpi options (I think
pci=noacpi) helped to make the pctel driver work.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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