OK, I've done some more investigating. The modem is an Intel 536EP which used to be (I think) Conexant. It is a 'Host Assisted Modem' (HaM).
I installed the standard Intel drivers: they came on a CD with the hardware. There is a free driver (open source) and a proprietary driver (binary only). I compiled the source and installed both drivers. I've checked all the diagnostic information output under XP and typed the same commands under Redhat, with basically the same results. In particualr, AT+GCI? gives 09 in both cases (i.e. the modem knows it is in Australia). The results from AT+GCI=? were shorter, perhaps because the Linux driver is a later version than the XP driver. I've also taken the commands from the XP modem log and typed them into minicom. Everything is OK until I do ATDT.... and then under XP I connect and under Redhat I get NO CARRIER I think it's going back at the weekend. Even if there is some way I can get it working in theory, I don't have the time to find out in practice. Regards, Martin On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 14:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Do you know what type of modem it is? Is it a connexant? Check out `cat > /proc/pci` and also under windows... Often internal modems need special > drivers to function under Linux. > Martin Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've now tried all sorts of combinations to no avail.... X1, X2, X3. X4, > all do not work. > > Under XP, I don't need anything -- using Hyperterminal I just say ATDT > <number> and I get my ISP's login prompt. Undex Linux, I say exactly the > same thing to minicom, and I get NO CARRIER. > > Very strange. > > > > =>I've bought myself a Dick Smith internal modem, which they > > > > =>claim works with Linux (there's a little Tux on the packaging). > > > > => > > > > =>It works fine with XP. > > > > => > > > > =>I've installed the Linux driver that comes with the modem. > > > > =>This talks to the modem, but all it comes up with is "NO CARRIER". > > > > > > > > Try slipping an "X3" into the init string (or the dial string, > doesn't > > > > really matter which. That tells the modem to not wait for a carrier. > X4 > > > > will do a "blind dial", which you don't want, as X3 waits for about > 1 > > > > second before dialing. > > > > > > > > X0 is "no dial without carrier" and X1 I forget. > > > > me previously: > > > > > X3 doesn't make any difference. Still "NO CARRIER". > > > > > > I'm not sure if it is dialling properly. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
