Thanks, that did it! It's finally working, and no jumpers to worry about!
At 09:13 AM 2/17/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Your modem may still be able to be on com 2. Since this is plug and play,
>it doesn't HAVE to be on thhe same port as it is in windows. As long as
>com2 is open(and the irq associated with it), you can configure it to be on
>com2 in your iaspnp.conf file.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Steve Leseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:25 AM
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem jumper settings
>
>
> > Hi - I followed your instructions for getting Plug & Play to work for my
> > PnP USR modem, and everything went as you laidout, until I rebooted. In
>red
> > text, it roughly said, "don't know what to do with start dependent
> > functions.... no action taken.... can't parse isapnp.conf... around line
>64
> > or priority acceptable". It was only on the screen for a brief amount of
> > time so I might not have it typed out exactly right, but it's close.
>Here's
> > what the section of the isapnp.conf file I modified looks like:
> >
> > start dependent functions: priority acceptable
> > # logical device decodes 16 bit io address lines
> > minimum io base address 0x03e8
> > maximum io base address 0x03e8
> > # io base alignment 8 bytes
> > number of io addresses required: 8
> > (io (size 8) (base 0x03e8))
> > # IRQ 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, or 15.
> > IRQ 2
> > high true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
> > (int 0 (IRQ 2 (mode + E)))
> >
> > and the line I added to the end of the rc.local file reads:
> >
> > setserial dev/ttyS2 port 0x3e8 irq 2 spd_vhi autoconfig
> >
> > I really appreciate any further help! I've been trying to get it working
> > for over 2 hours tonight alone! The strange thing about it though, is that
> > before my computer was upgraded the same modem worked fine in the same
> > version of Mandrake (6.0). But the shop installed it back in a different
> > slot, and now it is on COM 3 (it was COM 2 before). Thanks!!!
> >
> >
> > At 11:02 AM 2/15/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > >For all you with pnp modem problems, this is how I got my usr 56k
>internal
> > >ISA modem to work pnp:
> > >
> > >1. Type "/sbin/pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf" ##this loads info on your
> > >ISA PnP board(s) into the appropriate .conf file.
> > >
> > >2. Type "/sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf" ##this makes your existing
> > >ISA PnP configuration active.
> > >
> > >3. open your isapnp.conf file. You will have to remove the comment line
> > >from a couple of the resources listed, depending on how you want to set
>it
> > >up. Half way down the file you'll see a comment that says multiple
>choice
> > >time.
> > >You have to choose what IRQ and com you want to use. Com1=0x3f8,
> > >Com2=0x2f8,
> > >Com3=0x3e8, Com4=0x2e8. Here is an example of what I uncommented:
> > ># Start dependent functions: priority preferred
> > >
> > ># Fixed IO base address 0x02f8
> > >
> > ># Number of IO addresses required: 8
> > >
> > >(IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x02f8))
> > >
> > ># IRQ 3.
> > >
> > ># High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
> > >
> > >(INT 0 (IRQ 3 (MODE +E)))
> > >
> > >This put me on Com2 IRQ 3. After you know what com port and irq you set
>it
> > >to,
> > >you can go onto the next step
> > >
> > >3. Type "setserial /dev/ttySx port y irq z spd_vhi autoconfig"
> > >##notation is as follows: "x" is your COMport, with 0=COM1, 1=COM2,
> > >2=COM3, 3=COM4; "y" is the standard (or defined) address of that port,
> > >e.g. 0x3e8; "z" is the interrupt used by that port, usually 4 or 3;
> > >thus, if your modem is on COM1 with a standard address & IRQ, the line
> > >would read "setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x3f8 irq 4 spd_vhi autoconfig" .
> > >Oh, yes:"spd_vhi" is optional, I'd advise using it with a 56k modem,
> > >mine runs faster with it, but you could leave it off without a problem.
> > >
> > >4. Type "rm /dev/modem" ##you may get a "not found" message, which
> > >is fine; if a /dev/modem" is found, you'll be asked to confirm this
> > >removal, type "y" to proceed.
> > >
> > >5. Type "ln -s /dev/ttySx /dev/modem" ##this establishes the linkage
> > >needed for your modem, not essential, but conventional; again, "x" here
> > >is the same as "x" in item 3 above.
> > >
> > >6. With a text editor, open your "/rc.local" file, add the
> > >"setserial" command defined in item 3 above at the end of the file, save
> > >the file and exit the editor. ##For example, if your editor is xemacs,
> > >you'd type "xemacs /etc/rc.d/rc.local", then add the "setserial" command
> > >line.
> > >
> > >7. Exit, logout, and reboot (not just restart Xserver). You should
> > >see a line for ISA PnP devices as you boot up. That should do it :)
> > >
> > >Thanks to Alan for help via his previous message
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Ron Sinclair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 5:53 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem jumper settings
> > >
> > >
> > > > At 01:38 AM 2/15/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > > > >Is there a way to get linux to detect my USR internal 56k modem when
>the
> > > > >cards jumpers are set to PnP?
> > > > >Right now I have to set the jumpers to PnP to work with windows and
>set
> > > > >the jumpers to com2 to get it to work with Linux.
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Could you let me know if you get any answers to your PNP problem? I'm
> > > > having the exact same problem.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ron Sinclair
> > > > AKA NipponDSM
> > > > ______________
> > > > ICN 3765104
> > > > http://members.tripod.com/~WIGGLIT/page2.html
> > > > http://www.dsm.org
> > > >
> >
