Ok. I tried this and I don't have a winmode. My
modem is listed as a Communications Controller. I
followed your instructions and recieved no errors. But
when I try to query the modem KPPP says "Sorry the
modem is busy!". any suggestions?
Sfactor (SJ)" wrote:
> I was the one asking about the modem on Com5. Well, it worked! Thank you so
> much. I got it to connect fine. I have a few questions, now that I've found
> someone that knows what he's doing.
> When I connect, it said "logging on to network", I remember this from
> windows, where there is a way to disable it. Is there a way to disable it in
> kppp?
> When I ran Netscape, it could not open any page on the web. It gave me an
> error the first time relating to SOCK or SOCKET or something like that, why
> is this happening?
> You mentioned that to make the changes, I would have to add those two lines
> to the end of /etc/rc.d. That is a directory with several files and folders,
> what specific file that I should put it in?
>
> Again, thank you very very much, your help is much appreciated.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 8:38 AM
> Subject: [newbie] PCI Modem for Joe and Sfactor
>
> > Joe and Sfactor
> > You both had questions regarding setting up your PCI modem. The
> > procedures you need to follow are the same for all PCI modems.
> > Sfactor the only setting in the BIOS that you need to check is Plug and
> > Play Setup. The first listing should read something like PnP OS. This
> should
> > be set to No or Disabled.
> > . Log in as root and from terminal enter the following command # cat
> > /proc/pci
> > This will list all your PCI devices. On this list you should see either
> > Communication controller or Communication device, that listing is your
> > modem. If it shows as Comm. device you have a winmodem and it won't work
> in
> > Linux. If it shows as Comm. controller proceed as follows:
> > Write down the first I/O range. In the example I am using 0xd800 replace
> > that with yours. Enter the following
> > # setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0xd800 spd_vhi skip_test auto_irq autoconfig
> > If there are no errors, then enter
> > # setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A
> >
> > Select /dev/ttyS3 as the device in kppp and your modem should now
> initalize
> > and operate.
> > To make this perm. you will need to edit your rc.local file which is
> located
> > in the /etc/rc.d directory. Add the 2 setserial lines to the end of this
> > file Save the changes and reboot your system.
> >
> > Should you have any problems let me know and I will try to help.
> >
> > Charles
> >
> >
