clifford smith wrote:
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> Faisal Naeem wrote:
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> > i used to use my pnp modem in slackware 3.3
> > i used to compile it in ( by adding a tool called pnp for kernel ,
> > helped my creative soundblaster and usr 33.6)
> > but now that i have switched to redhat the compilation was done as usual
> >
> > but
> > i cant dial using /etc/ppp/ppp-on
> >
> > minicom detects my modem dials it
> > but ppp-on dives the error ( in connect -errors)
> > that ppp-on-dialer cant be found which is there in /etc/ppp
> > and the mode on it is also 777 so that is not a problem
> > but now i am at my wits end
> > any clues tips etc
> > does anyone have any ideas
> >
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> I went through the same crap with a different modem and replaced it three
> times with identical p'n'p cheapo modems.....last night I went and got myself
> a US Robotics external 56k and I plugged and it played out of the box. No
> hesitation, no mystery irq garbage to sort and, in short, go get one...
> ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES....You think I would have learned my lesson three years
> ago when I spent a fortune on a USR 14.4 and it still works in
> emergencies....(emphasis on still works....)
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I have a usr 33.6 :(
thats the one screwing me
last think i can do is go to non-pnp
but i want to use it as pnp
cos i have done so in slackware
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