Re: Modem no longer works
On Thursday 27 August 2009 16:53:08 David Baron wrote:
> > > My (older analog hw) modem, had connected on /dev/ttyS2, no longer
> > > works, say in minicom. I am running Sid. Anything I should know about
> > > here?
> >
> > There is a lot we should know about here if we are to help you. Exactly
> > what model modem do you have, exactly what have you tried, and exactly
> > what happened?
>
> This is an older "davicom" rockwell 336 hayes compatible speakerphone modem
>
> Until two days ago, all was fine. Minicom and my phone plasmoid both
> worked.
>
> Yesterday, it was no longer possible to use the modem. Plasma-desktop hung
> up loading the plasmoid. Without the plasmoid, going to a terminal and
> using minicom also got no results. It could exit OK after a timeout. Xringd
> (upon which I based the ringer of the plasmoid) will load without complaint
> but will not respond to rings. Terminating that also takes time.
Another possiblity is that init stuff upgrades affected this. I believe that
the bootup use to show this modem on ttyS2. Now it just shows the modem
without any connection.
Or do I assume that card died (still identifies for PNP)?
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