Mr. Pena,
Well here goes, I'll try to keep brief but write this like I wish someone
had been able to do for me. First sign in as root to KDE as this is the easy
(most similar to Microsoft interface) then after your in click on the K to
bring up the menu then go to Configuration, then to KDE, then to
Information, from there go to PCI. Here you will be able to get the
information required about your modem , scroll down and look for
communication device or some similar wording immediately following that you
will find the information you will need for continuing on look for the irq
(in my case it was irq 11) as well as the address code (should look like
this)
0xdc00
0xdc01
0xdc02
or something similar in my case it was (0xdc00)
write both these down also look for uart 16550A as you will need that as
well.
Once you have this information written down close the window i.e. click the
x in the upper corner then , look on your desktop for an icon that says Home
and open it, look on the tree and click on root then look on the tree again
and open the one labeled etc, after that scroll down and look for a folder
labeled rcd.local left click it to open it . Then look for a file labeled
rc.local right click on it to open a menu look for open with and then
advanced editor. Right click advanced editor you now will see a bunch of
commands scroll down to the bottom and add the following command as the last
line in that window:
setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A port 0xdc00 irq 11
making sure that it is with all the spaces and case sensitive commands
substitute your port address with the one you wrote down as well as your irq
setting as the ones I put in there for the example are the ones for mine.
Next click file and save it then exit and reboot . then when you log in the
next time and give it a try it should work . This is how I set mine and
every time I log in it works I also found this works with a actiontec pci
fax/modem which according to the documentation isn't supposed to but worked
for me. Let me know how it works for you. As always good luck and hang in
there .
Hank Wangle
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Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 20:08
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Subject: RE: [newbie] Installed ppp daemon
Thank you i will await for help you can provide
>From: "Henry B. Wangle Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [newbie] Installed ppp daemon
>Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 18:17:38 -0600
>
>Mr. Pena ,
> Before you breakdown and buy a new modem give me a day to get my
>instructions together and I'll try to talk you step by step through it as I
>had the same problem with mine and it is an identical modem as yours
>Actiontec PCI call waiting modem. The book instructions are a little
>confusing, but was able to get mine working like a champ. I too got the
>looking for modem and then modem is busy errors. I will reply later tonight
>with the info. I'm also new to the Linux community and have to learn as I
>go
>but the collective effort of all has helped immensely. I'll tell you what
>worked for me and should also work for you.
>
>
>Hank Wangle
>
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>Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 12:13
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Installed ppp daemon
>
>Well, I followed the link you provided me and wrote down the info for my
>modem listed under WindowsME.
>
>Logged into Linux under root. I am completely new to Linux so terms like
>"terminal" and the like have no meaning whatsoever. Nevertheless, I did
>figure how to get into terminal and typed in the first command line. There
>I
>saw the info that Linux could display. But when it came to cd /root and the
>rest of the lines I had to type it I was completely lost.
>
>I did managed to type in the setserial....command but the link stated to
>edit with "jed or a similiar editing program". I don't know if I even have
>such a program on my box.
>
>After all of this typing I went to see if anything worked and when I tried
>to connect Linux told me my modem was busy.
>
>Any further info is appreciated.
>
>
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