Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
Is it possible to change the comm port seetings in the BIOS so that you are using comm1 or 2? Windows will probably complain quite a lot, but it's something to try. --Greg - Original Message - From: John It is on com port 4 in windows which is ttys3 in linux I believe. When I query it using KPPP it tells me "Sorry, modem is busy". Of course it also says this for just about every other port as well. I found some documentation on Maximumlinux.com and it mentions that special instructions are required for ttys2 and ttys3. Of course they don't tell you what these instructions are. I am unable to change the com port to 2 as it goes to 4 automatically when it installs (in Windows). I am really stumped here. Any words of advice? Thanks John __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
RE: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
Please don't make the same mistakes that I did, pay no attention to what windows has the modem set on. Do a less /proc/interrupts and find out which irq you have available, for me it was irq 5. If it's a pci mdoem, then do a less /proc/pci and then find your modem. It should give you the port in there, possibly something like 0xdc00 or something like that. Finally, do a 'setserial /dev/ttySx port 0xdc00 irq 5. Remember to change all of the information in this setserial line to your specifications and you should have no problems. My USB was trying to use the same IRQ as my modem and I was getting the same "modem is busy" message that you are. Hope this helps. ---pez -- From: Greg Stewart[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 5:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Is it possible to change the comm port seetings in the BIOS so that you are using comm1 or 2? Windows will probably complain quite a lot, but it's something to try. --Greg - Original Message - From: John It is on com port 4 in windows which is ttys3 in linux I believe. When I query it using KPPP it tells me "Sorry, modem is busy". Of course it also says this for just about every other port as well. I found some documentation on Maximumlinux.com and it mentions that special instructions are required for ttys2 and ttys3. Of course they don't tell you what these instructions are. I am unable to change the com port to 2 as it goes to 4 automatically when it installs (in Windows). I am really stumped here. Any words of advice? Thanks John __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
Here are my weekly instructions for a PCI modem in Linux. The first thing you need to do is find out if you winmodem or a real modem. Log in as root and from terminal enter the following command # cat /proc/pci This will list all your PCI devices. On this list you should see either Communication controller or Communication device, that listing is your modem. If it shows as Comm. device you have a winmodem and it won't work in Linux. If it shows as Comm. controller prceed as follows: Write down the first I/O range. In the example I am using 0xd800 replace that with yours. Enter the following # setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0xd800 spd_vhi skip_test auto_irq autoconfig If there are no errors, then enter # setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A Select /dev/ttyS3 as the device in kppp and your modem should now initalize and operate. To make this perm. you will need to edit your rc.local file which is located in the /etc/rc.d directory. Add the 2 setserial lines to the end of this file Save the changes and reboot your system. Charles :-) - Original Message - From: "Greg Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 7:06 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Is it possible to change the comm port seetings in the BIOS so that you are using comm1 or 2? Windows will probably complain quite a lot, but it's something to try. --Greg - Original Message - From: John It is on com port 4 in windows which is ttys3 in linux I believe. When I query it using KPPP it tells me "Sorry, modem is busy". Of course it also says this for just about every other port as well. I found some documentation on Maximumlinux.com and it mentions that special instructions are required for ttys2 and ttys3. Of course they don't tell you what these instructions are. I am unable to change the com port to 2 as it goes to 4 automatically when it installs (in Windows). I am really stumped here. Any words of advice? Thanks John
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
Charles, I followed your instructions for configuring my port. Unfortunately with no success. Found my device just fine using cat tool. It is indeed a Communication controller. :) It is set to IRQ 9.I entered the setserial commands you gave me and after doing so and did a modem query. Now I get "No response from modem" vice "Modem is Busy" reply. So I did some experimenting with the setserial handles. I entered them each one at time, skipped different ones, just about every combo possible(restarting between different patterns). What is happening is I continue to get the busy reply unless I either (1) include skip_test with the autoconfig handle -or- (2) run the autoconfig without the skip_test (still busy) and then do the setserial uart 16550A. Then i get the no response. It seems to me I have isolated the problem to the uart. I can do all the other commands and still get the busy reply, but once I use skip_test or set the uart I get no response. I also tried every different uart setting it would allow me to. No help. I tried the process on ttyS1 as well