Oops. I feel a little silly. Almost right after posting this message I installed and ran a version of the 2.2.12 kernel I compiled with plug-and-play included and the modem works fine now. Thanks anyway.
Richard Weil wrote: > I'm having a problem with an external US Robotics 56K Faxmodem. I'm > running a Potato system with the 2.2.12 kernel on a Toshiba Tecra > 700CT. I have never gotten the modem to work with Linux before, but I > have used it with Windows. > > The problem is this: when I run Minicom (or anything else that requires > the modem) the modem is unresponsive. The TR light -- Data Terminal > Ready light -- gets lit up and the modem won't "talk" to the software. > The same light also goes on when I run statserial to check the serial > port. > > However, there is definitely some communication between the OS and the > modem. When I exit Minicom or statserial the TR light goes off. Also, > when I re-initialize the modem within Minicom the light temporarily goes > off. Also, when I updated my ppp connection with pppconfig I told it to > search for all available modems and it found the modem (which is > attached to /dev/ttyS0); when it was searching, all the lights on the > modem briefly flashed. > > I've checked the dip switches on the modem and they seem fine -- they > are set to the factory default, which includes the DTR switch off (I've > tested it with it on as well; no good). The serial port, /dev/ttyS0, > also seems fine. I have support for the serial port loaded as a module > and when I type lsmod it shows up. I don't think I have a getty running > on the serial port (I checked /dev/ttyS0). The info from setserial > seems fine and I don't think that I have any conflicts (from > /proc/interrupts). > > I'm stumped and any help would be much appreciated, especially since > I've managed to disable my PCMCIA modem (which may soon be the subject > of another post). > > Thanks. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null