Boulat
There are sites such as www.linmodems.org
that have shown a limited amount of success in getting winmodems to work in
Linux but for the most part the answer is no you will not be able to get
your modem to work in Linux.
Chales
----- Original Message -----
From: "Boulat Rafikov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 9:04 AM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Floppy Drive problem
> Thanks, Charles
> You mean, when it is listed as "communication device" (just a my case),
> there are no way to get modem working in Linux
> Rgds.
> Boulat
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 07 June 2000 13:17
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Floppy Drive problem
>
>
> Boulat
> Regardihg your PCI modem.
> Any board with a Lucent chip Linux will see as a "Communication
device".
> If it is a hardware based modem Linux will list it as a "Communication
> controller"
> If yours is listed as device then it is a Winmodem.
>
> Charles 6/7/2000 8:20am
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Boulat Rafikov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 10:20 AM
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Floppy Drive problem
>
>
> > Hello
> > Thanks. I'm awaiting respective message,anxiuosly.
> > Let me describe more details:
> > I bought my notebook with FD/LS120 combo drive, preinstalled.(BIOS: FDD
> > controller=enable,Second Master device)
> > All problems I mentioned, are valid for configuration above.
> > My next step was :disable FDD controller.When next start Linux,FDD
> hopefully
> > WAS NOT recognised (I say hopefully because
> > closing Linux session was smooth, without hang up, and next start of
Linux
> > has no problems, too.)More over, this fixed some HD problems,like
"invalid
> > partition table, probably unaccessible ext partition" warning from
> > PartMagic4 and NDD.
> > So, I can use Linux, but without FD/LS120 support :(( I believe, there
> mus
> > exist more elegant solution? At least, FD support?
> > It seem you are experienced Linux hacker... Could you please,answer one
> more
> > question?
> > My notebook has internal PCI Lucent chipset based 56kbps
> modem.Installation
> > manual say "Winmodems" can't be used with LInux.
> > But I found information from Actiontec support,saying how to configure
my
> > modem for Linux:
> > 1.As long as device is recognised by kernel (cat /process/pci report
> "Lucent
> > communication device.....
> > IO at 0x1010 and 0x1800),
> > 2.I followed recomendations and did: setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0x1010
> > spd_vhi skip_test auto_irq,autoconfig
> > then: setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A from command line. But
> > internal modem still don't work... Some suggestion?
> > 3.PCMCIA Xircom 33.6 Modem card is correctly recognised by cardctl as
CM33
> > C.Card. But I/O information IS DIFFERENT from one I obtained from
Windows
> > device manager. Is this relevant? If yes, how I can force Linux
recognize
> > correct I/O, what file I must edit ,how,and where? I found that Base
> memory
> > address for Xircom Card and for Internal modem is same. May be, this is
a
> > source of problems?
> > I'm sorry for long email, but I'm really willing to configure my machine
> to
> > be usable with Linux.
> > Regards.
> > Boulat
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 05 June 2000 18:41
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Floppy Drive problem
> >
> >
> > If you have replaced your normal floppy drive with an LS120 and disabled
> > floppy
> > in BIOS it will hang if you try to access it - I found out the hard way.
I
> > have
> > posted a reply to someone else about setting up LS120's - When it gets
> > posted
> > it may help you
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 05 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > my machine: GAteway Solo9300 PIII Notebook. HDD 12gb,first master,
> DVD-ROM
> > > first slave, FDD/LS120 second master, internal PCI modem 56kbps
> > (winmodem?)
> > >
> > > I have trouble with:
> > >
> > > 2.Problem with LS120 "SuperDrive":
> > > installation recognized drive as "floppy" device and "LS120" device.
> > > When I try access 1,44m floppy (or 120mb disk), has no any drive
> activity,
> > > but console LED is lighted for 2-3min.(drive LED is OFF). When I try
> > access
> > > /mnt directory, same thing occur, and Xserver sometimes is frozen.
> > > When I insert floppy into drive, I hear some noise (driver mechanics
> > > activity).
> > > When logging out from Linux, system frozen when try to unmount
> /dev/fd0,.
> > > Error message say about I/O error.So, Linux session don't close
> properly.
> > On
> > > next start, system forced to perform long make-up to restore linux.
> > >
> > > Please, help to fix these problems.
> > >
> > > Rgds. Boulat
> > --
> >
> > * How can I Automount my brain at boot time ? *
> >
> >
> >
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