Your modem may still be able to be on com 2. Since this is plug and play,
it doesn't HAVE to be on thhe same port as it is in windows. As long as
com2 is open(and the irq associated with it), you can configure it to be on
com2 in your iaspnp.conf file.
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Leseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:25 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem jumper settings
> Hi - I followed your instructions for getting Plug & Play to work for my
> PnP USR modem, and everything went as you laidout, until I rebooted. In
red
> text, it roughly said, "don't know what to do with start dependent
> functions.... no action taken.... can't parse isapnp.conf... around line
64
> or priority acceptable". It was only on the screen for a brief amount of
> time so I might not have it typed out exactly right, but it's close.
Here's
> what the section of the isapnp.conf file I modified looks like:
>
> start dependent functions: priority acceptable
> # logical device decodes 16 bit io address lines
> minimum io base address 0x03e8
> maximum io base address 0x03e8
> # io base alignment 8 bytes
> number of io addresses required: 8
> (io (size 8) (base 0x03e8))
> # IRQ 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, or 15.
> IRQ 2
> high true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
> (int 0 (IRQ 2 (mode + E)))
>
> and the line I added to the end of the rc.local file reads:
>
> setserial dev/ttyS2 port 0x3e8 irq 2 spd_vhi autoconfig
>
> I really appreciate any further help! I've been trying to get it working
> for over 2 hours tonight alone! The strange thing about it though, is that
> before my computer was upgraded the same modem worked fine in the same
> version of Mandrake (6.0). But the shop installed it back in a different
> slot, and now it is on COM 3 (it was COM 2 before). Thanks!!!
>
>
> At 11:02 AM 2/15/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >For all you with pnp modem problems, this is how I got my usr 56k
internal
> >ISA modem to work pnp:
> >
> >1. Type "/sbin/pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf" ##this loads info on your
> >ISA PnP board(s) into the appropriate .conf file.
> >
> >2. Type "/sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf" ##this makes your existing
> >ISA PnP configuration active.
> >
> >3. open your isapnp.conf file. You will have to remove the comment line
> >from a couple of the resources listed, depending on how you want to set
it
> >up. Half way down the file you'll see a comment that says multiple
choice
> >time.
> >You have to choose what IRQ and com you want to use. Com1=0x3f8,
> >Com2=0x2f8,
> >Com3=0x3e8, Com4=0x2e8. Here is an example of what I uncommented:
> ># Start dependent functions: priority preferred
> >
> ># Fixed IO base address 0x02f8
> >
> ># Number of IO addresses required: 8
> >
> >(IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x02f8))
> >
> ># IRQ 3.
> >
> ># High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
> >
> >(INT 0 (IRQ 3 (MODE +E)))
> >
> >This put me on Com2 IRQ 3. After you know what com port and irq you set
it
> >to,
> >you can go onto the next step
> >
> >3. Type "setserial /dev/ttySx port y irq z spd_vhi autoconfig"
> >##notation is as follows: "x" is your COMport, with 0=COM1, 1=COM2,
> >2=COM3, 3=COM4; "y" is the standard (or defined) address of that port,
> >e.g. 0x3e8; "z" is the interrupt used by that port, usually 4 or 3;
> >thus, if your modem is on COM1 with a standard address & IRQ, the line
> >would read "setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x3f8 irq 4 spd_vhi autoconfig" .
> >Oh, yes:"spd_vhi" is optional, I'd advise using it with a 56k modem,
> >mine runs faster with it, but you could leave it off without a problem.
> >
> >4. Type "rm /dev/modem" ##you may get a "not found" message, which
> >is fine; if a /dev/modem" is found, you'll be asked to confirm this
> >removal, type "y" to proceed.
> >
> >5. Type "ln -s /dev/ttySx /dev/modem" ##this establishes the linkage
> >needed for your modem, not essential, but conventional; again, "x" here
> >is the same as "x" in item 3 above.
> >
> >6. With a text editor, open your "/rc.local" file, add the
> >"setserial" command defined in item 3 above at the end of the file, save
> >the file and exit the editor. ##For example, if your editor is xemacs,
> >you'd type "xemacs /etc/rc.d/rc.local", then add the "setserial" command
> >line.
> >
> >7. Exit, logout, and reboot (not just restart Xserver). You should
> >see a line for ISA PnP devices as you boot up. That should do it :)
> >
> >Thanks to Alan for help via his previous message
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Ron Sinclair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 5:53 AM
> >Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem jumper settings
> >
> >
> > > At 01:38 AM 2/15/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Is there a way to get linux to detect my USR internal 56k modem when
the
> > > >cards jumpers are set to PnP?
> > > >Right now I have to set the jumpers to PnP to work with windows and
set
> > > >the jumpers to com2 to get it to work with Linux.
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > Could you let me know if you get any answers to your PNP problem? I'm
> > > having the exact same problem.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > > Ron Sinclair
> > > AKA NipponDSM
> > > ______________
> > > ICN 3765104
> > > http://members.tripod.com/~WIGGLIT/page2.html
> > > http://www.dsm.org
> > >
>
