Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -----Original Message----- From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 7:52 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] PCI Blues (NIC, Modem) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of - Ron - > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 11:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] PCI Blues (NIC, Modem) > > > Hi everyone.. > > 1. I just installed a LinkSys Fast Eithernet 10/100 PCI card. > I believe it > uses the 'tulip' driver? I tried to install the latest driver from > 'netdriver-2.1.src.rpm' . I received the 'already installed > note' The NIC is > not recognised in the HW cfg, or by probing. Any thoughts?? What version # is the card. What values does cat proc/PCI give for the card. Verify that the card is not sharing an IRQ with any other device on your system, if it is it will not work. > > 2. I have a GVC Mod V1456 VQH-R3 56k Hardware modem (PCI) which IS > shown correctly by the HW config. I set /dev/modem to ttyS4 > (Com 5) which it > is as I have 4 com ports in the system. I used setserial to > the port number > etc and kppp still can't find it. Meanwhile I'm using an > external modem, but > would like to get the internal working. All PCI modems, even though they may show in Windows as Com 5, in Linux should be set as ttyS3. You will need to reissue the setserial commands using that value and it you have already edited your rc.d directory also change the value there Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