with same results. What exactly is the uart anyway? I also did less /proc/interrrupts to look at my IRQs and it wasn't listed (9 that is). Where do I go from here? /proc/pci info BUS 0, device 4, function 0: Communication controller: Lucent (ex-Att) Microelectronics L56xMF(rev. 1) Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master capable. No bursts. Max Gnt=252. Max Lat=14 Also, I am running dual boot (grub) WIN98/Mandrake7.1 Athlon600 Help! ) John Here are my weekly instructions for a PCI modem in Linux. The first thing you need to do is find out if you winmodem or a real modem. Log in as root and from terminal enter the following command # cat /proc/pci This will list all your PCI devices. On this list you should see either Communication controller or Communication device, that listing is your modem. If it shows as Comm. device you have a winmodem and it won't work in Linux. If it shows as Comm. controller prceed as follows: Write down the first I/O range. In the example I am using 0xd800 replace that with yours. Enter the following # setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0xd800 spd_vhi skip_test auto_irq autoconfig If there are no errors, then enter # setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A Select /dev/ttyS3 as the device in kppp and your modem should now initalize and operate. To make this perm. you will need to edit your rc.local file which is located in the /etc/rc.d directory. Add the 2 setserial lines to the end of this file Save the changes and reboot your system. Charles :-) - Original Message - From: John It is on com port 4 in windows which is ttys3 in linux I believe. When I query it using KPPP it tells me "Sorry, modem is busy". Of course it also says this for just about every other port as well. I found some documentation on Maximumlinux.com and it mentions that special instructions are required for ttys2 and ttys3. Of course they don't tell you what these instructions are. I am unable to change the com port to 2 as it goes to 4 automatically when it installs (in Windows). I am really stumped here. Any words of advice? Thanks John
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
- Original Message - From: "John" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Charles, I followed your instructions for configuring my port. Unfortunately with no success. Found my device just fine using cat tool. It is indeed a Communication controller. :) It is set to IRQ 9.I entered the setserial commands you gave me and after doing so and did a modem query. Now I get "No response from modem" vice "Modem is Busy" reply. So I did some experimenting with the setserial handles. I entered them each one at time, skipped different ones, just about every combo possible(restarting between different patterns). What is happening is I continue to get the busy reply unless I either (1) include skip_test with the autoconfig handle -or- (2) run the autoconfig without the skip_test (still busy) and then do the setserial uart 16550A. Then i get the no response. It seems to me I have isolated the problem to the uart. I can do all the other commands and still get the busy reply, but once I use skip_test or set the uart I get no response. I also tried every different uart setting it would allow me to. No help. I tried the process on ttyS1 as well with same results. What exactly is the uart anyway? I also did less /proc/interrrupts to look at my IRQs and it wasn't listed (9 that is). Where do I go from here? /proc/pci info BUS 0, device 4, function 0: Communication controller: Lucent (ex-Att) Microelectronics L56xMF(rev. 1) Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master capable. No bursts. Max Gnt=252. Max Lat=14 Also, I am running dual boot (grub) WIN98/Mandrake7.1 Athlon600 Help! ) " The Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART) is a component of your computer containing the circuits required for asynchronous serial communication. It lets computers communicate over a simple wire connection. The UART is the most common type of circuit used in personal computer communications. Three types of UARTs - 8250, 16450 and 16550AF - contain a variety of features and operate at different speeds. The 8250 can operate at a maximum speed of 9600 baud. The 16450 can operate at a maximum speed of 19.2k baud. The 16550AF can operate at a maximum speed of 115.2k. Obviously, the other components of the computer and communications configuration will also affect these speeds. Sensormatic recommends using the 16550AF UART, which uses a technique called "First In First Out" (FIFO). An on-board, 16-byte buffer allows the 16550AF to keep communicating even when a multitasking computer turns its attention to other programs. This feature enhances throughput. Note: Your software must enable the in-chip buffer on the 16550AF. Otherwise, the 16550AF will function exactly as a 16450." Is your BIOS set to Non PnP OS? Is Serial Port2 enabled or disabled in your BIOS? Do you have any other serial devices other than a mouse?( Even ps2 mice occupy Serial Port1) When you issued the setserial commands did you use the correct I/O.( It should be the first listed and the same as is used in Windows.) What brand and model modem do you have and is it PCI or ISA? We have now entered the trial and error mode of config. I will give you what help and imput that I can but I can not promise that I can help you solve your problem. Charles
RE: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
