Linux-Hardware Digest #489, Volume #10 Mon, 14 Jun 99 19:14:03 EDT
Contents:
Problems with ASUS P5A (Bernat Ginard)
Re: Rockwell V.90 K56Flex Data, Fax, Speakerphone PCI Modem
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Ghost linux disk/partition (nathaniel eccs)
Re: <Q>Logitech bus mice setup (Tim Haynes)
Re: Dual Celerons, is it possible? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Lockups during mp3 ripping... (David Fox)
Re: Matrox Millenium II and XF86 probs (Kevin)
Rage IIc Vid. Crd. ("Mike Schmidt")
wanted vme card ("���Ϳ�")
swap part. on multi SCSI-HDs - but EIDE? (Heinrich Wolf)
Re: making linux go away (Luke Scharf)
Re: Remote Printing Problem (Zoran Cutura)
Re: how to compile c/c++ in linux (Zoran Cutura)
Re: Multi-Channel RAID Controller for Linux (Chris Mauritz)
Re: how's this for a cheap webserver? (Chuck Frost)
Re: Socket 370 & Linux? (Rod Roark)
Re: Socket 370 & Linux? (Greg Yantz)
ISDN recommendations (and external ISDN adapter question) (Dan Moore)
Re: Linux Backup Solution. (":)")
Re: Processor temp on ASUS P2B/P5A (Timothy Murphy)
Re: Dual celeron (Tmack)
Re: making linux go away (Stewart Honsberger)
Re: How do you know if you have a WinModem? (Curley)
Re: Xircom PCMCIA card problem (Erik Rossen)
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From: Bernat Ginard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with ASUS P5A
Date: 14 Jun 1999 09:12:26 GMT
Hello,
I have a motherboard ASUS P5A with chipset alim1543c and a hard disk
Western Digital 310100. I'm working with linux 2.2.9 with the patch
2.2.9.uniform-ide-6.19.kilo.patch and hdparm-3.5 with the patch
hdparm-i3.5 from http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma,
but I'm unable to activate the UDMA, I've tried to pass the ide0=dma
parameter to the kernel at boot time, but it doesn't work too.
When I try to activate with hdparm -d1 /dev/hda it complains with
HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
what I'm doing bad?
Thanks in advance
_______________________________________________________________
Bernat Ginard
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kaos.es
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Rockwell V.90 K56Flex Data, Fax, Speakerphone PCI Modem
Date: 14 Jun 1999 10:33:17 +0100
Richard Natal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just tow questions.....
> -How can I do my Rockwell V.90 K56Flex Data, Fax, Speakerphone PCI Modem run
> under Linux ???
You probably can't.
99% of all PCI modems are so-called winmodems, that is all the work is done
in the Windows-only driver. No info is available to write such a driver for
Linux, hence they won't work.
Check http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html for more info.
> -Where can I find drivers about my modem ???(for linux of course)
See above.
--
Alain Borel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (nathaniel eccs)
Subject: Ghost linux disk/partition
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 19:52:20 GMT
Is it possible to use Symantec's Ghost program to dupe a linux hdd? I
wanna upgrade to scsi.
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From: Tim Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: <Q>Logitech bus mice setup
Date: 14 Jun 1999 21:06:32 -0000
On 10 Jun 1999 11:24:33 GMT, "Duncan Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> doodled
in uk.comp.os.linux:
>>I tried to use Logitech bus mice on my Linux PC. I used to have serial mouse
>>and it works fine in X Window. The port I used is /dev/mouse->/dev/ttyS1. I
>>tried and this port didnt work out. I want to know what's the correct dev
>>port I should use for Logitech bus mice. Thanks
> I have suich a mouse (3 buttons, with tail). Bus since are not serial
> mice so /dev/ttyS1 is your problem. You need a kernel with bus mouse
> support (modarised or compiled in). I have not got a system in front
> of me to refer to but I think the right device is /dev/psaux (MAKEDEV
> should knows the right numbers if you do not have it---I personally
> use a kernel with the devfs patch applied).
