On 4. September 2005 at 2:01PM -0700, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Ewart wrote: [...] > > Perhaps the original poster should explain his motivation for > > requiring an internal PCI modem? > > > > Dave. > > > > > All I want it for is callerid on a sarge based myth system. > > The reason I wanted a PCI modem was because I just got done > buying a serial IR reciever to be used with lirc. I don't think > I should have to recompile a kernel or get things like > setserial to remove the kernel modules that control the serial > port so I can load different serial modules. That just goes > against everything I've ever known about serial. So after > giving up and going back to normal i2c based IR recievers I > kind of decided I didn't want to deal with all the problems of > linux and serial devices. [...] My solution to the problem was to buy a serial modem and a USB serial converter. Actually this combination solved two problems for me: the crappy serial port of my mobo and the horror stories I heard about most USB modems being (allegedly) winmodems in disguise. The serial port always called for a reboot after a power fluctuation that would barely trip the alarm on my UPS. With the serial modem connected to the USB port, I could reset the modem simply by replugging the USB serial converter. (I do remember, when USB serial support first became available for Linux, I had some issues with having to kill my pppd pppd connection before I unplugged.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
