modem

[Bill Day]

maybe add the modems modules at the top of /etc/modules.conf will help...?

like so:

alias eth0 tulip
alias eth1 tulip

not really sure..
but good luck

Bill Day

Linux 2.2.20-1tr i586
  3:10pm  up 17 min,  0 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Biggerstaff" <biggers at lindahall.org>
To: "Step by Step List" <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 2:39 PM
Subject: modem


> It would seem I have either already done the hard part, or it has been
done
> for me.  But I'm sort of stumped.  I'm trying to use a PCTel winmodem in
my
> system, and it works but I just can't get it to work without loading one
of
> the drives from command line.
>
> Using Lycoris (the build just before they got rid of the Redmond Linux
logos)
> which I found already had the drivers.  For my modem, they are pctel_789.o
and
> ptserial_pct789.o.  It doesn't autodetect the modem, so I had to create
> the node in /dev for it, and link /dev/modem to that node.  And "insmod
> pctel_pct789" then "insmod ptserial_pct789" lets me dial the modem.
>
> Then, since this is Caldera-based, I added the driver names to
> /etc/modules/default.  The system reported loading them, but it didn't
work.
> Here are the relevant parts of the output of lsmod:
>
> ptserial_pct789        48464   0
> pctel_cm8738          547472   0  [ptserial_pct789]
> isa-pnp                27440   0  [serial ptserial_pct789]
> pctel_pct789          705984   0  [ptserial_pct789 pctel_cm8738]
>
> As I said, it works if I load the drivers from command line.  Again,
relevant
> lines from lsmod output:
>
> ptserial_pct789        48448   0  (unused)
> pctel_pct789          705984   0  [ptserial_pct789]
> isa-pnp                27440   0  (autoclean) [ptserial_pct789 serial]
>
> But it also works if I load pctel_pct789.o in /etc/modules/default, and
> ptserial_pct789.o at command line.  Lsmod shows the same results, but a
> different order:
>
> ptserial_pct789        48448   0  (unused)
> isa-pnp                27440   0  (autoclean) [ptserial_pct789 serial]
> pctel_pct789          705984   0  [ptserial_pct789]
>
> Can anyone suggest a solution?
>
>
> --
> Stuart Biggerstaff
>
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