Sorry, but that don't work. I have alreay done that. I get "Modem is busy" when the correct values like that are plugged in. So now what? At 10:31 PM 8/19/99 -0400, you wrote: >The Postman wrote: >> >> My modem and sound card WILL NOT work in Linux. I have reset the bios which >> made everything get new IRQ addresses and such. But that just don't seem to >> work. >> >> I still can NOT get Linux-Mandrake fully installed. >> >> My BIOS says that my modem is at IRQ 11 on COM 3 (ttyS2). Well, when I boot >> the computer, Linux puts out a line durring bootup that says... >> >> ttyS2 at 0X3E8 (IRQ=4) is a 16550A >> >> I don't understand how this can be possible. How can the Linux operating >> system see the modem at "IRQ 4" when the bios says it is at IRQ 11. The >> settings in Windows 98 even say that the modem is operating at IRQ 11. > >I took a few big snips out of the middle of the message, it doesn't >change the advice I'm going to give you. Linux does not go searching >for IRQs for serial ports like Windows does. If your modem is at IRQ >11, use the setserial utility to tell Linux what IRQ your modem is >using. > >Here's the command you'd use: > > setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 11 > >After that, everything should be fine. If it all works, add that >command to the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local and it will be executed >automatically everytime you boot. > >Let us know what happens... > >-- >Steve Philp >Network Administrator >Advance Packaging Corp. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
