cll wrote:
Tim Fritz wrote:
Dear Readers-
I have a Gateway 700 MHz Athlon-based PC running Suse 6.3 and kernel 2.2.12. I have 2 pci modems installed. The first is the GVC modem that came with the computer and the second is a 3com model 5610 PCI faxmodem which people have used successfully with linux. Under Windows, the GVC modem has settings com2 and IRQ 5 while the 3com modem has settings com5 and IRQ 9.
When I type lspci -v in linux I get the following info:
00:12.0 Serial controller: US Robotics/3Com: Unknown device 1008 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [16550]) Subsystem: US Robotics/3Com: Unknown device 1008 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9 I/O ports at ffe0 Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
00:13.0 Communication controller: CONEXANT: Unknown device 1036 (rev 08) Subsystem: GVC Corporation: Unknown device 1036 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 Memory at febe0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) I/O ports at ffa8 Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
After linking /dev/modem to /dev/ttyS1 (for the GVC modem) or /dev/ttyS4 (for the 3com modem) I use the setserial command as follows:
setserial /dev/ttyS1 irq 5 port ffa8 autoconfig (for the GVC modem)
or
setserial /dev/ttyS1 irq 9 port ffe0 autoconfig (for the 3com modem)
Now, when I try to use kppp, it says "Sorry, the modem is busy"
When I try to use YAST to configure a PPP network and use Autodetect modem in wvdial I get the message that it was unable to detect a modem.
Do these problems suggest that I do not have some piece of software installed or perhaps some module not loaded? Any help with this very frustrating problem would be appreciated. Thanks for the help.
Tim Fritz
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Sounds like you have a dreaded Winmodem!! I believe most PCI modems perform most of their functions in software, and the software runs only under Windows. You may have to splash out on a real modem which performs its functions in hardware. Most ISA modems are real modems, but it pays to check first. I believe there is a list somewhere of modems, saying which will work under Linux and which won't --
cll
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