Re: [newbie] detecting an internal ISA modem
On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 02:32, David wrote: Here's how I get my USR ISA Sporster modems to work (I am not good at command line stuffI just use GUI so bear with me) . The same for me. I'm just starting to learn. First I disable in the BIOS the Plug and Play (set it to NO/Disabled)option for your system. -- (This MUST be done in order I think this is a must in general? Second -- I pull off all the jumpers that are on the ISA modem card itself...(figured this out through trial and error) Turns out those jumpers for configuring the USR Sportsters make the modem conform to the ISA Plug Play Standard when we pull them off. Then I click the setup tab Then the device tab and change the Modem Device to one of the other settings if dev/modem doesn't work by default. I try one at a time -- going through the first 8 Mine Is one of the other ones also. I think we should be figuring out how to get /dev/modem to point to it (like the mouse should be /dev/mouse?). Mine missed the free(*) upgrade to 56k by one day. 8-((( So its s l o w ! Other than that no problems in 3 os's (Windows 3.1 / 98SE / Mandrake Linux 8.1). Wes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] detecting an internal ISA modem
Wes Gregg wrote: I think this is a must in general? Yep and done considering the version of the OS. Turns out those jumpers for configuring the USR Sportsters make the modem conform to the ISA Plug Play Standard when we pull them off. Arrggghhh!! So its s l o w ! Other than that no problems in 3 os's (Windows 3.1 /98SE / Mandrake Linux 8.1). Slow is a pain in a country with slow telecoms provider monopoly. Hylton -- Signature for Hylton Conacher follows: Registered Linux user # 229959 Mandrake 8.0 on AMD Athlon at 1 Ghz on a K7 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] detecting an internal ISA modem
Just enquired on the price of an external USR modem and was quoted about R800. Before I end up having to fork out this dough I wondered how to make the system detect new hardware i.e. the ISA USR modem, eventhough it doesn't display it under the Mandrake Control Centre when I am logged as as either a user or root. Tnx to Ed who suggested I try the command of'/proc/pci|/home/hylton/proc-pci'. Turns out on opening the box that the USR modem is in an ISA slot. I tried to use the command but replace the PCI with ISA and all I got was something about command not found. Before I have to cough dough, please tell me how to get this working. Perhaps Dave in Iowa would let me know how he gets his USR modems working? -- Registered Linux user #229959 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] detecting an internal ISA modem
Assuming that is not a winmodem ... you might take a look at it via statserial and see if that gives you the info you need. At 05:19 PM 12/11/2001 +0200, you wrote: Just enquired on the price of an external USR modem and was quoted about R800. Before I end up having to fork out this dough I wondered how to make the system detect new hardware i.e. the ISA USR modem, eventhough it doesn't display it under the Mandrake Control Centre when I am logged as as either a user or root. Tnx to Ed who suggested I try the command of'/proc/pci|/home/hylton/proc-pci'. Turns out on opening the box that the USR modem is in an ISA slot. I tried to use the command but replace the PCI with ISA and all I got was something about command not found. Before I have to cough dough, please tell me how to get this working. Perhaps Dave in Iowa would let me know how he gets his USR modems working? -- Registered Linux user #229959 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com o o o o o o o o [EMAIL PROTECTED] o _ o _| | .][__n_n_|DD[ _ | | (|__|_[_]_|___| _/oo O oo` ooo ooo 'o!o!o o!o!o` -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] detecting an internal ISA modem
OK try cat /proc/interrupts On Tuesday 11 December 2001 10:19, you wrote: Just enquired on the price of an external USR modem and was quoted about R800. Before I end up having to fork out this dough I wondered how to make the system detect new hardware i.e. the ISA USR modem, eventhough it doesn't display it under the Mandrake Control Centre when I am logged as as either a user or root. Tnx to Ed who suggested I try the command of'/proc/pci|/home/hylton/proc-pci'. Turns out on opening the box that the USR modem is in an ISA slot. I tried to use the command but replace the PCI with ISA and all I got was something about command not found. Before I have to cough dough, please tell me how to get this working. Perhaps Dave in Iowa would let me know how he gets his USR modems working? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] detecting an internal ISA modem
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:52:39 -0500 Ed Tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK try cat /proc/interrupts On Tuesday 11 December 2001 10:19, you wrote: Just enquired on the price of an external USR modem and was quoted about R800. Before I end up having to fork out this dough I wondered how to make the system detect new hardware i.e. the ISA USR modem, eventhough it doesn't display it under the Mandrake Control Centre when I am logged as as either a user or root. Tnx to Ed who suggested I try the command of'/proc/pci|/home/hylton/proc-pci'. Turns out on opening the box that the USR modem is in an ISA slot. I tried to use the command but replace the PCI with ISA and all I got was something about command not found. Before I have to cough dough, please tell me how to get this working. Perhaps Dave in Iowa would let me know how he gets his USR modems working? In some ways the installation and set-up of an ISA modem is the same as that for a PCI modem, but there are some major differences. An ISA will nearly always be a jumpered, you will need to use these to manually set the IRQ, I/O, and Com port. These must be properly set so that there are no conflicts with any other hardware or with any settings in the system BIOS. The setserial command can them be used to define your modem and allow for its operation in linux. Here are 2 sites that may be of assistance in your endevor. http://linux.nf/isamodem.html http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO-1.html Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] detecting an internal ISA modem
and MOST important, turn OFF plug and pray aware OS in the BIOS On Tuesday 11 December 2001 17:22, you wrote: On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:52:39 -0500 Ed Tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK try cat /proc/interrupts On Tuesday 11 December 2001 10:19, you wrote: Just enquired on the price of an external USR modem and was quoted about R800. Before I end up having to fork out this dough I wondered how to make the system detect new hardware i.e. the ISA USR modem, eventhough it doesn't display it under the Mandrake Control Centre when I am logged as as either a user or root. Tnx to Ed who suggested I try the command of'/proc/pci|/home/hylton/proc-pci'. Turns out on opening the box that the USR modem is in an ISA slot. I tried to use the command but replace the PCI with ISA and all I got was something about command not found. Before I have to cough dough, please tell me how to get this working. Perhaps Dave in Iowa would let me know how he gets his USR modems working? In some ways the installation and set-up of an ISA modem is the same as that for a PCI modem, but there are some major differences. An ISA will nearly always be a jumpered, you will need to use these to manually set the IRQ, I/O, and Com port. These must be properly set so that there are no conflicts with any other hardware or with any settings in the system BIOS. The setserial command can them be used to define your modem and allow for its operation in linux. Here are 2 sites that may be of assistance in your endevor. http://linux.nf/isamodem.html http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO-1.html Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
