If I deactivate the eth0 and both the modem and the NIC are on the same IRQ, will I
still have a conflict??
IRQ is a bus right???
Gevaerts Frank wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, John Starkey wrote:
>
> > > What type and make/model is the modem.
> >
> > It's a Gateway Telepath 33.6
> >
> > > If its a pci device
> >
> > ISA
> >
> > > You have been told how to use setserial to look for it as well.
> >
> > [root@ /root]# setserial -g /dev/ttyS* |grep -v unknown
> > /dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
>
> Be careful, the detected IRQ is the default one. Serial IRQs are NOT
> probed. If your hardware uses a different IRQ, it will NOT work. I seem to
> remember (can be wrong) that older kernels might have autodetected the
> IRQ, which could explain RH4.2 working, but I can be dreaming this.
>
> Frank
>
> >
> > > About that script, i have one started, it works but i want to see what some
> > > others think of the idea before i put it in a place whre you all can get at
> > > it.
> >
> > Ok..... good luck. I'm not a complete idiot. Must look that way. If I knew the
> > sequence of events between wanting to connect to the net (which commands to use)
> > and getting a dial tone I'd probably be able to troubleshoot it. But this stuff is
> > too scattered. I still don't see any definitive pattern in this event (for lack
> > of).
> >
> > > Lik i said before, if as you say it worked with 4.2 then it _will_ work
> > > with 6.0.
> >
> > That's why I can't give up on this.
> >
> > Now, btw, I have a machine that won't even load X. But I don't want X or even Linux
> > on it. It's gonna be my ddreaded cause-I-hafta machine for school.
> >
> > But that is why I am unable to compare what I did in 4.2 to what's happening here.
> > I could spend another 4 hours force feeding 4.2 into this machine and loading 6.1
> > in the other. But it would screw up the we are taking. But that is an option
> > when/if you guys think I should.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > John
> > > --
> > > Regards Richard
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/
> > > Merry Xmas.
> >
> >
>
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