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RSI

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I tried posting my Linux message in the OS forum, and got ZILCH!

If there's somebody in here that's very good with Linux, please PM or better yet email me. I'm using Mandrake 6 and an internal ISA 56k USRobotics modem. Wanna get it to work. I tried pnpdump and isapnp, but don't exactly know how to use them... I'm pretty much a linux newbie, so if please explain yourself clearly if you decide to help me. :D

I'd really appreciate some help on this, I really want to get my modem working under Linux... Everything else works fine, my CPU and memory are detected correctly, as well as my hard drives, sound works, network (dlink dfe538tx) works, monitor works, mouse/keyboard works, etc.. you get the point. Well, it's all useless without net connectivity for me!

Thanks..

-RSI
 
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jhu

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don't forget me! except i don't use modems anymore. how about using windows to find out the configuration of the modem?
 
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Also try the Ars Technica OpenForum, they have a larger population of Linux types than AnandTech does.
 
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I'm not sure that I saw a response from you last night ot my question. I think I went to bed too early :)
Are you sure that the com port's irq is set properly? Like I said on my box it likes to set Com2's irq to the wrong number...it dont work like that :)
 
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also i think sourangeman or something like that is linux savvy. i could be wrong though. check over at Operating Systems. good stuff








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Dammit RSI, is it aregular USR or is it a Winmodem? If it's a Winmodem, I can't help you. If it's not a Winmodem, is it in Jumperfree (PNP) mode? If it's in PNP mode, hard set the jumpers to a standard COM port/IRQ (like COM1/IR4 or COM2/IRQ3 or COM3/IRQ4 or COM4/IRQ3) that isn't taken and then just run kppp in kde and tell it what COM port to dial out on. Should be that simple.


 
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<< I tried posting my Linux message in the OS forum, and got ZILCH! >>


WTF? Where the hell is everyone? The OS forums have filled up with &quot;Help WinME _________&quot;, jonnyGURU has it the easiest way right there, you allready tried the ISA PnP directions and still didnt get it recognized? You have to follow the directions or doing it is useless. ;)



Thanks Red, I think?!?! :D





SHUX

Also try this for kppp
 
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RSI

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&quot;Dammit RSI, is it aregular USR or is it a Winmodem? If it's a Winmodem, I can't help you. If it's not a Winmodem, is it in Jumperfree (PNP) mode? If it's in PNP mode, hard set the jumpers to a standard COM port/IRQ (like COM1/IR4 or COM2/IRQ3 or COM3/IRQ4 or COM4/IRQ3) that isn't taken and then just run kppp in kde and tell it what COM port to dial out on. Should be that simple&quot;

When I run pnpdump, I can see USR whatever, it 'knows' it's there - does that count for anything? Also, I had it dialing at one point, don't ask me how, but it was... Now I am two installs later and it still isn't working.

It is an ISA modem, it's pretty new. How many new ISA modems are Winmodems? The modem works in BeOS. That enough info? :) I can't really say it's a hardware or winmodem, because I'm not actually entirely sure - it has a DSP chip on it, but it works in everything so far and I had it dialing once.

Anyway.. telling me to &quot;set com port&quot; and &quot;set irq&quot; and all that does absolutely nothing for me. I need specific instructions for everything dammit! ;)

DAM: Read my first post, I already tried OS forum - &quot;good stuff&quot; - no, no responses dammit! :|

Giving the Linuxnewbie.org BBS... That looks like a good place to get some help. Thanks for everybody who replied, and I'm still seeking help, so don't hold back. :D

-RSI
 
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Dammit again RSI.

Look at the modem. If it's a Winmodem it won't have jumpers on the front. If it's not a Winmodem it has jumpers on the front of it (component side) and a scematic on the back that tells you what jumpers to move to set the COM port and IRQ on the modem.

After you hard set the COM and IRQ, you &quot;tell&quot; kppp where it is with simple little radio buttons that are labeled COM1, COM2, etc (no need to select IRQ in kppp since it assumes default IRQs for your COM ports).

It may have worked earlier if the modem is in PNP mode because it may have landed on a proper COM port once, but in PNP mode the resources tend to &quot;float&quot; to wherever there is no potential conflict. You can be at COM3 IRQ5 for all you know and that's simply not going to work.
 
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RSI

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I had the jumper on (there are pins, and a jumper was on it). I removed it now though. Hasn't made a difference... Well, kppppppppppp is not running (computer 100% freezes when I try to open it), but that was happening before I removed the jumper.

