Blood Slap wrote:

>Wow, that really sucks, I was sure it was a real modem.  That's really
>disappointing, and it means I have to go out and buy a new one.
>
>Should a US Robotics 56KBS 2977 v.90 Hardware PCI modem work without any
>extra heartache?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 3:07 PM
>Subject: Re: [newbie] it feels good when things work
>
>
>>On Thursday 28 March 2002 20:11, you wrote:
>>
>>>Blood Slap wrote:
>>>
>>>>Well, it turns out I shouldn't have created a partition on my new
>>>>drive before using Ghost, so I did all of my crap again, and I now
>>>>have Linux installed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>But.....my modem doesn't work :(
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I have a Best Data Smart One 56FW-VW ISA Modem,  it's on COM 4, and
>>>>using IRQ 5 in Windows.  Whenever trying to connect it says "modem is
>>>>busy".  I've tried configuring by changing the IRQ in isapmp.conf, and
>>>>setting the UARF, with every possible IRQ, but nothing seems to help.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone know how I can configure my system to use this modem?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>What about setserial?
>>>
>>>Civileme
>>>
>>A Google search comes up with this
>>http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2000-Feb/2317.html
>>It appears to be a winmodem so a trip over to http://www.linmodems.org/
>>might help you.
>>
>>derek
>>
>>
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Hmmm, an ISA winmodem is fairly uncommon...
But that appears to be the case here....  RC56HCF chipset and NO linux 
drivers, not even proprietary ones.



Civileme


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