Text 5721, 53 rader
Skriven 2006-04-18 00:28:18 av Alexey Vissarionov (2:5020/545)
   Kommentar till text 5719 av Stephen Haffly (1:396/45.27)
Ärende: Getting PCMCIA modem to work
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Good ${greeting_time}, Stephen!

17 Apr 06 06:18, you wrote to All:

 SH> I purchased a Zonet V.92 PCMCIA Modem Card, model ZFM5600CF based on
 SH> the specifications saying that it works with Linux.  According to the
 SH> instructions included for it, there are no special drivers needed.  I
 SH> should only need to specify the device in the networking setup (or
 SH> KPPP, I assume), and it should just work.  Well, it doesn't.

First question: what does `uname -a` say?

 SH> I have Fedora Core 5 loaded on my laptop.  Since it (Compaq Presario
 SH> 2140US) has a built-in soft modem that I had not been able to get
 SH> working, I had purchased the Zonet modem to use instead since it is
 SH> harware based.

Wise decision.

 SH> I asked in Fedora Forum
 SH> tried booting up live demos of SuSE and Ubuntu

Hardware problems are mostly distribution-independent

 SH> Is this a case of I shouldn't believe everything that a manufacturer
 SH> claims, or is there something I am overlooking.

I bet there's second case. If you have some hardware which is detected by
${offtopic} as "standard PCMCIA modem", it usually runs perfectly with
${echotag}.

 SH> When I try to set up KPPP, I can try every variation of device listed in
 SH> the pulldown list, and it says it can't find a modem to use.

Had you tried to rebuild the kernel or PCMCIA package?

 SH> When I use the hardware browser, I can see the modem listed.  What I
 SH> can't seem to find is the device that it is being assigned so I can
 SH> specify it for use.  It sure isn't /dev/modem, /dev/ttys1, etc.  Is
 SH> there a command to discover where it is?  If so, I would greatly
 SH> appreciate someone letting me know what it is.

First, try to access /dev/ttyS0...ttyS3. If that doesn't help, make sure your
/usr/src/linux contains actual kernel source (well configured) and rebuild the
PCMCIA package. Rebuilding the kernel as monolythic one (instead of modular)
will also be a good solution.

And, of course, show us the output of `uname -a` and `lspci -v`.


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