Re: Modem not available on G3 P/B (probably an easy question!)
On Sun, 3 Mar 2002 20:36:41 +1100 (EST) Nick Texidor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeeh!! Got the modem working!! Ok, originally, it was appearing in dmesg as the serial driver, after adding the macserial line to the modules.conffile and modprobing, the Internal Modem message appeared. However, kppp still said it couldn't find the modem. After reading through the kpp help doco, I found the reference to the pre- and post-initdelays. These both default to 50. I messed around with these a bit, and found that when I set them to 100, the modem suddenly started to bedetected. So I'm not connecting though 8.2 and kppp!! One thing I did find in my travels.. not sure if I'm meant to run it standalone or not, and that is detect. It seg-faulted. Also Harddrakewasn't working for me. linuxconf (in the ppp connection section) was doing some strange things when backspacing in the fields too. Whetherthis is just on the powerbook I don't know, I don't have any other machine to try it on. Thanks Nick I just had got done playing around with this and came up with the same solution, thanks Nick. Minicom and dip were fine with the modem, but kppp needs those delays. Yes - running detect, it looks like it segfaults reading /proc/cpuinfo. I'll have a look at it. Harddrake is calling detect, so it's failing in the same manner. I wasn't able to duplicate any problem with linuxconf, aside from the usual fear of it trashing my config files for me ;^)
Re: Modem not available on G3 P/B (probably an easy question!)
On 1 Mar 2002, Nick Texidor wrote: Hi Stew, Is the entry: alias serial macserial in /etc/modulesconf? Not unless it was done by the installer I haven't done it manually I think the changes to drakx (installer) between 80 and 82 don't make this entry now unless you go through the modem setup during install hmmm, I'm pretty sure I did go through the modem setup during install I seem to remember selecting the modem because my Aiport network is stuffed at the moment I'll double check and do a modem setup in the install myself again Maybe I should setup that alias regardless, as the people that don't want it are going to be only a few Sorry, it's a bit vague I know I will retry again over the next day or two and report on any troubles I have No PITA - the feedback is good That's why we do an open beta like this Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://peoplemandrakesoftcom/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://wwwlinux-mandrakecom/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ Cooker-PPC IRC: ircopenprojectsnet/#cooker-ppc
Re: Modem not available on G3 P/B (probably an easy question!)
On 1 Mar 2002, Nick Texidor wrote: After installing 82 PPC from the beta CD's using only the first CD, I tried to connect to the internet using kppp I set up my connection details, and set up the modem, but I kept getting messages about it not being found at /dev/ttys0 (which is what it was set to under 80) It didn't work as /dev/modem either Is there a problem with 82 that the modem wasn't picked up? I don't recall doing anything different on 80 to get it working? Is the entry: alias serial macserial in /etc/modulesconf? I think the changes to drakx (installer) between 80 and 82 don't make this entry now unless you go through the modem setup during install Try making the entry, and/or modprobe macserial dmesg | grep tty should give something like this: tty00 at 0xd5a29020 (irq = 15) is a Z8530 ESCC (internal modem) You don't want to see something like this: Serial driver version 505c (2001-07-08) with HUB-6 MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled Which means the normal serail driver is loaded (handy if you have a PCMCIA modem) The alias loads macserail instead, when you modprobe serial Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://peoplemandrakesoftcom/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://wwwlinux-mandrakecom/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ Cooker-PPC IRC: ircopenprojectsnet/#cooker-ppc
Re: Modem not available on G3 P/B (probably an easy question!)
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:10:30AM +1100, Nick Texidor wrote: After installing 8.2 PPC from the beta CD's using only the first CD, I tried to connect to the internet using kppp. I set up my connection details, and set up the modem, but I kept getting messages about it not being found at /dev/ttys0 (which is what it was set to under 8.0). It didn't work as /dev/modem either. Is there a problem with 8.2 that the modem wasn't picked up? I don't recall doing anything different on 8.0 to get it working? Do you have: alias serial macserial in your modules.conf? I always have to put this in by hand. If not add it and then you can modprobe macserial and it should start working. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Ghandi
Re: Modem not available on G3 P/B (probably an easy question!)
Hi Stew, Is the entry: alias serial macserial in /etc/modules.conf? Not unless it was done by the installer. I haven't done it manually. I think the changes to drakx (installer) between 8.0 and 8.2 don't make this entry now unless you go through the modem setup during install. hmmm, I'm pretty sure I did go through the modem setup during install... I seem to remember selecting the modem because my Aiport network is stuffed at the moment. Sorry, it's a bit vague I know. I will retry again over the next day or two and report on any troubles I have. Thanks for all your help... and sorry to be a PITA! N -- Nick Texidor Technical Director Webbods Pty Ltd eml: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.webbods.com.au tel: 0414 810284 aol: texinick icq: 398
