[techtalk] forwarded message

[Deb Richardson]

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> From: Nadine <anacaona at tao.ca>
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: help! modem buggy!
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> It all started a year ago, when I made the stupid decision to make my
> Linux partition larger then my Win98 one (7MB vs 3MB)
> 
> One of the reasons why I love Linux is cuz there's much less application
> bloating. Logic would thus dictate that I leave more room for Windoze, but
> noooo.... So I end up recycling a hard drive I had lying around to set up
> as an extra DOS partion where I'd put files (that I share between Windows
> and Linux).
> 
> ha.
> 
> After numerous visits to a labyrinthine websites, and a coupla extra gray
> hairs, I finally get BIOS to see the extra HD for what it really is:
> Secondary Master. But now you have to wait 2-3 MINUTES (instead of
> seconds) for
> 
> LILO boot:
> 
> to show up, and Windows just won't boot. Not funny.
> 
> Disconnect hard drive, erase existence from BIOS, now Windows refuses to
> recognize modem. ANY modem.
> ie: I have old 33.6k ISA modem w/jumper switches etc, which has been set
> to COM2/IRQ3 since the dawn of time. I get a "modem not available or not
> installed" error from Windows.
> I put in a Winmodem, that the bloody OS sees and installs, but is blind
> to when it's time to actually use it.
> 
> And Linux...
> I finally found out that you could have it launch ppp on it's own at boot
> time, so my usual boot routine was hearing the HD chirping and purring,
> the eventual high pitched modem-speak squeal, and then X.
> Now: no modem squeal. Silence, not even the modem clicking (like when you
> foret to put in the phone line).
> Same thing if I launch the ppp-on script (which I'm used to, BTW, that
> thing was always hit-and-miss for me).
> Same thing with gnome-ppp.
> Same thing with minicom.
> 
> HOWEVER: Seyon works. It can dial up.
> 
> Does ANYONE know what's going on??? I've tried specifying in the BIOS that
> IRQ 3 is in use by an ISA slot (which I didn't have to do before), and
> checked configuration for COM2 (which was set at IRQ3/HEX Add. 2F8-2FF,
> like the modem manual asks). Nothing works.
> 
> help me... please help me... (sob sob sob)
> 
> Nadine
> anacaona at tao.ca
> http://anacaona.org/home
> http://tww.tao.ca

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