FWIW I'm a very content logitech wheely-rat (cordless mouse) user... and it
seems /dev/psaux is correct :)
~Tim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dual Celerons, is it possible?
Date: 14 Jun 1999 09:13:30 GMT
Tony Enriquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Are there motherboards that support dual celeron processors? Is this even
: possible?
There exists a dual socket 370 mainboard:
http://www.abit.com.tw/english/index.htm
but as intel never
documented SMP for celeron, this feature may disapear with
new charges without notice ...
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From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Subject: Re: Lockups during mp3 ripping...
Date: 13 Jun 1999 06:36:16 -0700
I've had similar problems in the past, what kernel are you running?
root@subzero (root) writes:
> Hello Everybody,
>
> Whenever I rip CDs on my server my system locks. I have to hit the reset
> (Ctrl-alt-del doesn't work). I have a P120, 32mg ram, 4x ide cdrom, and
> 6.4G Quantum bigfoot drive. I use Ripenc (frontend), cdparanoia 9.5
> (ripper), Bladeenc .076 (encoder), and XMCD (cdda lookup). I suspect the
> quantum drive since I have heard about problems with it in the past (except
> I haven't had any till now).
>
> I run this machine 24x7 as my cable modem firewall and the only lockups are
> if I try to rip a CD.
>
> FWIW, besides the above specs I also have an adaptec 1502 SCSI card (and
> microtek scanner), soundblaster pro, two Addtron ISA nics, and a Ditto easy
> tape backup drive).
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin)
Subject: Re: Matrox Millenium II and XF86 probs
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 20:18:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 07:50:54 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I can't speak for your monitor but I use a Millenium II and my best
>suggestion is to run XF86Setup and select the Millenium II from the
>video card menu and select one of the generic type monitors from the
>monitors section.
>
Thanks, I'll try that bit about the monitor, I havn't tried one of the
generic monitors, always just typed in the values specified in my
monitors hand book.
If it works I'll come back and say so.
Thanks,
Kevin.
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From: "Mike Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Rage IIc Vid. Crd.
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:07:12 -0700
Which distributions will support an ATI Rage IIc AGP Graphics Card?
Thanks. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "���Ϳ�" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: wanted vme card
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:23:25 +0900
Hello .
I want vme cards
bellows
ENP10 manufactured by C.M.S.
TSVME 603.1 manufactured by THEMIS
please mail to me with stocks, and a price list
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From: Heinrich Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: swap part. on multi SCSI-HDs - but EIDE?
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 19:51:28 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've read a precise argumentation f�r swap partitions on more than one
SCSI harddisks. Does this apply to EIDE too?
Heinrich Wolf
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From: Luke Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 16:59:09 -0400
If you have a DOS boot disk with fdisk on it:
1. boot off of it
2. If you have another OS
a. run fdisk
b. Set the active partition to be that of your OS
3. run
"fdisk /mbr" -- this is a nice undocumented feature of fdisk that will
rewrite your master boot record.
Learning Unix is a pain... Better luck next time!
-Luke
John Sowden wrote:
>
> I read the responses, just flames. The problem is you are asking a valid
> question. I also need to know how to remove Linux from a hard drive, as I
> am installing a new copy (caldera) and it doen't discuss in the newbie part
> about installing over an existing linux os.
>
> Can someone please take our requests seriously.
>
> adam howard wrote in message <7iv13k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >talk about a waste of bandwidth....do we really need a few dozen people to
> >give the same answer?
> >
> >
> >> How do I get rid of Linux in the boot sector (I guess that's where it
> >> is) once and for all?
> >
> >
> >
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From: Zoran Cutura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remote Printing Problem
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:24:10 +0000
"R.H." wrote:
>
> I can't seem to get my Linksys EPSX3 printserver to work with Linux.
