LURKER here,

I feel sure you are aware of this, but; the "PNP" in the BIOS should be set 
to "OFF".  I changed my setting and my MODEM took off like, well it works now.



At 04:46 AM 8/31/01, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>         I upgraded the kernel from the rpm files as stated in the 
> security alert.  I did the iptables and lm-utils with the rpm package 
> manager.  I used the instructions that came with the security alert.
>  rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.i586.rpm   etc.
>         Rebooted with no problems.  But now my modem gives me the error 
> of "modem is busy".  I checked my rc.local file and my setserial line is 
> still there.  I use Kppp to connect to the net.  I then checked the PCI 
> stuff and it reads differently than before.  Instead of the port being 
> 0xdc00 as it was it now reads dc00.  It dropped the 0x.  I checked my log 
> file I keep on all changes, etc, etc.  I use an Action Tek 56K internal, 
> model PCI56012-02.  My setserial line is as follows
>
>setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A irq 10 port 0xdc00 spd_vhi
>
>Any suggestions to get back in to Linux (mandrake 8.0) would be greatly 
>appreciated.  I am in windows now.
>
>
>
>
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TIA,
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San Antonio, Texas


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