On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, you wrote:
> Does anyone know how to get a PCI modem to work with Mandrake? I have a
> USR PCI modem, but I can't seem to get it to work correctly. Whenever I
> try to use the /dev/ttyS3 (the device that it should be) I get a "Modem
> is busy" error message. Any hints?
>
> TIA,
>
> Ron
> ./.
Ron,
It sounds like it could be an IRQ conflict with COM2. /dev/ttyS3 corresponds
to COM4, and COM2 shares the IRQ of COM4. If you can, try switching your
modem to use COM3 (/dev/ttyS2). See if that helps.