Modem worked on SuSE 8.2 doe not work on 9.0
I have just installed SUSE 9 on my Dell laptop and the modem is detected by YAST2 but does not work. When first detecting it, it doesnot allow you to select from the list because there is no list of /dev entries. If you step through the setup a second time, you can select /dev/modem. However, it does not work. The error given by kinternet is that there is no response from the modem. Minicom says the modem is busy, WV dial reports an input/output error. I have tried installing and compilling the pctel driver, but it does not make any difference. However, the key to this I think is that /var/log/messages reports that the parport module cannot load properly. As I dont have a modem, I cannot tell u the exact output, however it is something along the lines of parport: cannot initialise device device or resource busy I have tried most things in the FAQ including changing the IRQ and checking the links to /dev/modem. It appears that the highest ttyS device is 3. The others (non GPL compliace) although I did have to hack the kernel version checker as it didnt like the way SuSE had named the kernel with non numerical characters. I am a little stuck as to why this doesnt work could it be related to APM and ACPI? It is strange because when it worked, I had to select Other(not detected) from the list of modems, and now when it gives the chipset, it doesnt set it up properly. SUSE 9 also loads an IBM modem driver on startup which I tried disabling and it made no difference. I also tried loading and unloading the sound drivers, which again made no difference. I am rather annoyed about this as it worked perfectly in SuSE 8.2 and I may have to downgrade until I can get it working or get DSL! Details of my modem are here http://pctelcompdb.sourceforge.net/viewdetails.php?id_no=224 George
On 10/23/03 15:32:12, george-reynolds@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
However, the key to this I think is that /var/log/messages reports that the parport module cannot load properly.
parport refers to the parallel port, not to the modem. I understand your modem is a winmodem, so will probably need new drivers. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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