modemForum: Networking Topic: modem started by: ralan Posted by ralan on Dec. 28 2006,20:21
I just go dsl in the mail yesterday. I can't get it to recognize the modem. I'm running the live cd on a compaq presario 1245 laptop which had win 98se on it. The modem is on com 2, but when I configure dialup net working, dsl can't find it. I know the modem works. What to do?
Posted by Nym1 on Dec. 30 2006,06:50
Hello,If you open "Aterminal" and type "lspci" do you see a line that resembles the following? 0000:00:0a.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics WinModem 56k (rev 01) If so, your modem will use port "ttyS14". Good luck. Posted by ralan on Dec. 30 2006,18:58
In Aterminal when I type lspci, I seeHost bridge: OPTi Inc. 82C701 [FireStar Plus] (rev 32) ISA bridge: OPTi Inc. 82C700 [FireStar] (rev31) CardBus bridge; Texas Instruments PCI1131 (rev 01) CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1131 (rev 01) VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2160 [MagicGraph 128XD] (rev 01) USB controller: OPTi Inc. 82C861 (rev 10) IDE interface: OPTi Inc. 82C825 [Firebridge 2] (rev 30) no listing for any communications controller anywhere Posted by Nym1 on Dec. 31 2006,11:26
Hello,Please boot DSL from your CD and press the "F2" key before loading continues with the default settings. Type "dsl acpi=off pci=assign-busses" and press the Enter key. Perhaps your system is among those for which irq conflicts/hardware detection problems are circumvented by those boot codes. Good luck Posted by ralan on Dec. 31 2006,16:02
Ok, I tried this at boot up.dsl vga=789 (gotta have this or the display looks like crap) acpi=off pci=assign-busses The result was the same as before. On a guess, I tried ttyS14 and got a message about no such device. Win 98 which is on the machine, identifies the modem as Compaq Presario 56K-DF ISA modem version 1.6.15 The machine itself is a Compaq Presarion 1245 with 160 meg of Ram, 3 gig hard drive and running at 333 Mhz, if that helps any. Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Jan. 01 2007,00:25
an isa winmodem?No idea if using "lspci -v" would give more information, but you could run "dmesg" to see system logs. Posted by ralan on Jan. 01 2007,20:54
Well, I don't know what to do next. Win 98 says it's an ISA modem, but if you look at the specs on the hp/compaq website they claim it's a lucent. Thing is, tttXXX17 doesn't work. Maybe it's something I'm doing wrong, I'm new to Linx and DSL. I was thinking of trying a frugal install, cause I can't seem to write to the floppy or the usb flash drive although they are apparently mounted and I was able to format a floppy.
Posted by Nym1 on Jan. 02 2007,02:58
You're not doing "something wrong". The lucent winmodems can come with either a PCI or an ISA interface. < http://www.modem-help.com/Compaq....nt).php > I had hoped that yours had a PCI interface but that an IRQ conflict had interferred with its function. Had I been thinking more clearly, I would have assumed first that the absence of a listing for your modem in the lspci output probably indicated that the modem used an ISA interface. One report of success with a linmoden driver on a presario 1245 is cited below: < http://tuxmobil.org/modem_ci10024.html > Happy Hunting. |