Re: getting modem board to work on linux 2.0.30

Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com)
10 Jul 1997 22:04:12 +0200

> Kind of an odd irq choice... I take it this computer doesn't have a ps/2
> mouse or keyboard device?
>
> I suppose it had to be ask ;) what kind of shark? leopard, sixgill
> threshe? (stupid modem names...)
>
>
It has a serial mouse...(it has a PS/2 header that I don't use yet, so
there's no PS2 mouse).

Its a leopard...

>
> On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Marty Leisner wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm running a builtin modem on a new PC.
> >
> > It works fine with win95.
> >
> > It says in windows:
> > com4 port 0x2e8 irq 12
> >
> > I don't see it in autodetect (its a shark modem).
> >
> > I've done some setserial commands, but to no avail...
> >
> > I've tried this:
> > [root@dw /tmp]# setserial /dev/cua3 uart 16550 port 0x2e8 irq 12
> > [root@dw /tmp]# cat </dev/cua3
> > cat: -: I/O error
> > [root@dw /tmp]# ls -l /dev/cua3
> > crw-rw-rw- 1 root uucp 5, 67 Dec 31 1979 /dev/cua3
> > [root@dw /tmp]#
> >
> >
> > What's the magic incantations to get it to work (its a Hayes
> > compatible modem).
> >
> >
> > marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com
> > Don't confuse education with schooling.
> > Milton Friedman to Yogi Berra
> >
>
>

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marty
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