More info on the problem. If I completely shutdown the computer, i.e. shutdown -h instead of shutdown -r, wait a little, then restart, I can use the modem a few times (sometimes only once) before it again becomes unresponsive. One time I tried this it hung Minicom on exit until I turned the modem off, and another time it hung the shutdown process until I turned the modem off. I seem to have something seriously misconfigured -- any help would be much appreciated.
Richard Richard Weil wrote: > Aaargh. I had posted about a problem I was having with my external > modem a few days ago and then it suddenly started working. Well now, > without my having done anything much, it now seems to have stopped > working. > > I'm running Potato with a 2.2.12 kernel. The modem is a US Robotics 56k > Fax modem. After not working (i.e., it would not respond to AT > commands) it started working fine once I compiled plug and play support > into the kernel. Since then, I've installed a few packages, worked on > getting mail set-up, and struggled somewhat with PCMCIA -- but haven't > touched anything obviously related to the modem. But now it won't > work! When I start Minicom, the TR light on the modem lights up, but > the modem won't respond to any AT commands. This is incredibly > frustrating. I would appreciate any help. > > Richard > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
