Damn Small Linux - Not!

OldasDirt · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 2 Location: the beach

Using DSL-N RC1 or RC3 my modem is not listed by dmesg.

If I boot from the Gentoo Universal or Debian netinst CD dmesg shows the modem.

I already know how to make this modem work if it is detected.

MAKEDEV setserial and I'm online.

Somehow DSL-N livecd does not even find the card.

I really liked DSL but wanted to move to kernel 2.6.

Any ideas?

Winter Knight · Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 65

What kind of modem is it? You know, brand, chipset, model.

OldasDirt · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 2 Location: the beach

The modem is a USR 2977 which is exactly the same as 3com 5610.

The problem is not the modem it is the hardware detection during the cd boot. It is not detected.

The modem is known to work in pure Debian, Damn Small Linux and Ubuntu.

It requires the following steps in Debian and Ubuntu:

cd /dev
./MAKEDEV ttyS14
(ttyS14 is whatever dmesg tells you the modem is on - which may vary)
setserial /dev/ttyS14 port 0xd00 irq 11 16550A
(the port is what lspci -vv tells you the port should be - ditto the irq)

Now you can dial.
In DSL you just manually configure ppp to use ttyS4 and dial.

Thanks for your help but I'm moving on to a full Debian install to hard drive. I'll still be using DSL live cd though. I've already used it to repair problems on a Windows 2000 install and a Debian linux install.
That is a beautiful thing.

roberts · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 320 Location: OC CA USA

FYI: /dev/ttyS14 in dsl was only premade for the LTwinmodem that DSL supports. /dev/ttyS14 is not in DSL-N as the newer kernel and LTwinmodem now use /dev/ttyLM0 device. Both DSL and DSL-N support the Lucent Tech winmodem as well as hardware modems that use standard com ports.