----- Original Message ----- From: <alephtnull@gmx.net> To: Petre Daniel <petredaniel@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 09:48 Acasica Subject: Re: Heya..modem problem.. > first take note your of what your modem's IRQ,I/O settings, dma channels,etc > in windows..then install isapnptools and then run > 'pnpdump>/etc/isapnp.conf'(w/o the quotes of course) > modify isapnp.conf using your favorite editor (this is where your taking > notes gets handy ;)) to configure your modem. then reboot..watch the messages > during bootstrap and see if your modem gets detected. (if not, pls post your > dmesg or messages so that someone can help you) > > however, if you managed to configure your modem correctly run pppconfig > (similar to windows dial-up networking but better ;)) enter your usual login > name, password, etc... > > note linux does not use the designation com1,com2, etc for serial ports > instead it uses ttyS0->ttyS3 > > once you find the correct serial port where your modem is located you might > need to create a symbolic link from it to your modem device > > 'ls -sf /dev/ttyS* /dev/modem where ttyS* is where your modem is connected.' > > in pppconfig, I believe you can autodetect where your modem is located, > provided it is configured properly (i.e. can be detected by your system during > bootstrap or "booting") > > hth > > > -- > Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net Ah.Look what i did: after i plugged the modem in one of the 3 isa slots and started debian i used "pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf" there were several choices,i uncommented the first one.I choose irq 9. rebooted,and i watched 2 lines where it sais something about the usr - OK i was unable to find those 2 boot message lines in /var/log Anyways i run pppconfig,didn't detect anything on ttyS0 and ttyS1 then i played with /etc/serial.conf i attached both /etc/isapnp.conf and /etc/serial.conf the last commented line in serial.conf it was added by me,pppconfig found the ttyS2 and the modem did some click click,but it didn't work.same with wvdialconf. what next,coz i;m still dizzy..? thx,Dani.
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