[NTLUG:Discuss] Modrem

[Terry]

On 4/22/05, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/21/05, Tom Hayden <tom.hayden.iii at mail.airmail.net> wrote:
> > O.K. In order
> >
> > Terry - On the side of the box it says "Controller-based" and on the
> > end, under system requirements, it says "Linux (Kernel 2.3 and higher)".
> > I am pretty sure that means it is a hardware modem. A possible problem
> > is my Kernel appears to be 2.2.
> >
> > Ralph - The distro is Debian 3.0 R4I3 and the DE is Gnome. It does not
> > appear to have kppp.
> > Yes, and I was also a member of the Chicago 7 :) LOL
> >
> > Paul - I ran the 2 commands you suggested and got:
> >
> > dmesg | grep tty
> >
> > ttyS00 at 0x3f8 (irq=4) is a 16550A

ttyS0 usually uses irq 4  [by default]
ttyS1 usually uses irq 3  [by default]  ... I think ...
 ... fyi
> 
> I'm not sure what ttyS00 means, other than the fact that serial is yet
> to be assigned.  May need to get / use 'setserial'
> (I'm thinking that serial port may be unassigned.)
> (If there are no jumpers on the board for serial port assignment, it
> will require a software solution to assign serial port.)
> 
> Have you investigated the Linux software:
> ftp://ftp.usr.com/usr/dl15/LNUX_3ComMdm-1.0-1.i386.rpm
> 
> (I know that Slackware comes with a tool called rpm2tgz and I'm assume
> / hope Debian has something comparable, right?)
> 
> >
> > lspci -vv
> >
> > Serial Controller: USRobotics/3COM 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 01)
> > (prog-if 02[16550])
> > Control: I/O+ Mem- Busmaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
> > Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B
> > Status: cap+ 66Mhs- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
> > <TAbort- <Mabort- >SERR- <PERR-
> > Interupt: pinA routed to IRQ0
> > Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> > Flags: PMEC1 k- DSI- D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME<D0+, D1-, D2+, D3hot+,
> > D3cold+>
> > Status: D0 PME- Enable- Dsel=0 PSCALE=2 PME-
> >
> > That "ttyS00" looks a little funny. Shouldn't there be just one 0?
> >
> > Alvin - Based on the results I got from Paul's suggestions it appears I
> > should try:
> >
> > /sbin/setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A port 0x3f8 irq 4
> >
> > and then:
> >
> > ln -s /dev/ttyS00 /dev/modem
> >
> > I will give this a try and see what happens.
> >
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