On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 05:20:22 +0800, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I've recently installed Mandrake on my personal "workstation" (and have
>since went on a Mandrake install-fest at my office :)).
>But now I've come across a (major, for me) problem. I cannot seem to get
>my PCI modem working.
>It's an Aztech MDP3858SP-U modem. I don think it's a winmodem but I
>could be wrong.
Most, if not all the PCI type modems are winmodems. You will likely
need either an ISA based or external.
James
>
>It works in NT (which is what I'm migrating from and forced to use right
>now) and DOS.
>
>I have searched and read dozens of howtos/help/infobase/newgroup
>archives etc. to no avail. setserial does not seem to work either.
>Linux does seem to "see" the board, however, from KDE's control centre's
>"Information -> PCI" page...it's listed as serial controller using
>irq10. (this is correct even in windows) but not much else. I've tried
>to assign ttyS2 this irq (using setserial) and even got the I/O address
>from windows settings right. kppp still isn't able to query the modem at
>all. All ATx commands generate blanks.
>
>I cannot believe this apparently simple problem (of setting up a PCI
>mdem) does not have a proper howto for it...even a mini one. If I get
>this working, I'm going to write one up. If one already exists, could
>someone please point me in the right direction?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated (since it would mean the end of NT
>as far as I'm concerned :)).
>
>TIA.