Title: RE: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Sorry to butt in but I have read that if you have the Network routing daemon running it will interfere with a dialup modem. You might want to check that in Drakconfig. Just a thought. It got me on one install. As soon as I disabled the network routing the modem dialed. Good luck, Dennis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Charles, I followed your instructions for configuring my port. Unfortunately with no success. Found my device just fine using cat tool. It is indeed a Communication controller. :) It is set to IRQ 9. I entered the setserial commands you gave me and after doing so and did a modem query. Now I get No response from modem vice Modem is Busy reply. So I did some experimenting with the setserial handles. I entered them each one at time, skipped different ones, just about every combo possible(restarting between different patterns). What is happening is I continue to get the busy reply unless I either (1) include skip_test with the autoconfig handle -or- (2) run the autoconfig without the skip_test (still busy) and then do the setserial uart 16550A. Then i get the no response. It seems to me I have isolated the problem to the uart. I can do all the other commands and still get the busy reply, but once I use skip_test or set the uart I get no response. I also tried every different uart setting it would allow me to. No help. I tried the process on ttyS1 as well with same results. What exactly is the uart anyway? I also did less /proc/interrrupts to look at my IRQs and it wasn't listed (9 that is). Where do I go from here? /proc/pci info BUS 0, device 4, function 0: Communication controller: Lucent (ex-Att) Microelectronics L56xMF(rev. 1) Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master capable. No bursts. Max Gnt=252. Max Lat=14 Also, I am running dual boot (grub) WIN98/Mandrake7.1 Athlon600 Help! ) John Here are my weekly instructions for a PCI modem in Linux. The first thing you need to do is find out if you winmodem or a real modem. Log in as root and from terminal enter the following command # cat /proc/pci This will list all your PCI devices. On this list you should see either Communication controller or Communication device, that listing is your modem. If it shows as Comm. device you have a winmodem and it won't work in Linux. If it shows as Comm. controller prceed as follows: Write down the first I/O range. In the example I am using 0xd800 replace that with yours. Enter the following # setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0xd800 spd_vhi skip_test auto_irq autoconfig If there are no errors, then enter # setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A Select /dev/ttyS3 as the device in kppp and your modem should now initalize and operate. To make this perm. you will need to edit your rc.local file which is located in the /etc/rc.d directory. Add the 2 setserial lines to the end of this file Save the changes and reboot your system. Charles :-) - Original Message - From: John It is on com port 4 in windows which is ttys3 in linux I believe. When I query it using KPPP it tells me Sorry, modem is busy. Of course it also says this for just about every other port as well. I found some documentation on Maximumlinux.com and it mentions that special instructions are required for ttys2 and ttys3. Of course they don't tell you what these instructions are. I am unable to change the com port to 2 as it goes to 4 automatically when it installs (in Windows). I am really stumped here. Any words of advice? Thanks John
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
Title: RE: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Thank, Dennis. I'll takea look at that. And all inputs are welcome. The sooner I solve this the happier I'll be. John - Original Message - From: Myers, Dennis R NWO To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 11:44 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Sorry to butt in but I have read that if you have the Network routing daemon running it will interfere with a dialup modem. You might want to check that in Drakconfig. Just a thought. It got me on one install. As soon as I disabled the network routing the modem dialed. Good luck, Dennis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Charles, I followed your instructions for configuring my port. Unfortunately with no success. Found my device just fine using cat tool. It is indeed a Communication controller. :) It is set to IRQ 9. I entered the setserial commands you gave me and after doing so and did a modem query. Now I get "No response from modem" vice "Modem is Busy" reply. So I did some experimenting with the setserial handles. I entered them each one at time, skipped different ones, just about every combo possible(restarting between different patterns). What is happening is I continue to get the busy reply unless I either (1) include skip_test with the autoconfig handle -or- (2) run the autoconfig without the skip_test (still busy) and then do the setserial uart 16550A. Then i get the no response. It seems to me I have isolated the problem to the uart. I can do all the other commands and still get the busy reply, but once I use skip_test or set the uart I get no response. I also tried every different uart setting it would allow me to. No help. I tried the process on ttyS1 as well with same results. What exactly is the uart anyway? I also did less /proc/interrrupts to look at my IRQs and it wasn't listed (9 that is). Where do I go from here? /proc/pci info BUS 0, device 4, function 0: Communication controller: Lucent (ex-Att) Microelectronics L56xMF(rev. 1) Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master