basically, you need to do the following:
1) read the documents in the /usr/doc/isapnp* that explain how to read a
pnp file
2) Run the following command: pnpdump > ~/isapnp.conf
3) edit ~/isapnp.conf so that your modem has an irq and an io port that
are not conflicting with anything else. Since isapnp utils does not have
the knowledge of what irqs and io ports are in use by the kernel, you
have free license to shoot yourself in the foot.
Best bet is to turn a com port off in the bios and use the resources that
it would have occupied. Make sure you put isapnp.conf in /etc so that the
iniscripts run it at boot *once you have a valid configuration*.
4) pick a ttyS* port to put the modem on. Symlink /dev/ttyS* to /dev/modem
Use setserial to configure the /dev/ttyS* and periodically start minicom
to see of you can send at commands to it.
5) Once you get a setserial command that works, you can put it in
/etc/rc.d/rc.serial file to configure to serial port at boot time
hth,
It can be real time consuming to set this up, but once you're done, that's
it.
--Matt
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Matt Galgoci
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echo $title
On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Lee Davidson wrote:
>
> > For starters, make sure that your modem is not on "the big list"
> > http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/19991203a.html
>
> I see that it is marked OK, which seems to mean it has been
> confirmed as working in Linux before. Now to make it do so...
> My original note is as foloows:
>
> <SNIP>
> > > One thing that was suggested to me there was that I may have an
> > > IRQ problem. I checked and it seems that my modem IS PnP, so I
> > > suppose there are probably steps I need to take to ensure that that is
> > > setup properly. I was under the impression that if I could get my modem
> > > to dial and connect correctly to the ISP using Minicom or the like,
> > > there is not a problem with interrupts. What is the truth here?
> > >
> > > Anyway, the basic problem is that I can get a connection, but
> > > cannot maintain one. I can post from /var/log/messages if needed.
> > >
> > > But I thought that a first step might be to make sure the IRQ
> > > problem doesn't exist. I've read through documentation which
> > > accompanies isappptools and don't feel totally at ease beginning
> > > this process...but am willing to give it a shot.
> > >
> > > It suggests somewhere that I look in the BIOS and tell it that this is
> > > NOT a PnP OS, but I cannot find that option specifically worded like
> > > that. The only obviously PnP-related options I find are Resources
> > > controlled by: (Auto/Manual) Reset Configuration Data:
> > > (Enabled/Disabled) PCI IRQ Activated By: (Level/Edge) PCI IDE IRQ Map
> > > To: (ISA/PCI-SLOT1/PCI-SLOT2/PCI-SLOT3/
> PCI-SLOT4/PCI-AUTO)
>
>
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