Thank you Joeb!
I tried boot linux with acpi=off and modem worked!!!
With pci=noacpi => modem didn't work.
Hope your tip works for me. I try it latter at home.
BTW, if I put insmod at, e.g., /etc/rc.local it should start modem
modules automatically, shouldn't it?
Moreover, I installed pctel stuff compiled by my own in MDK 9.0
and it worked without problems. Apparently, same happened to MKD 9.1, I
can even see them with lsmod and link appears at /dev/modem.
Thus, I still believe it is a ACPI issue but I'll try your
formula.
On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Joeb wrote:
> Your pctel modem will still work, but it won't be automatic. This is
> because when you insmod it (or it is done through modules.conf), the
> kernel thinks it was compiled with gcc 2.x and refuses to insert it
> (Mandrake definitely is using gcc 3.2.2). I've looked through the
> code for the modem, but haven't been able to determine where the
> problem is. It appears to not be in the .c code but in an assembler
> module.
>
> Anyway, to get it to work, you will manually need to open a terminal
> window and as root (su) type: insmod -f pctel followed by an insmod
> -f ptserial. That will insert both of them with some errors about a
> tainted kernel, but they will work after that. The only down side is
> that you will need to do this each time you reboot.
>
> Jan's pctel website has a section in one of the FAQs that talk about
> doing this (Redhat 8.0 and 9 have the same problem). Hopefully, there
> will be a new version of the driver that fixes the problem (anyone
> reading this know how to get insmod or the kernel to ignore the
> compiler check?).
Cheers,
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Alan Wilter S. da Silva
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Laborat�rio de F�sica Biol�gica
Instituto de Biof�sica Carlos Chagas Filho
Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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