I have the same problem, and it is NOT ppp/network configuration related. When I try to open the serial port it returns input/output error. If I setserial the IRQ to 0 it will work, but very slowly, as serial ports are not meant to be polled.
I haven't looked at the problem that in depth, but the card used to work fine untill shortly before kernel 2.2.0. If anybody finds a solution please let me know, because I have been using windows to use my modem (which is very rare fortunatly, I have ethernet at home, school, and most of my work places). Thank you, Charlie On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Drew Parsons wrote: > > Christophe CALMEJANE wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a problem with my xircom card under debian linux : > > I've a compaq ARMADA 1700 with a debian 2.1 and a 2.2.9 kernel... and > > of course a Xircom pcmcia card (RealPort Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56K) > > and.... under linux my network is fine, but not the modem... > > under windows95, ethernet and modem share the same irq (3 on my > > computer), and linux seems trying to work the same way, but.... > > pon command answer Input/Output error, and if I force another irq for > > the modem (setserial), the modem seems to work, seems to connect to > > my provider, but, nope, no working connection (because of the > > receiving irq I think) ;( > > > > Thanks for help, not because I don't like Windows...but I HATE windows > > :D > > I've got the same card, a realport combo card. It works fine for me > using the same IRQ, even at the same time (dialing up the French minitel > service while the ethernet is running). > > You said that you thought the modem was dialling in properly. Do you > mean you could hear all the beeps and noises as the connection was > made? If so then your modem is working fine. Does plog indicate that > the connection was established? > > I suspect your problem is with the routing. If your set-up is like > mine, your default gateway will go via ethernet, through eth0. Have a > look at route -n. What is written there? I expect you'll have an entry > for ppp (which indicates the modem is working), one or two for eth0 (the > ethernet), and the default loop on localhost. The problem is that the > default gateway will have been assigned to eth0, and via ppp you only > have the one direct link to the computer on the other side of the > phoneline, with no gateway. Read the Network and PPP How-To's. What > you need to do is turn off eth0 before you run pon, this allows the > default gateway to be given to ppp. > > I put it into a small script to save all the typing each time: > sudo ifconfig eth0 down > sudo pon <ppp script> > > > It took me a little while to get it, too. Hope it helps. > > Drew > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
