Wow, that really sucks, I was sure it was a real modem.  That's really
disappointing, and it means I have to go out and buy a new one.

Should a US Robotics 56KBS 2977 v.90 Hardware PCI modem work without any
extra heartache?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] it feels good when things work


> On Thursday 28 March 2002 20:11, you wrote:
> > Blood Slap wrote:
> > > Well, it turns out I shouldn't have created a partition on my new
> > > drive before using Ghost, so I did all of my crap again, and I now
> > > have Linux installed.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > But.....my modem doesn't work :(
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a Best Data Smart One 56FW-VW ISA Modem,  it's on COM 4, and
> > > using IRQ 5 in Windows.  Whenever trying to connect it says "modem is
> > > busy".  I've tried configuring by changing the IRQ in isapmp.conf, and
> > > setting the UARF, with every possible IRQ, but nothing seems to help.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how I can configure my system to use this modem?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > What about setserial?
> >
> > Civileme
>
> A Google search comes up with this
> http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2000-Feb/2317.html
> It appears to be a winmodem so a trip over to http://www.linmodems.org/
> might help you.
>
> derek
>
>


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