Hi Joost, I have checked and my PCMCIA modem is definitely a windows modem and as there is only a beta binary driver available for it so I think that I am going to have to leave it on the shelf for a while. I did try your suggestion though - no luck. Thanks, Jethro
-----Original Message----- From: Joost Kremers [mailto:j.kremers@let.kun.nl] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 5:57 PM To: Jethro Cramp Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] PCMCIA MODEM
hi jethro,
i bought a PCMCIA modem a couple of days ago. the box said it was linux compatible, and it was: i just inserted it and i could use it...
And the following from /var/log/messages:
Mar 8 15:07:48 laptop cardmgr[1238]: initializing socket 0 Mar 8 15:07:48 laptop kernel: cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: clean. Mar 8 15:07:48 laptop cardmgr[1238]: socket 0: HCFLCNXT 1143 Mar 8 15:07:49 laptop cardmgr[1238]: executing: 'modprobe serial_cs' Mar 8 15:07:49 laptop kernel: Serial driver version 4.27 with HUB-6 MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled Mar 8 15:07:49 laptop kernel: tty18 at 0x0110 (irq = 3) is a 16550A Mar 8 15:07:49 laptop cardmgr[1238]: executing: './serial start ttyS18'
well, that looks very much like the messages i get when i insert the card, so it should work, i guess. but perhaps irq and io-port aren't set ok? try setserial again, or minicom.
but before you do all that, are you absolutely sure you cannot connect? just try kppp or whatever program you use and see if it works, before you start messing about with setserial or minicom. as i said, in my case, i never had to do any of that, and i can only assume that the cardmanager takes care of these settings.
BTW, i'm not sure if you should use yast at all to set up a PCMCIA modem.
HTH,
joost