Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-21 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 09:05:47PM -0700, ben wrote: On Thursday 20 June 2002 08:32 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: a clean cut and healed nicely without professional attention. The case in question is a Koolance PC6-2 not a bad case, the lid has

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-21 Thread ben
On Thursday 20 June 2002 09:07 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 09:05:47PM -0700, ben wrote: On Thursday 20 June 2002 08:32 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: a clean cut and healed nicely without professional attention. The case in

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-21 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 09:43:14PM -0700, ben wrote: you might have a case there, baloo (don't even pardon the pun). give us a date on the settlement party. I'm not suing Koolance. The case edge was obviously capable of breaking skin (as is

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-21 Thread ben
On Thursday 20 June 2002 10:22 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 09:43:14PM -0700, ben wrote: you might have a case there, baloo (don't even pardon the pun). give us a date on the settlement party. I'm not suing Koolance. The

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-21 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020620 19:43]: price doesn't seem to play a factor in, and the last thing I want is a device I plug into a line I know goes to the top of telephone poles subject to lightning strikes slapped directly on my motherboard. Another advantage with externals is

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-21 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 11:24:50PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: You should be able to find a surge protector with RJ11 jacks on it for around $9.95 at circuit city... These tend to introduce a considerable amount of line noise and you end up

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-21 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020620 23:28]: On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 11:24:50PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: You should be able to find a surge protector with RJ11 jacks on it for around $9.95 at circuit city... These tend to introduce a considerable amount of line noise and you end

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-21 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 11:44:21PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: [CPU]--serial-cable--[modem]--phone-line--wall | | | power cord | | +-[surge protector]---wall [CPU]--serial

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-21 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020621 00:17]: On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 11:44:21PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: Where's the misunderstanding? On my part, to be sure. (Re-reading this I realize that I didn't word it so as to imply that that was my guess; apologies if it sounded rude.) The

Re: Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-20 Thread Seth Carbon
Have you taken a look in /etc/serial.conf? Check very carefully to see if any lines are uncommented, and if so that they match what your modem setup really is. Thanks for the idea :) I have just checked my serial.conf and it seemed alright--but I've played with it for the past hour anyways.

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-20 Thread Seth Carbon
Your internal modem, if roasted and ground sufficiently fine, will make a surprisingly strong espresso. Go get an external modem. http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#internalmodem *Sigh* At first I thought this advice was unhelpful and a bit short. Then I spent another two days playing

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-20 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 04:54:25PM -0700, Seth Carbon wrote: I have seen the light. External good. LEDs are *very helpful* for diagnostics. Wouldn't that be, I have seen the lights? 8:o) See how much easier that was? I hate internal modems

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-20 Thread ben
On Thursday 20 June 2002 07:36 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 04:54:25PM -0700, Seth Carbon wrote: I have seen the light. External good. LEDs are *very helpful* for diagnostics. Wouldn't that be, I have seen the lights?

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-20 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 08:16:03PM -0700, ben wrote: modems also generate heat; an external modem reduces the cooling load on the system. on top of that, anything that, on breakage, demands that i take the cover off the box just pisses me off

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-20 Thread ben
On Thursday 20 June 2002 08:32 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: [snip] I hate dealing with opening the case, even though it's held on by two thumbscrews and a padlock. Last time I opened it, I dropped the case lid, and when I tried to catch it, one corner stuck into the wall, and the other corner

Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-18 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 07:22:59PM -0700, Seth Carbon wrote: Summary: I cannot get my USR modem to work with the 2.4.18 kernel. modem: US Robotic internal ISA 56k Data (on-card DSP) (prod#: 005687-03) Any help or pointers would be greatly

Re: Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-18 Thread Seth Carbon
On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 03:13, Paul Johnson wrote: Your internal modem, if roasted and ground sufficiently fine, will make a surprisingly strong espresso. Go get an external modem. http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#internalmodem Even if I'm destined for a good string cup, I'd still like to

[sjcarbon@eskimo.com: Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18]

2002-06-18 Thread Paul Johnson
Throwing this back over the fence... -- Baloo ---BeginMessage--- On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 03:13, Paul Johnson wrote: Your internal modem, if roasted and ground sufficiently fine, will make a surprisingly strong espresso. Go get an external modem.

Re: Re: More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-18 Thread Bob Hauck
On 18 Jun 2002, Seth Carbon wrote: 1) The modem has worked fine with every kernel I've put in since I installed potato. Now both potato (with bunk's upgrades) and woody fail. Have you taken a look in /etc/serial.conf? Check very carefully to see if any lines are uncommented, and if so that

More modem problems with kernel 2.4.18

2002-06-17 Thread Seth Carbon
Summary: I cannot get my USR modem to work with the 2.4.18 kernel. I have recently started trying to upgrade my Debian Potato sytem to the newer 2.4.18 kernel. Everything is fine except that my USR PnP modem no longer works. When I check, it is listed in /proc/isapnp (although with the

Re: more modem

1998-09-30 Thread joseph evan porter
Just as a test, I'd try the following command: echo ATDT(some_phone_number) /dev/ttyS0 and see if you hear the modem pick up and dial. If you've got a second phone line (or cell phone, etc), you can dial it and answer it and hear yourself talking to yourself (if you've got a

more modem

1998-09-28 Thread tracheotomy_bob
OK, here's part II of the problem. I pulled out my modem and configured it to com1 irq4. I disabled com1 on the motherboard and windows seems happy. However now I get the following when I type plog Sep 28 19:02:35 gonzo pppd[144]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0 Sep 28 19:02:35 gonzo

Re: more modem

1998-09-28 Thread Kent West
At 07:39 PM 9/28/1998 +0100, tracheotomy_bob wrote: OK, here's part II of the problem. I pulled out my modem and configured it to com1 irq4. I disabled com1 on the motherboard and windows seems happy. However now I get the following when I type plog Sep 28 19:02:35 gonzo pppd[144]: pppd

Re: more modem

1998-09-28 Thread Jim Foltz
On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 02:07:08PM -0500, Kent West wrote: Just as a test, I'd try the following command: echo ATDT(some_phone_number) /dev/ttyS0 and see if you hear the modem pick up and dial. If you've got a second phone line (or cell phone, etc), you can dial it and answer it and hear

Re: more modem

1998-09-28 Thread Kent West
At 03:43 PM 9/28/1998 -0400, you wrote: On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 02:07:08PM -0500, Kent West wrote: Just as a test, I'd try the following command: echo ATDT(some_phone_number) /dev/ttyS0 and see if you hear the modem pick up and dial. If you've got a second phone line (or cell phone,