[Westwales] Re: [Westwales]Generic 56K modem

[Jonathan West]

On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, John Richards wrote:

> I wonder if anyone can give me a nudge in the right direction with another
> small (Mandrake 9) Linux problem.
> 
> I have a 56K modem installed on Com4 which Windows recognises as a "Generic
> 56K Fax modem". Linux Control Panel does not recognise a modem under
> tty3/Com4 but does under tty1/Com2 - a not uncommon confusion in early
> Windows too. However, it is clearly not recognising it fully. The
> "Initialising Modem" freezes, and the Query Modem command goes through the
> motions, but returns nothing. Similarly under the Terminal it is not even
> possible to type in ATZ, let alone get an OK.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> With pre-thanks
> 
> John
Maybe an irq problem, is there jumpers on the modem?
Mine runs on ttyS2 but i have to change the irq from 4 to 3 with 
"setserial irq 3 "
perhaps something like that is the problem
cheers
Jon
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