> I have both Caldera 1.3 and Suse 6.1. Both of them will print the
> first page and then stop and leave the rest of the data in the
> printer. Then I have to unplug the printer to clear it. Is there
> anyone who knows how to get this printserver to work with a HPL5extra
> printer. Also, does anyone know what printer switches will work with
> Linux. Will an autoswitch work? They include software so I am
> doubtful that they will work. I am looking for a manual Bi-Tronics
> autoswitch with 4 ports. Anyhelp would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Roger
>
> If you could , email me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
First of, please don't use HTML to post to usenet! All post in usenet
should contain pure text! (most users do not use Netscape or any HTML-
capable browser for news)
Your printbox question:
any box that uses lpr as printer-deamon can be used from a Linux/Unix
box as remote-printer!
bye
Zoran
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will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a
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From: Zoran Cutura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to compile c/c++ in linux
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:26:47 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> Please someone explain what kind
> of commands i have to use to
> compile a c/c++ program in linux?.
> what should be the program name
> prefixes in c and c++ in linux?.
>
> please email your reponses to:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
consider to read the manuals of gcc (egcs) and g++
bye
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_/ _/ 71059 Sindelfingen, Germany,
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From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multi-Channel RAID Controller for Linux
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 21:14:56 GMT
Brad Felmey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 18:39:19 -0700, "JANA" <nest(nospam)@cts.com>
> posted:
>>I'm building a dual-processor workstation on which I'll dual-boot NT and
>>some form of Linux, at least until I'm comfortable enough with Linux to dump
>>NT. What I'm looking for is a multi-channel(U2W-LVD) RAID controller that
>>will support both NT and Linux. It seems that ICP-Vortex has an excellent
>>line of controllers that would work perfectly with Linux, except that they
>>are about twice as expensive as Adaptec's. Mylex seems to also have a good
>>piece of equipment in their ExtremeRAID offering, again much more expensive
>>than Adaptec's. Since I'm not going to be concerned with data security, I
>>probably don't need an extremely powerful RISC processor doing parity
>>calculations, just independent channels and the ability to stripe volumes in
>>hardware. Does anybody know if there is the possibility of driver support
>>coming eventually from Adaptec? They specifically state that they only
>>support the major commercial[expensive :( ] versions of Unix. Are there any
>>other high performance multi-channel U2W RAID controllers that are supported
>>by Linux and that are affordable? Thanks for the help.
> http://www.dpt.com/
Or if you want something that works at greater than a snail's pace, try
www.icp-vortex.com. I've also had good luck with the Compaq 2SL and
2DH cards on rackmount Proliant servers.
C
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Christopher Mauritz
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From: Chuck Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how's this for a cheap webserver?
Date: 14 Jun 1999 21:30:46 GMT
--- (snip ) ---
>
> The Celeron is *not* a socket 7 processor. For a Celeron, you need a
> Pentium II class motherboard..
I use the Asus P5A (ATX) and P5A-B (baby AT version) all of the time. You
can't use a Celeron on the P5A boards, but if you were looking to go
economy, get an AMD K6-2. The 300 and 350's are very cheap now.
--- (snip) ---
>
> Not a great board -- look for either a 3com 3c905 board, or one based on
> the DEC Tulip chipset.
I agree - the DEC chipset (tulip driver) has always done me well. In
particular, I love the Netgear FA310 cards. 10/100 full/half with 5 LEDs.
Going rate is about ~$15 - ~$30 bucks for them, (much cheaper than the good
3Com or Intel cards!).
I've built a few webservers with Asus boards, Netgear cards and AMD K6-2's
, and I've always been supprised by their performance.
-Matt "Chuck Frost" Cuttler
===
>
> >CD-ROM ($40)
> >SAMSUNG:SCR-3232 32X IDE INTERNAL CD-ROM 80MS 128K
>
> Heck, it's just a CD-ROM.. That's OK I guess..
>
> >keyboard ($15)
> >KEYTRONIC:REGPS2 WIN 95 KEYBOARD W/ PS/2 CONNECTOR SOFT TOUCH
>
> OK.
>
> >not getting a monitor
>
> You also need a video board if you don't already have one as well..
>
> >total cost: $582
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Socket 370 & Linux?
