>> Okay, I'm done
> Almost
>If you want to use your serial port on the back of your computer, just set
>the serial enabled, then do 'rm /dev/modem' and 'ls -s /dev/cua1
Whoops, I think Peter Bailey meant "ln -s /dev/cua1" (link command, not
the list command).
>/dev/modem' and I'm almost sure(heh, almost, I know so little about your
>computer) that will work.
> Okay, NOW I'm really done
> ----------
> From: Peter Bailey[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 2:55 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: I7k: Win98 messed up my modem card setting
>
>
>
> On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Peter Bailey wrote:
>
> > Woo.. hold up. PCMCIA cards don't use the bios serial setting.
> > I'm not sure at all why that would do anything except maybe that when
> you
> > had serial enabled in the bios, it assigned the serial connector on the
> > back of the computer to cua0 regardless of anything plugged in. Then
> when
> > you plugged the modem card in, it assigned it to cua1, but when it was
> on
> > auto and nothing was in the plug, it assigned modem to cua0. I'm
> willing
> > to bet that if you set it to serial disabled, it will work fine. That
> > will exclude you from using that serial connector on the back of the
> > computer though. It's also possible that win98 will just use your
> serial
> > port anyway. That should be fine. Now that I think about it though, it
> > might not make any difference. Try it though. Come to think of it even
> > more it really makes no sense unless your card services is old and
> doesn't
> > realize your card is a modem. Maybe if it's a combo card? Card
> services
> > should make a link from /dev/cua[modem] to /dev/modem. Mine is linked
> to
> > /dev/cua1 because I have my serial port enabled and a mouse plugged in.
> > There's maybe a workaround there if that's the problem. Try soft
> linking
> > /dev/cua1 /dev/modem, see if that works, then try /dev/cua0 /dev/modem
> and
> > see if that works. If that's the case, go download the newest
> > cardservices and compile the beast. That should clear it up.
> > It sure would be a hell of a lot easier just have responses to
> > these questions because I'm going off on every tangent I can think of.
> > Anyway, if none of that works, let us know what serial port it's on, if
> > it's a warm boot only thing of if after installing things in windows it
> > takes over from cold boot. When does it work? If it does work in Linux
> > at all go type cardctl config and check the irq it's running on. Then
> go
> > to when it doesn't work and check the irq. If they are different it's a
> > warm boot only condition and you'll just have to rid your computer of
> > win98 alltogether. I imagine that with a laptop there's not much
> turning
> > off that goes on anyway(at least for me, of course all I'm running is
> > linux), but still it seems like you probably just warm boot a lot right?
> > Okay, I'm done
> Almost
> If you want to use your serial port on the back of your computer, just set
> the serial enabled, then do 'rm /dev/modem' and 'ls -s /dev/cua1
> /dev/modem' and I'm almost sure(heh, almost, I know so little about your
> computer) that will work.
> Okay, NOW I'm really done
>
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Lee Ko wrote:
> >
> > > I installed TurboLinux on my I7k with a 3Com PCMCIA modem some time
> > > ago.
> > > At first, Linux could not see the modem. Then I changed the bios
> serial
> > > port
> > > setting from "enabled" to "auto", then the modem worked fine on both
> > > Linux
> > > and Win98. Later, I tried out connecting the system, under Win98, to
> > > several
> > > external stuffs, monitor, mouse and printer. Afterward, Linux could
> not
> > > see
> > > the modem again. Anyone knowledgeable enough to know what might have
> > > happened
> > > and how to fix it?
> > >
> > > Lee Ko
> > >
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