[newbie] Modem Problems :(

Hello all.

My modem will not work no matter what I do. I have followed

some of the suggestion that come through the list but none

worked. I thought I would tell you all what the problem is and

maybe somebody could come up with something.

First about the modem:

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It is a 33.6 USRobotics Faxmodem, External. There are a lot

of switches on the back of it and I am not sure what they are for.

I am going to list in order what they are for. Maybe this will help

figure out why it won't work in Linux.

1. UP - Data Terminal Ready normal

Down - Data terminal ready override

2. UP - Verbal result codes

Down - Numeric result codes

3. UP - Suppress results codes

Down - Display results codes

4. UP - ECHO offline commands

Down - No echo, offline commands

5. UP - Auto answer on the first ring, or higher if specified in NVRAM

Down - Auto answer off

6. UP - Carrier detect normal

Down - Carrier detect override

7. UP- Load NVRAM defaults

Down - Load factory defaults

8. Up - Dumb mode

Down - Smart mode

That is all for the modem now on to the problem..

My modem is in COM4 but when I use kppp it tells me my modem

is busy, not uncommon I see. when I switch the device to COM1 or

ttyS0 it will say, Modem is ready then it stops on Initializing and

goes no father. Even the query works when on ttyS0, not sure why.

I did a /proc/pci and found out that my port is 0x1850 and the IRQ is

all the stuff I tried is no longer there for I reloaded Linux just a few

min. ago. I was wondering if I should of picked modem on Networking

during the install ? Well if you can think of anything or would like me

to type out what a certain program told me let me know, I will do it

as fast as I can.

Thanks for you time in this matter for me.

OH, I tried to reg. my Linux and the mail bounced. I guess I will

try it again but do any of you know if there is something wrong

at the Mandrake site?

Next prob coming up :(

Stephen

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