I think it's time for me to give up and just get a new external modem.
(Refer to previous message attached below).
I have tried, playing around with the bios and everything else you guys
suggested. This is a final plea for help before I do the unthinkable and
let the 'infernal machine' win.
> I don't know if i'm out-of-line here sending this message to this mailing
> list, if so then please let me know.
>
> I have recently installed linux on my system (RH6) and everything went
fine
> except that i can't seem to get my modem to work. I've done all the usual
> "pnpdump" and "isapnp", "setserial" stuff but the behaviour is quite
> erratic. Sometimes it seems like i can talk to the modem, but the modem
> won't talk back. i.e. minicom hangs waiting for the "ok" but when i send
> "ATDTsome-number" it dials the number ok. And the chat script dials and
then
> hangs waiting for 'rname:'. This isn't always the case though. Sometimes
> it does nothing at all.
>
> One thing to note is that my winnt "event viewer" registers an error and a
> warning everytime i boot up. They are:
>
> Error: The control registers for COM3 overlaps with the COM4 control
> registers.
> Warning: User configuration data for parameter COM3 overriding firmware
> configuration
> data.
>
> This is relevant because my modem (under windows) is on com4.
>
> Now I consider myself somewhat of a linux enthusiast, but not when it
comes
> to the low-level io stuff. The only next step i can think of is to start
> learning low level device/io programming.
> If someone out there can help, it would be greatly appreciated.
> John
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