I am a newbie also and face similar modem problem. I solved my by
purchasing the 56K Internal Call Waiting Modem from Actiontec (I do not
remember the number), it has drivers for linux in there. This is the actual
instructions I had to write as root to enable my modem:
Step A. cat /proc/pci
This will produce lines of outcome that begin with
something like:
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x0000000.
This may vary on your pc.
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Medium devsel. Fast back-toback capable. IRQ 11.
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I/O at 0x6400.
I/O at 0x6800 The port and irq might be different on your pc.
I/O at 0x6c00
Step B. Pay attention to the IRQ, and First I/O address and type in the
following command:
setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A port 0x6400 irq 11 my system required
/dev/ttyS0, you may try that also.
Step C. In order for Linux to configure the modem at boot-up, head to I had
to head to /etc/rc.d/ directory and usuing a text editor, I edited
the rc.local file and inserted: setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A port
0x6400 irq 11
This worked for my modem on my system. I don't know how these things work
but if you want to try this, you can first post this info and see if anyone
would know if might help.
Good Luck.
Foyah
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Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.0 Problem...
Hello I recently downloaded mandrake 7.0 and installed it on my previous
windows 98 system and in mandrake when i am trying to install my modem it
wont detect it and i read from the FAQ's that the problem could be the fact
that it is a pci winmodem.... my question to you is is there any way around
this problem? if not when i go to purchase another modem how can i tell if
its not a winmodem??? i am really tired of windows in general and would like
to fully change over to linux but until i can figure this problem i am
unable to do what i would like to be doing on linux please help me in any
way possible... thank you for your time...
Dario Goddin
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