This 5ux0rz! Why am I having so much trouble with this? :(

-RSI
 
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LOL jonny, how many bogomips it show there on that screen? I have 799.54 on a K6-400..;) Good point adul, pull it out and tell us the model number. :)









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What jumper setting is it set for now? It has to be set to COMX and IRQX for kppp to correctly connect to it.....






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RSI

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*pulls out his modem*

woops! :Q :p jk hmm I've done that before, if I can find the sheet where I wrote the #s down...

Useless anyway. The modem works in BeOS, shouldn't that be enough to say it's not a Winmodem? It has a DSP chip on it, which lead me to believe it was a winmodem, but it working in BeOS changed my mind, as well as it once upon a time dialing in linux...

Anyways I'll find those numbers if you really need them...

-RSI
 
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RSI

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Currently the jumper is sitting on my desk. In Windows 2000 the IO (input/output if you don't know) range is 03E8 - 03EF, same as it was when I checked in WinME, and IRQ 10, also the same as when I checked in WinME. The &quot;Diagnostics&quot; tab in Win2K modem properties... The Hardware ID is &quot;ISAPNP\USR3031&quot; <- Sounds correct, I remember seeing that 3031 figure in Linux...

-RSI
 
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RSI

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Oh, another thing to note (may not matter), in Win2K it grabs COM4 for the modem as opposed to the usual COM3.

-RSI
 
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Dammit RSI. You say that the I/O range is 03E8-03EF which is COM3, yet it puts it on COM4? That's contradictary! :Q COM4 is 02E8-02EF memory range. :(

Also, it's on IRQ 10. kppp is not going to pick that up.

Also, also, A USR has more than &quot;one jumper&quot; on it. It has one jumper for IRQ and three more for COM port selection. Either it's a Winmodem and I don't know what that jumper is for, or you pulled the jumper for IRQ selection jumper which would make no difference if the other three jumpers elsewhere on the card are set to PNP mode instead of a COM port.

Look at the back of that card and see if it has the diagram for the COM and IRQ jumpers.
 
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RSI

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OK, it's a pain in the ass to boot up and down all the time, but I can't see well enough into my tower from this angle/position and there are no lights close enough, so I'll power down and check it out.. I'll be back in a few. :)

oh and by the way, yes I know about the com thingy, but it says COM4 and it says IO range 03E8 - 03EF :Q don't ask me...

-RSI
 
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RSI

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Just checked...

I think it was on the back it says &quot;US Robotics Model 0584&quot;, and it had a diagram for COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4/PNP ... Well, there is no diagram for the IRQ, but on the front there are pins and it says &quot;IRQ&quot; and numbers... something like 3, 4, 5, 7.. not sure if that's it exactly, but I set it to 5, and put com to 3.

Guess what, I just checked the IRQ and it's on 10 still! :| Well anyway, that's how it is. There weren't any jumpers on IRQ, but there was one on the comp thingy.. I think it selected COM4.

A sticker on the front read:
SN: 23DTB6M9SMWF
Product: 3CP325687C

Another sticker on it says 2299 8765 A
There's a thingy on the board that says &quot;DSP&quot; like I said, and on that it says D11647PGF and HG-94A4DRW if that means anything...

&quot;You can be at COM3 IRQ5 for all you know and that's simply not going to work.&quot;

:Q woops, I didn't read that. Well I set my modem with jumpers to that, and here I am under WinME, still using COM3/IRQ10. COM1 is using IRQ4 according to this... So what do I use? IRQ 7? ... my LPT port is using 7, dammit!

Guess I can try to stick it on COM2 and use IRQ3?

-RSI
 
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<< You can be at COM3 IRQ5 for all you know and that's simply not going to work >>



And you just set it to exactly that?

Here choose one of these &quot;correct&quot; settings...

IRQ 3 COM2,4
IRQ 4 COM1,3





SHUX
 
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RSI

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I will try COM2/IRQ3. Hopefully it will work...

So once I do that, what do I do under Linux? Kppp kept freezing my system last time I tried running it... It wouldn't open, as soon as I click kppp my system freezes! Mouse still works but cna't do anything, can't switch to other 'instances', etc, can't alt-ctrl-del or anything, or ctrl-c...

Anyway, guess I'll set it to com2/irq3, can't hurt...

-RSI
 
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