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phoenix7 09-09-2004 05:57 AM
Installing modem and connecting to internet
 
Hi
This is my /proc/pci content
Quote:
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev 193).
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd8000000 [0xdbffffff].
Bus 0, device 0, function 1:
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev 193).
Bus 0, device 0, function 2:
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev 193).
Bus 0, device 0, function 3:
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev 193).
Bus 0, device 0, function 4:
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev 193).
Bus 0, device 0, function 5:
RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev 193).
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev 164).
Bus 0, device 1, function 1:
SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev 162).
IRQ 5.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=1.
I/O at 0xc000 [0xc01f].
Bus 0, device 2, function 0:
USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev 164).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0003000 [0xe0003fff].
Bus 0, device 2, function 1:
USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (#2) (rev 164).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0004000 [0xe0004fff].
Bus 0, device 2, function 2:
USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev 164).
IRQ 9.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0005000 [0xe00050ff].
Bus 0, device 6, function 0:
Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev 161).
IRQ 5.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=5.
I/O at 0xb000 [0xb0ff].
I/O at 0xb400 [0xb47f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0001000 [0xe0001fff].
Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev 163).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=2.
Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev 162).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=1.
I/O at 0xf000 [0xf00f].
Bus 0, device 30, function 0:
PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev 193).
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=10.
Bus 1, device 6, function 0:
Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III] (rev 134).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=8.
I/O at 0x9000 [0x90ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdf000000 [0xdf0000ff].
Bus 1, device 7, function 0:
Communication controller: ESS Technology ES2898 Modem (rev 3).
IRQ 19.
I/O at 0x9400 [0x9407].
Bus 2, device 0, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] (rev 0).
IRQ 19.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=8.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xd7ffffff].
I/O at 0xa000 [0xa0ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdd000000 [0xdd00ffff].
How can I get a driver for my modem and how can I get connected to the internet?
Note that I am using mandrake 10.0 (kernel version 2.6.x)

Thanks,
Mohammad

b0uncer 09-09-2004 08:54 AM
if you have a "real" modem, then you don't have to obtain any drivers. just make sure your kernel supports ppp protocols (as it quite surely does) and grab some connecting app, like wvdial (for console, easy to use and set up), kppp, gppp or some...then just see the app's help on how it works, let it configure the modem or configure it by hand and click connect. with wvdial, you simply run wvdialconfig and it creates a configfile where you then add your username and dialnumer etc..and that's pretty much it, then just wvdial to connect. kppp is a graphical app, which asks you some info like windows does: write the number you dial to, your username, in which port the modem is in (ttyS1, ttyS2 etc...like com1, com2 in dos) and so on.

BUT.

if you don't have a "real" modem, but a winmodem that needs software to run (ie a driver diskette/cd in windows), then you

1) hope it's so known model it has drivers for linux, and you can get them from some website (manufacturer or some driver-coding-place), and hope it's free and you don't have to pay for it

2) buy a real modem. winmodems are Not real modems, since they lack the software-side and need drivers....grrr.... ;)

db391 09-09-2004 02:35 PM
your modem is apparently an ESS Technology ES2898 pci modem

i smell a winmodem here...

b0uncer is exactly right you will find it a lot easier to set up when you use a hardware ("real") modem (as in external serial port types)

phoenix7 09-11-2004 08:50 AM
any ideas to install my modem??


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