Chea Prince wrote: > > i suspected the modem too so tried a us robotics (usually have a gdc > connected)...both behave the same. seems to be related to warnings at > bootup re: PCI ... there is a serial USB controller on IRQ 10 that is one > of the PCI devices that isn't recognized (identified by number)... i tried > disabling it and manually configuring /etc/rc.boot/0setserial but still > get the same behavior. i need info on this PCI bizness. i read the > PCI-HowTo but found nothing there of any use > > the only debian cd i have is 2.0.27 (kernel) think i'll try hamm > if i can find a cd...maybe PCI problems have been eliminated > > best--c > > On 2 Jul > 1998, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Chea Prince <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >have included serial support in the kernel and on bootup shows serial > > >devices being assigned to /dev/cua0 /dev/cua1 and /dev/ttyS0 > > >/dev/ttyS1 but 'cat /proc/interrupts' shows no serial devices at > > >IRQ 3 & 4. > > > > That's OK; the interrupts are only allocated when the port is actually > > opened. You see, you can't share interrupts at the same time between > > devices but 2 devices can use the same interrupt if they are not used > > at the same time. That's why IRQs are only allocated when used. > > > > >can dialout fine from minicom but ppp script fails > > >(can't initialize the modem). > > > > Smells like a modem problem. Maybe the modem is set to non-echo? Try using > > the init string from minicom in the ppp script. > > > > Mike. > > -- > > Miquel van Smoorenburg | Our vision is to speed up time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | eventually eliminating it. > > > >
I remember some PCI errors showing up during boot with older kernels that were eliminated in later kernel versions(2.0.32+ ?), but, of course, I can't tell whether this applies to your situation. What exacly does 'can't initialize the modem' mean? I had a file permission problem with the /etc/chatscript/provider script that caused pppd to freeze when it tried to use the chatscript. What does the end of the ppp.log look like? Use plog to see this. -- Ed -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null