Re: Using a U.S. Robotics Fax modem with Slackware 10.0
From: Jean-David Beyer (jdbeyer_at_exit109.com)
Date: 06/17/05
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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:31:56 -0400
CPUFreak91 wrote:
> I'm trying to get a U.S. Robotics 56K Fax PCI modem to work under
> Slackware Linux 10.0.
Is it a real modem? I.e., is it model 5610B? Most PCI modems are
brain-damaged WinModems.
> I tried using /dev/modem under KPPP but to no avail. I only get a log
> and the message that the modem is busy. On other ports (sorry can't
> remember now since I'm using windows) I get
> the message that slackware is trying to initialize the modem. I know
> that the modem is under COM3 but I didn't configure the Slackware
> installation to use a modem because I didn't have one at the time.
I had no end of trouble configuring a USR 5610B PCI modem on a friend's
computer for Red Hat Linux 7.3. Not really the fault of Linux. Going by
memory here, Windows said it was COM 3, so I configured it for /dev/ttyS2
and nothing much worked. I found some PIC probe software and it said the
thing was on /dev/ttyS4. Well that fixed it. I always thought the COM
numbers were just one higher than the ttyS numbers, but it seems it is not so.
> How
> can I get the modem to work? I have no drivers either. I was told it
> didn't need any (and the box it came never had one).
I run the 5610B on RHEL 3, and I never had any trouble setting it up. I can
tell you for sure that if it nees a driver, it must have come with the
distro, since I never did anything except diddle the /etc/wvdial.conf, and
some networking ones in /etc/sysconfig.
> Windows supplies
> it's own driver, does Slackware? If not, where may I find a Linux
> driver (if I need it)? One reason why I am asking this is I have
> pay-by-the-minute Dial-Up and browsing is expensive, plus I'm still a
> Linux newbie)
>
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