Even though the Linux end of this is my weak point, I'll take a crack at the probable hardware problem...
Assuming that you are working with a modern motherboard, you should have "PNP OS" set to "off" in your BIOS, allowing the BIOS to set the the IRQs for the PCI (and AGP) slots, not the operatiing system (OS). If you do have an AGP slot and are using it for your video card, it is extremely important that you are not using the PCI slot adjacent to it, as well; they are shared slots. With that said, each slot is assigned an IRQ from the BIOS under this conditon. Try moving your modem to the last available PCI slot, the one closest to the 1st ISA slot. This is usually assigned something like IRQ 9. It is true that some cards will default to a mfg. suggested IRQ, but "usually" Windows or slot placement will alter it to suit the needs of the user. Keep in mind that you may have to juggle all of your PCI cards around to get the right combination that works for you. Watch at boot-up for the quick recap of all the devices found and IRQs assigned to found PNP cards. Hit tyhe pause key (I think..I always get this one mixed up with the SysRq key...) when the screen comes up top freeze it. If you are using a PC that doesn't show this to you on boot-up, see if you have a BIOS choice that asked whether you want a Quit Boot-up, or something like that. Change this to 'No' and you will get the whole nine yards. Alternately, if your sound card is NOT PNP, you may be able to reassign its IRQs to avoid IRQs 11. It may be easier to assigned new settings for the modem through 'sndconfig' (if it allows for software programming) than to get a pesky free IRQ for the modem through slot placement. You will need to see which workds best for you. Linux is new to me...the problem, unfortunately, is 'old hat' in the Windows environment. 'PNP' can truly be 'Plug and Pray', regardless of the OS! ;-) Hope this helps. T Gary Armstrong wrote: > Keith; > > I have USR 5610 internal and I'm having trouble getting it going. Kppp > sees it but reports that it won't respond when attempting a query. I'm > new to Linux(2 days) but here's what I've been able to glimmer from the > docs and poking around. > > Lspci -vv shows it at IRQ11 and d000. I take it this is a good sign, but > I notice that an audio controller is also on IRQ11. Is this a problem or > is this an example of IRQ sharing? > > The docs suggest running setserial. "Find / -print | grep -I setserial" > states no such animal. The docs further suggest, I might need to > re-compile the kernel with the serial module. Before I go through this, > can anyone tell me if I'm on the correct path? > > This seems like tough sledding to put a newbie through. If I'm correct, > I'll probably follow with module/kernel questions. > > TIA > Gary > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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