[wplug] U.S. Robotics Modem

[DAVID G MATTHEWS]

Is this an internal or an external modem? (If it's external, I can't help,
because I know nothing about external modems under Linux.)  If it's
internal, try finding the irq and port that the modem is using.  If it's a
PCI modem, type (as root) lspci -v.  If it's ISA, type the following two
commands:
pnpdump -c > /etc/isapnp.conf
isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
This should give you the irq and port.  Once you have that, you need to
tell Linux what device name to use for the modem.  Usually the modem is
/dev/ttyS2, /dev/ttyS3, or something like that.  It might also just be
called /dev/modem.  Assuming you want to call it /dev/ttyS3 (which is what
my internal modem is), you would enter the following command:
setserial /dev/ttyS3 irq IRQ port PORT
where IRQ and PORT correspond to the actual numbers you got from lspci or
pnpdump.  You might have to try a few different values for the /dev/ttyS
before it works.  The problem is that setserial needs to be run every time
the machine boots, so once you find a setting that works, put the
setserial command (with the proper values) in the file /etc/rc.config.
I would be surprised if Mandrake doesn't have some easy way of automating
this whole procedure (or at least part of it), but I don't use Mandrake so
I wouldn't know.
HTH,
dgm

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 JoJoTrying at aol.com wrote:

> Hello All,
>    My problem is two fold and i was hoping you guys could help.
>       #1. i am still new to Linux
>       #2. i can't get my modem to run
>    The first problem i am working on.  The second i guess is where
> (hopefully) you guys come in.  i am running Mandrake 8.0 and am using (trying
> to use) a U.S. Robotics 56k Perfomance Pro Modem Model #3cp5610a.  This is
> NOT a WINMODEM.  i also know it works because i had it running under Mandrake
> 8.0 before.  i installed a new harddrive on my box and reinstalled Mandrake
> 8.0 and now kpp is telling me the Modem is not responding or not found.  And
> i have ran down the entire list of devices on kpp configuation panel to no
> avail.
>    i thank for any help you can provide and your patience in reading my woes.
> Joe Gordon
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