DD
As root try this command:
/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS1 auto_irq skip_test autoconfig
If it works then put in your /etc/rc.d/rc.serial. Also change ttyS1 to
the serial port that your modem is on (0 is #1, 1 is #2, etc). Make the
file executable if you created an rc.serial, do not worry about anything
else. The startup script will run this during boot if it exists.
If it does not work then change the irq to something that is not
assigned and then back the irq for the serial port (irq 4 or irq 3). For
my laptop I use irq 6. You cannot put this in a startup script. I do not
know why and have not hacked thru it to find out. I just know that it
works for my laptop pcmcia modem.
Tom
Dennis Davis wrote:
>
> Hello
> I have been using Slackware for some time now, got a Mandrake 6.1 dist with
> a programming book (GNU C++ for Linux, by Tom Swan). It looked pretty good
> so I tried it,
> all was well until I tried to use sound and modem. They are both pnp. I've
> set them up before
> without problem, but now if I try to use them I get a busy notice. I've
> checked /proc and made
> sure that the io and irq's are not used, and I've tried using minicom with
> the modem to make sure
> it wasn't an X problem. But minicom just tells me that I'm online already
> (I'm not) and
> kppp says that the modem is busy? All I can think of is that it must be in
> the startup
> scripts somewhere and since I came from slackware, Mandrake's startup stuff
> is different and I
> haven't figured it out yet. I did managed to screw-up my ptys though, system
> says it cannot open master side of pty. I really would like to keep this
> dist on as it has many more featuers
> than the slackware 4.0 that I have. Can anyone help with this?
> Thanks Dennis
>
> P.S I used to use configuration manager for pnp. Its a kernel patch that
> puts a dir in proc /proc/cm. I could then enable my pnp modem for instance
> by putting a simple
> line in my rc.local script ie. echo d serial,gvc1601 a 2 >/proc/cm/conf .
> This patch
> was by David Howells I belive. I haven't been able to find it again and all
> I have left in a
> diskette with a 2.0 something kernel on it. It boots nicely but still
> getthat device busy with mandrake installed!
> Does anyone know where I can find the current patch? It used to be
> ??.helmet.???.???, Please don't respond with the pnp stuff included with the
> kernel source(it sucks).