Date: 14 Jun 1999 21:57:26 GMT
John Hong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone running Linux off of a socket 370 motherboard yet? If so,
>which one and how well is it running?
No problem with the AOpem MX3L. This has on-board audio which is
supported via the ALSA drivers.
-- Rod
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From: Greg Yantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Socket 370 & Linux?
Date: 14 Jun 1999 18:21:43 -0400
Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Anyone running Linux off of a socket 370 motherboard yet? If so,
> >which one and how well is it running?
I have a BM6 and a 300A running @450. Works like a charm. Highly
recommended.
-Greg
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From: Dan Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISDN recommendations (and external ISDN adapter question)
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 20:26:53 GMT
Greetings,
Can someone recommend a solution which you have seen or heard of working
for connection two Linux machines using ISDN? From what I've seen,
these are the options:
1. Internal adapters. Those which are supported by the kernel are all
very expensive (or only usable or available in Europe). Does anyone
know where to find cheaper (< $300.00) adapters which would work with
linux?
2. External "ISDN modems". I've been trying to get an Ascend Pipeline
15 to work with it's similar 3Com counterpart for some time now, with no
luck in getting channel bonding working (even under Windows). Has
anyone had success with any of these types of adapters?
3. ISDN routers. Way too expensive ;)
Thanks!
[please send me a copy of your reply via e-mail, if convienent]
Dan Moore
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From: ":)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Backup Solution.
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:09:16 -0700
Marc Mutz wrote:
> Greg de Freitas wrote:
> >
> > Marc Mutz wrote:
> >
> > o Cheap these days, buy two!.
> > o On-line access to backed-up data!.
> > o Fast backup!.
> > o Use some of it for swap!
> > o Set the root f/s up in lilo.conf, = emergency boot!
> > (only need to change
> > /backupdisk-mnt-pnt/etc/fstab afterwards)!
> > o Bootable backup is better than _NO_ backup!
> Don't do that if you really mean to *backup* you data. Any wild app that
> has root permissions will be able to write to the second HD, even if not
> mounted. Not to speak about fire or coffee spilled all over the box...
> For a *backup* you should use something, with which you can do the
> following:
> 1.) Store the media far away from the location of the computer,
> 2.) Backup incrementally, i.e. everyday what has changed, w/o (!)
> overwriting the perviously stored file. The reason for this is that you
> might want to access older files than the ones last backed up, because
> you did not reconginze there was an error present in one of them when
> you last backed up.
>
> So tapes are the only reasonable alternative, be it DAT or something
> else.
>
> Marc
I back everything up to a CD-RW.
How about using one of those HDD draw? Those hot swap type?
Alex Lam.
e mail: lamalexATjunoDOTcom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Murphy)
Subject: Re: Processor temp on ASUS P2B/P5A
Date: 14 Jun 1999 22:57:27 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Neill) writes:
>>Modern ASUS motherboards have a chip that reads the CPU temperature and
>>fan rotation speed. Does anybody know to use this under Linux?
>A program called lm_sensors, version 2.2.2 output:
Is this a linux program?
If so, where can one find it?
--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tel: +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tmack)
Subject: Re: Dual celeron
Date: 14 Jun 1999 21:45:27 GMT
In article <376962ee.30486433@news>, Stuart Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I read on the Web somewhere today that dual Celeron's need all kinds
>of jumpers, drilling the motherboard etc. I don't think most people
>are willing to do that versus going out and buying a uni-P2 system.
That was only for the SEPP (slot1) celerons. It involved a little
soldering, and drilling out a pin from the cpu. The new ppga (socket370)
cel's can be easily put into "slockets" requiring little or no
modification, then fit into a dual slot1 board. I have built 2 such
systems, both running 300a's at 450, 2.2v no problem.