capable. No bursts. Max Gnt=252. Max Lat=14 Also, I am running dual boot (grub) WIN98/Mandrake7.1 Athlon600 Help! ) John Here are my weekly instructions for a PCI modem in Linux.The first thing you need to do is find out if you winmodem or a real modem. Log in as root and from terminal enter the following command # cat /proc/pci This will list all your PCI devices. On this list you should see either Communication controller or Communication device, that listing is your modem. If it shows as Comm. device you have a winmodem and it won't work in Linux. If it shows as Comm. controller prceed as follows: Write down the first I/O range. In the example I am using 0xd800 replace that with yours. Enter the following # setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0xd800 spd_vhi skip_test auto_irq autoconfig If there are no errors, then enter # setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A Select /dev/ttyS3 as the device in kppp and your modem should now initalize and operate. To make this perm. you will need to edit your rc.local file which is located in the /etc/rc.d directory. Add the 2 setserial lines to the end of this file Save the changes and reboot your system. Charles :-)- Original Message - From: John It is on com port 4 in windows which is ttys3 in linux I believe. When I query it using KPPP it tells me "Sorry, modem is busy". Of course it also says this for just about every other port as well. I found some documentation on Maximumlinux.com and it mentions that special instructions are required for ttys2 and ttys3. Of course they don't tell you what these instructions are. I am unable to change the com port to 2 as it goes to 4 automatically when it installs (in Windows). I am really stumped here. Any words of advice? Thanks John
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
I had not remembered that but I also ran in to that when I was setting up an external modem on a system where I normally connect using DCHP. Charles - Original Message - From: "John" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem RE: [newbie] I can't detect my modemThank, Dennis. I'll take a look at that. And all inputs are welcome. The sooner I solve this the happier I'll be. John - Original Message - From: Myers, Dennis R NWO To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 11:44 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Sorry to butt in but I have read that if you have the Network routing daemon running it will interfere with a dialup modem. You might want to check that in Drakconfig. Just a thought. It got me on one install. As soon as I disabled the network routing the modem dialed. Good luck, Dennis
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
Title: RE: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Let me know if you get your modem working and what you did to make it work. I have the same problem as well but, when I query ttyS0 it finds it talks to it. Weird is it not :( Stephen - Original Message - From: John To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Thank, Dennis. I'll takea look at that. And all inputs are welcome. The sooner I solve this the happier I'll be. John - Original Message - From: Myers, Dennis R NWO To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 11:44 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Sorry to butt in but I have read that if you have the Network routing daemon running it will interfere with a dialup modem. You might want to check that in Drakconfig. Just a thought. It got me on one install. As soon as I disabled the network routing the modem dialed. Good luck, Dennis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Charles, I followed your instructions for configuring my port. Unfortunately with no success. Found my device just fine using cat tool. It is indeed a Communication controller. :) It is set to IRQ 9. I entered the setserial commands you gave me and after doing so and did a modem query. Now I get "No response from modem" vice "Modem is Busy" reply. So I did some experimenting with the setserial handles. I entered them each one at time, skipped different ones, just about every combo possible(restarting between different patterns). What is happening is I continue to get the busy reply unless I either (1) include skip_test with the autoconfig handle -or- (2) run the autoconfig without the skip_test (still busy) and then do the setserial uart 16550A. Then i get the no response. It seems to me I have isolated the problem to the uart. I can do all the other commands and still get the busy reply, but once I use skip_test or set the uart I get no response. I also tried every different uart setting it would allow me to. No help. I tried the process on ttyS1 as well with same results. What exactly is the uart anyway? I also did less /proc/interrrupts to look at my IRQs and it wasn't listed (9 that is). Where do I go from here? /proc/pci info BUS 0, device 4, function 0: Communication controller: Lucent (ex-Att) Microelectronics L56xMF(rev. 1) Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master capable. No bursts. Max Gnt=252. Max Lat=14 Also, I am running dual boot (grub) WIN98/Mandrake7.1 Athlon600 Help! ) John Here are my weekly instructions for a PCI modem in Linux.The first thing you need to do is find out if you winmodem or a real modem. Log in as root and from terminal enter the following command # cat /proc/pci This will list all your PCI devices. On this list you should see either Communication controller or Communication device, that listing is your modem. If it shows as Comm. device you have a