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I have an external CN5614XE modem, kudzu found it is AMB|3100 Ambient 56K External Modem, so, I wonder where that name comes from, because I found nothing related to my modem in the kernel config, where's my modem's driver in my system?
Yes, I have trouble with my modem. I build 2.6.2 kernel from source get from www.kernel.org. With 2.6.2 kernel, everything seem to work well except the
externel modem (It worked with the 2.4.x kernel). My system could not detect it, kudzu said that the modem was removed! I really confuse. I was programming
with this modem in MS-DOS, just control it by sending AT command through COM1 (ttyS0 on Linux), so, I think my modem (or an externel modem) doesn't
need a driver to work and I only need to make the serial port work (Is there a driver for serial port?).
I try this:
$ls /dev/ttyS*
ttyS ttyS0 ttyS1 ....
$echo atz0 > /dev/ttyS0
device not found (or something like that)
Is that means my serial port doesn't work? Which option in the 2.6.2 kernel config I have to change?
Thanks in advance.
sometimes i do have problems with hardware come and go. if kudzu looks like failing, i usually do manual removal. so here it is, as much as i can remember.
you might want to back up the files here.
edit /etc/sysconfig/hwconf and remove all troubled hardware.
edit /etc/modules.conf and remove all troubled dev (eth*, ttyS*, ...)
since this is comm device you do want to remove /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<your modem dev>
run /usr/sbin/kudzu
carefull though!
if that's not working. again i do manual install.
edit /etc/modules.conf add:
alias ttyS0 <your modem module name minus .o>
/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/probemod ttyS0
if there's an error here then either it's wrong dev serial port number or wrong module
if you can edit ifcg-* file yourself then go ahead otherwise use internet connection wizard.
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