On Tuesday 22 January 2002 05:21, you wrote: > Harm Bathoorn wrote: > > > I've got a problem here. > > I want to install Mandrake on my thinkpad(P133, 40m ram, 1 gbHD) -no > > problem at all using 7.2........ > > Here's the but: My gsm serial connection will not work and I realy need > > it to. symptoms: > > If/when the pcmcia card (cdromdrive) is in the socket I get 'sorry the > > modem is busy' on a query (it's on ttyS1) > > On removing the cdrom card I get a lot of gibberish on a query but at > > least the modem is found. > > Slowing down the modem to 2400 k reduces the gibberish that's all. > > > > The exact same configuration using Slackware7.2 works flawlessly. > > Anybody got any hints how to get this out of the way? > >
> > I also have a Thinkpad (TP600E) and I have had an interesting time > configuring it. In regards to the problem with the pcmcia card, it > really sounds like a resource conflict; either IRQ or io address. There > is a way to tell the pcmcia card manager to not use a particular > resource range. You need to add the resources you want excluded to the > /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file. Do you have Mandrake 8.1 installed > already, or are you trying to install it? > > Best regards > Arnold Well actually I'm not having any problems with the pcmcia slots. They work fine with Mandrake, even the cdrom-card and the xircom-network card simultaniously (which gave win98 quircks). The gsm I use now (alas,the one with the pcmcia got stolen) has a dierct connection to the serial port with an internal hardmodem in the phone, making it defacto an external modem. Using the 'Hayes' standard protocoll works fine under with Slackware but doesn't give the response it should with Mandrake. It probably is a resource conflict, but I can't find the difference in the use of them tween Mdk and Slack at a first check. That's why I'm asking, it's fairly time consuming re-installing again and again so I want to check as much as possible beforehand. In regards to Mdk8.1 install, I got a working install using the 'vgalo expert' option but the result was s-l-o-w due to the 'overweight' kernel. Using the second disk for an alternative kernel doesn't work straight out due to the pcmcia cdrom needing a boot-floppy. There are various ways to get around this methinks but as long as I don't get the modem going it's not worth trying. It's the essential tool in my case when I'm 'on the road' (actually rivers and canals) to keep in touch with my home-network. -- Harm Bathoorn. "Free software is changing global economy the same way trade guilds did in the middle ages"
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