winmodem and it won't work in Linux. If it shows as Comm. controller prceed as follows: Write down the first I/O range. In the example I am using 0xd800 replace that with yours. Enter the following # setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0xd800 spd_vhi skip_test auto_irq autoconfig If there are no errors, then enter # setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A Select /dev/ttyS3 as the device in kppp and your modem should now initalize and operate. To make this perm. you will need to edit your rc.local file which is located in the /etc/rc.d directory. Add the 2 setserial lines to the end of this file Save the changes and reboot your system. Charles :-)- Original Message - From: John It is on com port 4 in windows which is ttys3 in linux I believe. When I query it using KPPP it tells me "Sorry, modem is busy". Of course it also says this for just about every other port as well. I found some documentation on Maximumlinux.com and it mentions that special instructions are required for ttys2 and ttys3. Of course they don't tell you what these instructions are. I am unable to change the com port to 2 as it goes to 4 automatically when it installs (in Windows). I am really stumped here. Any words of advice? Thanks John
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
Title: RE: [newbie] I can't detect my modem I've been checking out different web pages for info about modems. The more I look, the less I think this will be an easy fix.sigh. Oh well, time to shut this baby down and get a closer look look at my modem. Willpost later or tomorrow.Wish me luck. ) John - Original Message - From: Kandace Little To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Let me know if you get your modem working and what you did to make it work. I have the same problem as well but, when I query ttyS0 it finds it talks to it. Weird is it not :( Stephen - Original Message - From: John To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Thank, Dennis. I'll takea look at that. And all inputs are welcome. The sooner I solve this the happier I'll be. John - Original Message - From: Myers, Dennis R NWO To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 11:44 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Sorry to butt in but I have read that if you have the Network routing daemon running it will interfere with a dialup modem. You might want to check that in Drakconfig. Just a thought. It got me on one install. As soon as I disabled the network routing the modem dialed. Good luck, Dennis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Charles, I followed your instructions for configuring my port. Unfortunately with no success. Found my device just fine using cat tool. It is indeed a Communication controller. :) It is set to IRQ 9. I entered the setserial commands you gave me and after doing so and did a modem query. Now I get "No response from modem" vice "Modem is Busy" reply. So I did some experimenting with the setserial handles. I entered them each one at time, skipped different ones, just about every combo possible(restarting between different patterns). What is happening is I continue to get the busy reply unless I either (1) include skip_test with the autoconfig handle -or- (2) run the autoconfig without the skip_test (still busy) and then do the setserial uart 16550A. Then i get the no response. It seems to me I have isolated the problem to the uart. I can do all the other commands and still get the busy reply, but once I use skip_test or set the uart I get no response. I also tried every different uart setting it would allow me to. No help. I tried the process on ttyS1 as well with same results. What exactly is the uart anyway? I also did less /proc/interrrupts to look at my IRQs and it wasn't listed (9 that is). Where do I go from here? /proc/pci info BUS 0, device 4, function 0: Communication controller: Lucent (ex-Att) Microelectronics L56xMF(rev. 1) Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master capable. No bursts. Max Gnt=252. Max Lat=14 Also, I am running dual boot (grub) WIN98/Mandrake7.1 Athlon600 Help! ) John Here are my weekly instructions for a PCI modem in Linux.The first thing you need to do is find out if you winmodem or a real modem. Log in as root and from terminal enter the following command # cat /proc/pci This will list all your PCI devices. On this list you should see either Communication controller or Communication device, that listing is your modem. If it shows as Comm. device you have a winmodem and it won't work in Linux. If it shows as Comm. controller prceed as follows: Write down the first I/O range. In the example I am using 0xd800 replace that with yours. Enter the following # setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0xd800 spd_vhi skip_test auto_irq autoconfig If there are no errors, then enter # setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A Select /dev/ttyS3 as the device in kppp and your modem should now initalize and operate. To make this perm. you will need to edit your rc.local file which is located in the /etc/rc.d directory. Add the 2 setserial lines to the end of this file Save the changes and reboot your system. Charles :-)- Original Message - From: John It is on com port 4 in windows which is ttys3 in linux I believe. When I query it using KPP
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem - Attention Charles A Edwards
