I posted this a while back:
>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. You also have to uncomment a line near the
bottom -something tho the effect of (ans y) to let it know your setting is
correct. 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 :)
> >
----- Original Message -----
From: maxtorator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 6:52 AM
Subject: [newbie] modem will not work
>
> To all:
>
> I know that you are gonna look at the subject and say "oh no....another
modem
> problem" Well, I have read the docs, the man pages and searched various
sites
> on the internet for help. Usually I can figure it out myself by doing
enough
> reading (I am a newbie) but I must now be at your mercy. Here's the
> situtation:
>
> I myself am having no problems with my modem, I have cable access, but my
> friend, who just installed Mandrake 7 ( I told him how great Mandrake is,
so now
> we have another newbie among us)has a US Robotics 33.6 internal modem. It
is
> NOT a winmodem. When he tries to query his modem through kppp he gets
"modem
> busy". His modem is not listed in DrakConf hardware. I have told him to
read
> all of the man pages and docs that he could find on his box. I have also
> tried helping him (via phone support, but its like a blind leading a
blind)
> with no avail. Is there some kind of step-by-step that I could direct
him to,
> so he could get his modem to work? All help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Maxtor
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.maxtors.com
>
