Hello

I'm using red-hat 9 kernel 2.4.20-6 ver

Well my modem is pctel hsp 56 micromodem. I got the latest drivers pctel-0.9.7 drivers from linmodems suggested by scan modem.

1) Installed the drivers by running ./setup
2) everything went fine [detected my chipset as pct789] and the installation was successful
3) inserted the two modules using insmod -f pctel and insmod -f ptserial. It was loaded with some errors
4) I tried to dial using wvdial ...the message was 'modem not responding'.
5) i tried kppp ...message was 'initializing modem..'
6) I read an article in which disabling the sound driver will sometime make the modem work...did that by commenting the sound line in modules.conf..again modem didn't work
7) btw when i dial using any of the applications my phone line dies away..i have to restart my linux to activate my phone again

THe MOST IMportant thing is that LINUX IS VERY SLOW .iam using amd 2400 + and 256 MB ram ..what is the problem?

hmm...I would try configuring by hand according to the ./INSTALL file found in the package. That is what i did. I got my PCTEL to work under RH 8 and Slackware 9, 9.1 and 10. And Linux is VERY SLOW probably because you are using Red Hat. I may anger people here, but Red Hat is not the fastest out there. I would reccomend for someone learning Linux, Mandrake, or perhaps Slackware if you are brave.

Yea...i did that too.. i.e i moved into the src folder and made a manual configuration

Installation was done successfully..

What is the problem
?
PLz help

and when i load the pctel and ptserial drivers i get the following code

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[root@localhost root]# insmod -f pctel
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/pctel.o
Warning: The module you are trying to load (/lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/pctel.o)
is compiled with a gcc
version 2 compiler, while the kernel you are running is compiled with
a gcc version 3 compiler. This is known to not work.
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/pctel.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - GPL linked with proprietary libraries
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/pctel.o will taint the kernel: forced load
Module pctel loaded, with warnings
[root@localhost root]# insmod -f ptserial
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/ptserial.o
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/ptserial.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - GPL linked with proprietary libraries
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/ptserial.o will taint the kernel: forced load
Module ptserial loaded, with warnings

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I get the same error message when trying to
install in RH9. Anyone know what it`s about?

Now i got fedora core -1 .I get the same problem with my modem . PLease someone help