>BTW, what software can you run that takes advantage of the
>multi-threading capabilities of Linux? I am currently on M$ systems,
>but contemplating buying a dual-non-overclock system
GCC uses multiple threads, Im not sure what else can. Even so, you will
notice performance gain as tasks are divided amongst the cpus. ie: run 2
instances of gimp, each gets its own CPU. In the M$ world, only NT can use
more than 1 cpu, and then usually only high end software can take use of
it, like 3d studio. RC5 can use all the cpu's in a system on any OS that
supports the cpu's, keyrates double when the second cpu is added. And for
$60/cpu+$13/slocket... $143 for both cpu's, add a dual BX board, $170..
thats $313, p2-300s are about $125 now, thats $250 for the 2cpus. OC the
celerons to 450... one p2-450 still goes for about $245.
Tmack
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:04:42 GMT
On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:37:30 -0700, John Sowden wrote:
>I read the responses, just flames. The problem is you are asking a valid
>question. I also need to know how to remove Linux from a hard drive, as I
>am installing a new copy (caldera) and it doen't discuss in the newbie part
>about installing over an existing linux os.
What, exactly, do you need to do?
Removing Linux is just the same as removing any other OS. If you've
installed LILO to the MBR, boot to another OS and "fdisk /mbr". After that,
you can format the partition to another FS type, delete and re-create the
partition (FDisk, Partition Magic, etc..), or just tell the other distro of
Linux you're installing that you do, in fact, want to format the partition.
When installing SuSE 6.0 while I had 5.2 installed, it asked me if I'd like
to abort, upgrade the existing installation, or format the partition and
start from scratch.
Most OS's (WinDOS excluded "Please wait while I format your hard drive..")
will confirm.
--
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Humming along under SuSE Linux 6.0 / OS/2 Warp 4
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Curley)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How do you know if you have a WinModem?
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 15:49:56 GMT
On Wed, 09 Jun 1999 15:10:27 +0000, Skaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
scribbled:
>> >>Yes, yours is a winmodem, too. The 16550AN response you are getting is
>> an
>> >>emulated UART, not a real UART. Software modems are incomplete without
>> >>their "modem emulation" software,
>
>16550AN doesn't mean emulated modem.
>but I found a rather good way, on a compaq presario laptop.
<snip>
Another good way to determine if your modem is a "winmodem" is to boot
up to dos (not dos inside windows), then try some sort of dos
internet program, or something that uses the modem in dos (you might
have to download something). If the modem works under "pure" dos,
it's not a Winmodem.
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From: Erik Rossen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Xircom PCMCIA card problem
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:46:26 +0200
>In article <7j63qj$ctv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "news.netvision.net.il" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hello!
>> I've got Compaq Armada 1700 laptop running Suse 6.1
>> I've got Xircom CEM 100/56 PCMCIA card recognized and working as
>> a netwotk card, also I can see xirc2ps_cs module is loaded and
>> /var/run/stab
>> shows modem is recognized on /dev/ttyS3 so my /dev/modem is linked to
>it,
>> but I cann't communicate with modem i.e. when I run micom it simply
>got
>> stuck.
>> Any help will be greatly appreciated
>> Thanks in advance
>> Elya Guyer
You too, huh? I've got exactly the same problem (same hardware, same
software) and I've been busting my brains out all morning searching for
a
fix. The solution seems to involve patching serial.c in the 2.2
kernel, but there is a kludgy work-around if you are satified to use the
modem and ethernet seperately.
The following is a quote from a message that I found at the Linux-Xircom
support group at:
http://hyper.stanford.edu/HyperNews/get/pcmcia/xircom.html
Running SuSE 6.1 on a HP Omnibook 4150
I can use the Xircom CEM56 modem/eth10/100 card.
With the initial setup I can load network fine,
but the serial stuff (modem) won't work.
But if I disable the modem part in /etc/pcmcia/config, like this:
card "Xircom CEM56 Ethernet/Modem Card"
version "Xircom", "*", "CEM56"
# bind "xirc2ps_cs", "serial_cs"
bind "serial_cs"
modem works just fine, but of course ethernet doesn't ...
The details of the kernel patch are somewhere in the last 20 messages or
so... I haven't tried it yet, but the kludge DOES manage to get the
modem
working.
Erik Rossen
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