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Topic: Can't connect with pppd with modem (pcmcia), pppd unrecognized option '/dev/modem'

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ngmlinux

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Posted: Feb. 16 2006,03:07

Does DSL use any non standard pcmcia settings, acpi settings, ...

Is there any way to "look up" the /dev name of a pcmcia device? (Assuming it's working and I simply don't know the /dev name)

ngmlinux

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Posted: Feb. 17 2006,02:21

I found a tool called cardinfo in DSL (type sudo cardinfo at bash prompt). This brings up a GUI utility that reports the modem information and the serial device name. It turns out that it is /dev/ttyS2. For some reason I have to hit the various reset buttons in this utility several times and wait a substantial amount of time but it eventually recognizes the modem. When it recognizes the modem it stops identifying it as a type 6 Networking device and starts recognizing it as a type 2 Serial device. When it finally initializes it works.

So now the problem has been reduced to a much smaller issue. That being why it takes so long to get the modem recognized by cardinfo (for it to stop saying unsupported card) and why it has to be reset so many times. Any ideas?

Thanks.

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Posted: Feb. 20 2006,10:25

thank you for your persistence

i have had similar problems with a laptop and a umts-modem, which was recognised under ubuntu5.10 und suse10.0 correctly and not recognised correctly under dsl2.1

i shall try out your solution in the near future.

thanks again.

howie

ngmlinux

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Posted: Feb. 20 2006,17:28

Howie, please do and let me know how that goes. Don't forget to add the driver in such a way that it persists.

If you have any luck getting the card to be recognized quickly and automatically (without having to play with cardinfo on each boot), let me know how that's done as well.

Thanks.

-Nathan

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