- Original Message - From: "Craig Westerman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem - Attention Charles A Edwards Craig 2 other things to lok at. Do you have your BIOS set for Non PnP OS (Linux is not a PnP OS). Your PCI modem should appear as IRQ 11. In your cat/proc/pci listings does any other device show as also using IRQ 10. Please understand guys, everyone's situation is different. What was a simple setup on your machine may not be on another. The "weakly" instructions I gave are the same for ALL Linux distros and ALL machines using a PCI modem. The worst way to get help is by insulting the people who try help. Charles Charles, 1. Yes PnP in BIOS is OFF. 2. Yes the modem shows up as IRQ 10 and NOTHING else shows up as IRQ 10 in my at/proc/pci listing. Charles the weakly comment was meant all in FUN. Thus the :-) following the word weakly. From your point of view it is a simple setup. From my point of view it SHOULD be an easy setup. Obviously something is being overlooked by everyone offering help and advise. I've had many other people with same modem email me saying they had same problem. Thanks for your help. No insult intended. Craig Sorry for the flare up. The humor just hit me wrong when I read it. Denis replyed to another post that recalled something I had forgotten. Did you set up any kind of network during or after your Mandrake installation. This can cause the behavior we are seeing with your modem Also have you used anything other than kppp to set-up your connection if so it may also be causing a problem. Since we have done what should work but dosn't we now enter the realm of trial, error, and hope. Charles
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:49:06 -0400,John wrote: For my modem, I need to install a special RPM driver made by lucent. So I have a new question. I downloaded the file with windows. How do i access the file from linux? Is this possible? Oh, and I haven't a clue how to install it, but my knowledge grows by the hour ). John --- Mon, 11 Sep 2000 16:38:58 I do it this way a lot John, from Linux you must make a mount point for the M$ Windows drive and edit an entry into your fstab file... There is a howto outlining the procedure ..check MUO ..Mandrake users .org there is a wealth of info on that site Be sure to identify the drive as vfat, this way the long filenames will be preserved, using a dos identifier will lose long filenames. Then you can navigate the whole windows(linux refers to as dos) partition and copy up any file to linux... With RPM files I have had no problem but with zipped files, The only problem I have had is sometimes the files mysteriously become unzipped? then when you run tar.gz it shows an error like "not a GZ file" the way around that is to put a set of " " around the file name and don't use the z...example...tar -xvf "somefile.tar.gz" .and that should do it. Inside the tarball will be a readme normally on how to install. you may gain from looking at...man manman tar man rpm ..just type them in any term How did you make out yesterday with the no X problem? was the midnight commander any help? Olly P Biloxi Mississippi
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
Hey Olly, once again great info. I have to say I'm pretty overwhelmed with linux right now. Of course I've had four heinekens so that probably don't help either hehe. I solved yesterday's problem by reinstalling linux. X works just fine now. Guess I had a bad install the first time. This modem issue is quite a bear, but I like the challenge. Don't worry though, I haven't even brought up my sound card issue yet. One step at a time. ) This mail group is great though! John P.S. Denise Austin is looking especially hot today! Muwahhaha - Original Message - From: Oliver L. Plaine Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:49:06 -0400,John wrote: For my modem, I need to install a special RPM driver made by lucent. So I have a new question. I downloaded the file with windows. How do i access the file from linux? Is this possible? Oh, and I haven't a clue how to install it, but my knowledge grows by the hour ). John --- Mon, 11 Sep 2000 16:38:58 I do it this way a lot John, from Linux you must make a mount point for the M$ Windows drive and edit an entry into your fstab file... There is a howto outlining the procedure ..check MUO ..Mandrake users .org there is a wealth of info on that site Be sure to identify the drive as vfat, this way the long filenames will be preserved, using a dos identifier will lose long filenames. Then you can navigate the whole windows(linux refers to as dos) partition and copy up any file to linux... With RPM files I have had no problem but with zipped files, The only problem I have had is sometimes the files mysteriously become unzipped? then when you run tar.gz it shows an error like "not a GZ file" the way around that is to put a set of " " around the file name and don't use the z...example...tar -xvf "somefile.tar.gz" .and that should do it. Inside the tarball will be a readme normally on how to install. you may gain from looking at...man manman tar man rpm ..just type them in any term How did you make out yesterday with the no X problem? was the midnight commander any help? Olly P Biloxi Mississippi
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
John, I have a jumpered modem set to ttys2 and have had no problems getting it to work in probably 5 installations of Linux-Mandrake. So I don't know what special instructions could possibly be needed. If you need to move to ttys2 or 3, I would give it a try. Dennis John wrote: It is on com port 4 in windows which is ttys3 in linux I believe. When I query it using KPPP it tells me "Sorry, modem is busy". Of course it also says this for just about every other port as well. I found some documentation on Maximumlinux.com and it mentions that special instructions are required for ttys2 and ttys3. Of course they don't tell you what these instructions are. I am unable to change the com port to 2 as it goes to 4 automatically when it installs (in Windows). I am really stumped here. Any words of advice? Thanks John
