On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:03:11 +1300 Andy Leach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's a Lucent/Agere winmodem, I don't know on the driver as SuSE did > such an easy install I didn't bother to look.... Is there somewhere I > can look to get this? > Yes there was a kernel upgrade, the only warning I saw on it was to run > lilo before rebooting, but I am using grub - the default - so didn't bother. what are/were the previous and current kernel versions. and check that the new one IS in fact running with uname -r thanks. > > thanks Nick > > Nick Rout wrote: > > >what is the modem? > >ie what driver was it using before it stopped working? > >also, was there any kernel upgrade done? > >On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:53:10 +1300 > >Andy Leach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hi All, > >> > >> I am running SUSE 9.1 and until yesterday my winmodem was working > >>fine,.overnight I ran YaST which failed part way through due to a > >>dropped connection. I then installed the packages that it had > >>downloaded, planning to pick up the rest tonight/tomorrow etc. Great, > >>except that I can no longer dial out. > >> > >>My findings are - > >> - KInternet will no longer dial and but does not throw any > >>errors and I have looked at tail -f /var/local/messages without seeing > >>anything that looked like an error. > >> - kppp says it cannot open the modem but gives no hint as to why > >> - I removed the modem using YaST and added it again with no > >>effect. I removed it with YaST, rebooted and added it again, also with > >>no effect > >> - the modem is still working fine under windows > >> > >>I have tried to google for an answer but am probably asking the wrong > >>question as I have also tried > >> chmod o+rx /dev/ttyLT0 without effect > >> > >>The only other error I have is that "/etc/resolv.conf does not exist" > >>but I don't know if this is relevant! > >> > >>Any hints, pointers of where to look or outright solutions gratefully > >>received, > >>many thanks, > >>Andy > >> > >> > > > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
