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04-26-2003, 05:04 AM
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Registered: Apr 2003
Location: root@localhost
Distribution: Fedora Core 5, Ubuntu, Debian
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cannot detect modem
I'm using Red Hat 9, and when i try to probe for my modem it cannot detect any modem, how can i configure my modem??
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04-26-2003, 05:40 AM
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Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Mosquitoville
Distribution: RH 6.2, Gen2, Knoppix,arch, bodhi, studio, suse, mint
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you likely have a modem that will require special
drives to get it to work in linux.
run cat /proc/pci
and post any part that looks like a modem
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04-26-2003, 05:56 AM
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Location: Bangalore, India
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Hi
If u have a internal modem , there are onyl a handful of them like connexant , lucent & pctel ones that work in linux. if ur modem is external .. there mustnnt be any kind of trouble getting it run.. if u have specified the irq settings properly . if u have internal modem info on how to install it can be found from my site
http://www.infologics.50megs.com/linux.htm.. plz post more accurate description of ur problem in the future
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04-26-2003, 06:03 AM
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yes i do have an internal modem, is there anyway that i can fix this problem? but i do have an extra modem(external).
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04-26-2003, 06:08 AM
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I have an externeal modem BT Voyager and an internal one (which i dnt use anymore) and i have been having the same prob! 
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04-26-2003, 07:42 AM
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the cat /proc/pci was for us to tell what chipset your
modem has, so we could tell you what drivers to get
if any.
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04-26-2003, 08:03 PM
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Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Brisvegas, Antipodes
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The command "lspci -vv" (as root) will display all information about an internal pci modem as part of it's output.
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04-27-2003, 12:56 AM
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i've tried the lspci -vv and it didn't work, i heard there are only a few internal modems that are supported by linux, i have an external modem though should i try configuring it instead??
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04-27-2003, 02:49 AM
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the external one would probably be easier to get working.
you can post the output of lspci -w or cat /proc/pci by
running it from an xterm of konsole or whatever,
selecting the text with the mouse, then clicking the middle
mouse button where you want to copy n paste the text to.
if you don't have a middle mouse button, then both mouse
buttons at the same time pastes the text.
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04-27-2003, 06:22 AM
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ok ill try that i'll post again

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04-28-2003, 08:49 AM
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