Let's begin with the obvious but unpleasant question: do you KNOW that his
internal modem is compatible with Linux? (Is it the same make and model as
yours?) If it is a Winmodem, it simply is not ... though since it is isa,
not pci, the chances of it being a real modem are actually fairly good.
The easy way to check if Linux sees the modem where you think it is after
isapnp does its work is to run setserial on the appropriate /dev entry in
query mode (e.g., "setserial /dev/ttyS1"). If it returns a UART type, it has
found the modem's built-in serial port. If not, it hasn't. Or if you don't
have a properly-configured /dev entry, run setserial to set the INT and IO
port but NOT the UART type, then see if it can find the UART when run in
query mode.
The other question is ... what do you mean by "worked"? Depending on the
details, this may be as simple a problem as a misspecified /dev/modem symlink.
Beyond that, I assume you are familiar with the Plug-and-Play HowTo.
If you send a followup message, next time tell us the make and model of the
modem, what INT and IO port you assigned it to, and what setserial string
you are using to set the /dev entry.
At 01:59 AM 1/30/99 -0800, Akintayo Holder wrote:
>I am trying to help a friend setup his modem in Linux.
>
>It is a PnP modem (normal modems are no longer made, but I digress..) so
>I am using isapnptools.
>
>i have created the 'dump', edited the file and copied it to /etc. I then
>passed the settings to Linux using setserial.
>
>At this point my modem worked but his doesn't - there seems to be a
>conflict since the response is slow.
>
>I checked /proc/interrupts and /proc/ioports. No conflict with the
>interrupts (NOT sure about the port addresses). I changed IRQs, and the
>problem remained.
>
>I am sure it is a conflict, what could be the cause?. The pnpdump gives
>a max and min port address instead of a fixed value?
>
>Anybody has any ideas, it took me months to convert this user.
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