Configuring PCI Hardware Modem under KPPP

darrelljon · 09-09-2007, 10:12 AM

Hi, I bought an internal PCI hardware modem (50GBP) from ebuyer. In KPPP, I click query modem, and Knoppix 5 picks it up when running live but not when installed. I've tried lots of other distros and they are all unable to detect the modem at all. Even when Knoppix live detects it, the connection is 9kbps when it is a 56kbps modem. I thought hardware dial-up modems were supposed to be easy!

b0uncer · 09-09-2007, 10:33 AM

Yeah they should..are you 100% certain it is a real ("non-software") modem? Real modems cost something like 10eur or so, but are sometimes tricky to find..some shops are selling hardware modems that, when closely inspected, prove to be software ("win-")modems after all.

Find out what driver your Knoppix Live is using when the modem works, and load the same driver with 'modprobe' after installing.

Code:

lsmod

^Shows you loaded modules, good luck with the list..

You can affect the speed with some configuration options, hopefully, but first try to get the modem working all right.

darrelljon · 09-20-2007, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Module Size Used by
ipv6 279616 10
sworks_agp 13472 0
nvidia_agp 12316 0
ati_agp 13068 0
amd_k7_agp 12812 0
ali_agp 11136 0
af_packet 29960 0
dm_mod 60440 0
snd_usb_audio 80352 1
parport_pc 43492 0
parport 40008 1 parport_pc
snd_intel8x0 37020 1
snd_ac97_codec 97188 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 6528 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 45728 0
8250_pnp 13440 0
snd_mixer_oss 20224 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 80004 4 snd_usb_audio,snd_intel8x
0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
usblp 18432 0
snd_usb_lib 20096 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi 28064 1 snd_usb_lib
snd_seq_device 12044 1 snd_rawmidi
snd_hwdep 13316 1 snd_usb_audio
3c59x 49448 0
mii 9728 1 3c59x
8250_pci 24704 0
8250 28164 2 8250_pnp,8250_pci
serial_core 25216 1 8250
i2c_i801 12044 0
snd_timer 26500 1 snd_pcm
snd 55396 14 snd_usb_audio,snd_intel8
x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_r
awmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_timer
soundcore 12512 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 13960 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
intel_agp 27420 1
shpchp 41380 0
pci_hotplug 36424 1 shpchp
agpgart 36044 6 sworks_agp,nvidia_agp,ati
_agp,amd_k7_agp,ali_agp,intel_agp
tsdev 11840 0
evdev 14208 1
pcmcia 41132 0
firmware_class 14208 1 pcmcia
yenta_socket 30220 0
rsrc_nonstatic 17408 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 43800 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_
nonstatic
cpufreq_ondemand 12300 1
p4_clockmod 10116 0
speedstep_lib 8836 1 p4_clockmod
freq_table 9088 2 cpufreq_ondemand,p4_clock
mod
video 19460 0
thermal 17928 0
sbs 18856 0
processor 36200 1 thermal
i2c_ec 9216 1 sbs
i2c_core 25984 2 i2c_i801,i2c_ec
fan 8836 0
container 8576 0
button 10768 0
battery 14084 0
ac 9348 0
aufs 88244 1
cloop 18208 2
sbp2 28292 0
ohci1394 38960 0
ieee1394 300760 2 sbp2,ohci1394
usb_storage 73408 0
usbhid 56928 0
ff_memless 9992 1 usbhid
libusual 20624 1 usb_storage
ohci_hcd 24580 0
uhci_hcd 27788 0
ehci_hcd 35848 0
usbcore 135812 10 snd_usb_audio,usblp,snd_ usb_lib,usb_storage,usbhid,libusual,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,ehc i_hcd

Er what now?