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
try dis-abling P-n-P in your BOIS and setting the P-n-P operating system to NO in bios if you have such settings. On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, you wrote: It is on com port 4 in windows which is ttys3 in linux I believe. When I query it using KPPP it tells me "Sorry, modem is busy". Of course it also says this for just about every other port as well. I found some documentation on Maximumlinux.com and it mentions that special instructions are required for ttys2 and ttys3. Of course they don't tell you what these instructions are. I am unable to change the com port to 2 as it goes to 4 automatically when it installs (in Windows). I am really stumped here. Any words of advice? Thanks John Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
Thanks Dennis, you are lucky to have a jumpered modem. Mine unfortunately is one of those fancy Winmodems. I have found a probable solution though which I will try out tomorrow. If you check the later messages youll see where i"m at. John John, I have a jumpered modem set to ttys2 and have had no problems getting it to work in probably 5 installations of Linux-Mandrake. So I don't know what special instructions could possibly be needed. If you need to move to ttys2 or 3, I would give it a try. Dennis John wrote: It is on com port 4 in windows which is ttys3 in linux I believe. When I query it using KPPP it tells me "Sorry, modem is busy". Of course it also says this for just about every other port as well. I found some documentation on Maximumlinux.com and it mentions that special instructions are required for ttys2 and ttys3. Of course they don't tell you what these instructions are. I am unable to change the com port to 2 as it goes to 4 automatically when it installs (in Windows). I am really stumped here. Any words of advice? Thanks John
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem - Attention Charles A Edwards
5$2f301aa0$76833dd0@quantex Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Craig Sorry for the flare up. The humor just hit me wrong when I read it. Denis replyed to another post that recalled something I had forgotten. Did you set up any kind of network during or after your Mandrake installation. This can cause the behavior we are seeing with your modem Also have you used anything other than kppp to set-up your connection if so it may also be causing a problem. Since we have done what should work but dosn't we now enter the realm of trial, error, and hope. Charles Charles, When doing the Mandrake 7.1 install I answered NO when it wanted to set up local network. No network after either. KPPP is the only thing I have tried to connect with. Thanks Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
one other note, in the setserial nomencalture; instead of "setserial /dev/tty1[etc] or what evwer serial port you are selecting, try "/dev/modem" On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, you wrote: - Original Message - From: "John" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Charles, I followed your instructions for configuring my port. Unfortunately with no success. Found my device just fine using cat tool. It is indeed a Communication controller. :) It is set to IRQ 9.I entered the setserial commands you gave me and after doing so and did a modem query. Now I get "No response from modem" vice "Modem is Busy" reply. So I did some experimenting with the setserial handles. I entered them each one at time, skipped different ones, just about every combo possible(restarting between different patterns). What is happening is I continue to get the busy reply unless I either (1) include skip_test with the autoconfig handle -or- (2) run the autoconfig without the skip_test (still busy) and then do the setserial uart 16550A. Then i get the no response. It seems to me I have isolated the problem to the uart. I can do all the other commands and still get the busy reply, but once I use skip_test or set the uart I get no response. I also tried every different uart setting it would allow me to. No help. I tried the process on ttyS1 as well with same results. What exactly is the uart anyway? I also did less /proc/interrrupts to look at my IRQs and it wasn't listed (9 that is). Where do I go from here? /proc/pci info BUS 0, device 4, function 0: Communication controller: Lucent (ex-Att) Microelectronics L56xMF(rev. 1) Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master capable. No bursts. Max Gnt=252. Max Lat=14 Also, I am running dual boot (grub) WIN98/Mandrake7.1 Athlon600 Help! ) " The Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART) is a component of your computer containing the circuits required for asynchronous serial communication. It lets computers communicate over a simple wire connection. The UART is the most common type of circuit used in personal computer communications. Three types of UARTs - 8250, 16450 and 16550AF - contain a variety of features and operate at different speeds. The 8250 can operate at a maximum speed of 9600 baud. The 16450 can operate at a maximum speed of 19.2k baud. The 16550AF can operate at a maximum speed of 115.2k. Obviously, the other components of the computer and communications configuration will also affect these speeds. Sensormatic recommends using the 16550AF UART, which uses a technique called "First In First Out" (FIFO). An on-board, 16-byte buffer allows the 16550AF to keep communicating even when a multitasking computer turns its attention to other programs. This feature enhances throughput. Note: Your software must enable the in-chip buffer on the 16550AF. Otherwise, the 16550AF will function exactly as a 16450." Is your BIOS set to Non PnP OS? Is Serial Port2 enabled or disabled in your BIOS? Do you have any other serial devices other than a mouse?