> For starters, make sure that your modem is not on "the big list" > http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/19991203a.html I see that it is marked OK, which seems to mean it has been confirmed as working in Linux before. Now to make it do so... My original note is as foloows: <SNIP> > > One thing that was suggested to me there was that I may have an > > IRQ problem. I checked and it seems that my modem IS PnP, so I > > suppose there are probably steps I need to take to ensure that that is > > setup properly. I was under the impression that if I could get my modem > > to dial and connect correctly to the ISP using Minicom or the like, > > there is not a problem with interrupts. What is the truth here? > > > > Anyway, the basic problem is that I can get a connection, but > > cannot maintain one. I can post from /var/log/messages if needed. > > > > But I thought that a first step might be to make sure the IRQ > > problem doesn't exist. I've read through documentation which > > accompanies isappptools and don't feel totally at ease beginning > > this process...but am willing to give it a shot. > > > > It suggests somewhere that I look in the BIOS and tell it that this is > > NOT a PnP OS, but I cannot find that option specifically worded like > > that. The only obviously PnP-related options I find are Resources > > controlled by: (Auto/Manual) Reset Configuration Data: > > (Enabled/Disabled) PCI IRQ Activated By: (Level/Edge) PCI IDE IRQ Map > > To: (ISA/PCI-SLOT1/PCI-SLOT2/PCI-SLOT3/ > PCI-SLOT4/PCI-AUTO) -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
