Are you sure setserial sets the IRQs for the ports correctly? setserial can only guess the IRQ for a given port but if it isn't the 'standard' value then it will not be correct and you won't pass data.
Mark Ewing wrote: > I am a new Debian user and am having problems getting my modem to work. > Setserial finds the ports fine during startup but when I either run > minicom or try to start a ppp session there is no response from the > modem. I have a USR internal sporster which is not a winmodem, but to > be safe i hooked up my old external modem and all i get is that the > terminal ready light goes on and stays on...no response to any AT > strings. > I recently installed slink on an old 486 and have the same problem > sometimes, but I assumed it was due to the slow 25sx processor and > 16450 uarts, it usually worked after a few minutes after booting. The > latest install is on a P2-400 with 16550A uarts so I am stumped. Should > I change any of the flags on setserial? I've played around with the > skip-test and speed settings with no luck. The internal doesn't work in > the 486 either...good thing i tried it as i was plannig on upgrading to > a 56k modem for it. > Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am itching to finish the ftp > install and see what Linux can do on a fast machine. > > Thanks in advance, > Mark Ewing > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