( Even ps2 mice occupy Serial Port1) When you issued the setserial commands did you use the correct I/O.( It should be the first listed and the same as is used in Windows.) What brand and model modem do you have and is it PCI or ISA? We have now entered the trial and error mode of config. I will give you what help and imput that I can but I can not promise that I can help you solve your problem. Charles
Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem
RE: [newbie] I can't detect my modemIf the rpm will fit on a floppy you can copy it there, and then copy back to your linux partition. If you are using FAT16 or VFAT for windows, or NTFS with an NTFS-read-enabled linux kernel, you can simply mount the windows partition and pull it off directly. Floppy in linux (assuming you formatted the thing in windows): su to root, mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy cd /mnt/floppy cp [rpm-name] /root cd /root rpm -Uvh [rpm-name] For the hard drive partition, you need to know where it is, if it is on the first drive it will be /dev/hdaX where 'X' is the linux ext2 partition number, usually (i believe) 5 or 6. If anyone has a reall quick and easy way of figuring out what partitions reside on an unmounted hard drive, I love to know! Assuming it's /dev/hda6: cd /mnt mkdir /winpart mount -t vfat /dev/dha6 /mnt/winpart cd /mnt/winpart cp [rpm-name] /root cd /root rpm -Uvh [rpm-name] See if that helps. --Greg - Original Message - From: John Well, it seems I've gotten somewhere. It turns out my modem is a winmodem. But fortunately it's also a "linmodem". I went to this website http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html which has a database that tells you whether or not you have a compatible linux modem. Best way to search is by FCC regulation no. which is found physically on your modem. For my modem, I need to install a special RPM driver made by lucent. So I have a new question. I downloaded the file with windows. How do i access the file from linux? Is this possible? Oh, and I haven't a clue how to install it, but my knowledge grows by the hour ). John - Original Message - From: John To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem I've been checking out different web pages for info about modems. The more I look, the less I think this will be an easy fix. sigh. Oh well, time to shut this baby down and get a closer look look at my modem. Will post later or tomorrow. Wish me luck. ) John - Original Message - From: Kandace Little To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Let me know if you get your modem working and what you did to make it work. I have the same problem as well but, when I query ttyS0 it finds it talks to it. Weird is it not :( Stephen - Original Message - From: John To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Thank, Dennis. I'll take a look at that. And all inputs are welcome. The sooner I solve this the happier I'll be. John - Original Message - From: Myers, Dennis R NWO To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 11:44 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Sorry to butt in but I have read that if you have the Network routing daemon running it will interfere with a dialup modem. You might want to check that in Drakconfig. Just a thought. It got me on one install. As soon as I disabled the network routing the modem dialed. Good luck, Dennis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem Charles, I followed your instructions for configuring my port. Unfortunately with no success. Found my device just fine using cat tool. It is indeed a Communication controller. :) It is set to IRQ 9.I entered the setserial commands you gave me and after doing so and did a modem query. Now I get "No response from modem" vice "Modem is Busy" reply. So I did some experimenting with the setserial handles. I entered them each one at time, skipped different ones, just about every combo possible(restarting between different patterns). What is happening is I continue to get the busy reply unless I either (1) include skip_test with the autoconfig handle -or- (2) run the autoconfig without the skip_test (still busy) and then do the setserial uart 16550A. Then i get the no response. It seems to me I have isolated the problem to the uart. I can do all the other commands and still get the busy reply, but once I use skip_test or set the uart I get no response. I also tried every different uart setting it would allow me to. No help. I tried the process on ttyS1 as well with same results. What exactly is the uart anyway? I also did less /proc/interrrupts to look at my IRQs and it wasn't listed (9 that is). Where do I go from here? /proc/pci info BUS 0, device 4, function 0: Communication controller: Lucent (ex-Att) Microelectronics L56xMF(rev. 1) Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master capable. No bursts. Max Gnt=252. Max Lat=14 Also, I am running dual boot (grub) WIN98/Mandrake7.1 Athlon600 Help! ) John Here are my weekly instructions for a PCI modem in Linux.
