Hello
I have been using Slackware for some time now, got a Mandrake 6.1 dist with
a programming book (GNU C++ for Linux, by Tom Swan). It looked pretty good
so I tried it,
all was well until I tried to use sound and modem. They are both pnp. I've
set them up before
without problem, but now if I try to use them I get a busy notice. I've
checked /proc and made
sure that the io and irq's are not used, and I've tried using minicom with
the modem to make sure
it wasn't an X problem. But minicom just tells me that I'm online already
(I'm not) and
kppp says that the modem is busy? All I can think of is that it must be in
the startup
scripts somewhere and since I came from slackware, Mandrake's startup stuff
is different and I
haven't figured it out yet. I did managed to screw-up my ptys though, system
says it cannot open master side of pty. I really would like to keep this
dist on as it has many more featuers
than the slackware 4.0 that I have. Can anyone help with this?
Thanks Dennis
P.S I used to use configuration manager for pnp. Its a kernel patch that
puts a dir in proc /proc/cm. I could then enable my pnp modem for instance
by putting a simple
line in my rc.local script ie. echo d serial,gvc1601 a 2 >/proc/cm/conf .
This patch
was by David Howells I belive. I haven't been able to find it again and all
I have left in a
diskette with a 2.0 something kernel on it. It boots nicely but still
getthat device busy with mandrake installed!
Does anyone know where I can find the current patch? It used to be
??.helmet.???.???, Please don't respond with the pnp stuff included with the
kernel source(it sucks).
