Even though I am also a newbie, I can try helping you.
What modem do you have? there is a page, mirrored by many, that has a huge
listing of modems ( can not think of it offhand, do a google search for
linux compatible modems or somethign ) and their compatibility with linux.
If it really isn't a winmodem, then try going to the kppp tutorial on
mandrake's website. They have a step by step process of setting up your isp
account and modem. If you can't remember what it said when you switch back
to linux, save each page of the tutorial to your c drive ( as a .htm file ).
its a little annoying, but there should be an icon on linux desktop saying
dos hd*, where star represents the number of your c drive, you can load the
tutorial pages you saved from there. If you don't feel like saving /
remembering the tutorial, you just fiddle with the options, you can
eventually figure it out. make sure you followed charles' advise exactly.
If you STILL can't figure it out, wait for a response from someone on this
list, and if you still want an answer, post on linux usenet.
hope i helped
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] PCI Modem for Joe and Sfactor
>
> 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?
>
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> 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
> > >
> > >
>
