[ale] I cant get my modem im running linux for the first time

[Jim Philips]

All of my modem problems have come from stupid plug 'n play settings
that were made by Windows. All of them were solved by a combination of
isapnptools, setserial and minicom. If you don't have isapnptools
installed, get it. Run pnpdump and review the output. The first lines
after the instructions will usually give you the correct port address
and the irq number. Use setserial to assign these. Test by dialing with
minicom. If it works, you're ready to dial your ISP. If it doesn't, go
back to the output of pnpdump. Try assigning the next pairing of port
address and irq number using setserial. Then test with minicom again,
and so on until you get your modem working. All of this assumes you get
familiar with the programs mentioned. But it does work and has never
failed me.


On Mon, 2001-12-31 at 00:01, DoG DoG wrote:
> I just got linux for christmas because i dont like Windows any more i got 
> every thing to work but my modem i dont know much on linux and the manule 
> dont really help and my family dont know much about computers but all my 
> relatives live in another state and they know about computers im 13 and 
> still learning alot about computers.
> 
> 
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