On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:37:46 +1200 InfoHelp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe let SuSE have a go at it? > > - The test box I had for Fest had that modem/OS, & went fine > (& I've been told there's a problem with ltmodem under Mdk10). where is this info please, it needs evaluation. > > Make partition space free for SuSE install. > Test all apps incl cam. > Delete Mdk if no longer needed. > well its an idea, but I am not sure why suse would do any differently. > hth > > Rik > > Nick Rout wrote: > > >I helped (or maybe hindered) with a computer last nght.. Basically we > >got an ltmodem (Agere/Lucent) going on a mandrake box with kernel > >2.6.3-15mdk. The MB appears to be via chipset, I'd say 3-4 years old > >(CPU is Athlon 1000 or 1100 from memory) > > > >The modem connected ok, but when we started any serious surfing (read > >clicking beyond about a google search) the computer froze hard, i mean > >no mouse movement, no response from the keyboard, screen frozen, no > >ability to switch to console, push the reset button frozen. > > > >I suspected IRQ problems, and discovered that both USB and the LTmodem > >were sharing IRQ5. Now I understood that modern computers can share > >irq's, but maybe there are exceptions. As the USB didn't seem to work > >well when the modem driver was loaded I think this could well be the > >right track. > > > >In the bios (and i am nervous about changing this sort of setting) it is > >set up to auto allocate (is that the right expression) all irq's. There > >is a facility to "reserve" irq's. There is a separate facilty to > >allocate an irq to usb, although not a specific IRQ number, just > >allocate or not allocate. > > > >Can anyone point me to the right resolution here? I suspect I should go > >into the bios and set it to "reserve" IRQ5 so that it does not get > >automatically allocated to USB, and is available for LTmodem to grab. > >However I have never played with this stuff in the bios much and I am > >not 100% aware of the implications. Certainly turning off USB altogether > >is not an option for these people as they have a USB digicam. > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
