I haven't checked the latest mail, so if this has been covered already
please pardon my duplication, but:
Do you have a serial mouse on COM1 [the typical
hookup uses the 9-pin D-shell connector on the back of your computer] (or
anything else on COM1)? If so you have an IRQ conflict. COM 1 AND COM 3
share the same interrupt (IRQ4), as COM2 and COM4 likewise share another
(IRQ3). I don't know whether this is alterable in the CMOS (the motherboard
BIOS configuration), but the standard fix is to put the modem on COM2 so that
it uses a different interrupt, assuming that COM2 is available for you to use
and that you know how to change the modem settings. If your motherboard is
set up for it you could also change to a ps/2 mouse [a round connector about
the size of your little finger], which uses a different interrupt (IRQ 12?)
but the mouse may need configuration in your o/s.
The suggestions that others have made for your problem may well (also) be
necessary, and they might even get your modem dialing and on-line even if you
do have an IRQ conflict, but if you do have an IRQ conflict modem operation
will not be reliable until it is corrected. -Gary-
In a message dated 9/10/2000 5:54:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Thurston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] I am having problems with my modem
> I do have a serial mouse, but the modem is on COMM3. I actually found the
> modem now, and Linux says "initializing modem" but it never even dials.
I
> can not figure out what is wrong. When I go in to query the modem, it
finds
> it, then runs through about 7 different tests but nothing ever shows up in
> the results.
>>
