[techtalk] For the not so techie Linux users

[kev]

Norma Armstrong wrote:

> You're welcome. I hope this works out for you.

I tried the setserial -g command and it said IRQ 4. But I can't find out what
IRQ my modem is actually on! I don't want to mess about with IRQ levels unless
I know what I'm doing, I like my hardware smokeless :-)

Bearing in mind I have no manuals for my modem, how do I find out what IRQ my
modem is _actually_ on?

I've tried looking all over the place in Windows hoping that the modem's
configuration would be listed somewhere. I looked where Winblows Help said the
IRQ level should be listed, but it wasn't there (Help gave some obscure reason
why it might not be there).

- Kev

> My next thing is to get
> decent Internet access again so I can once again use Linux for all my
> Internet needs. I'm getting tired of the constant crashes under Windows. So
> I hear you on the wanting to get away from Microsoft products :)

>
>                   Norma
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-techtalk at linuxchix.org
> > [mailto:owner-techtalk at linuxchix.org]On Behalf Of kev
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 3:49 AM
> > To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> > Subject: Re: [techtalk] For the not so techie Linux users
> >
> >
> > Thanks Norma,
> > I've had Red Hat 6 on my machine at home for a few months, and
> > still haven't
> > got my modem working :-(
> > My investigations, which have been conducted at a less than leisurely rate
> > because I have so many other things to sort out, have led me to
> > believe that my
> > IRQ level may be wrong. The modem dials the ISP ok (but things
> > move very very
> > slowly), has a little chat then the ISP hangs up and errors appear in
> > /var/log/messages. The next step of my investigation was to find
> > out how to
> > change the IRQ levels, so hopefully you've just solved one of my
> > biggest Linux
> > problems for me :-)
> > I'll try this tonight when I get home. I do some work at home,
> > and I've been
> > getting by by connecting to my work machine with an ssh client on
> > Windows, but
> > if this works then I should really have no more reason to use any
> > Microsloth
> > products any more :o)
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > - Kev
> >
> > Norma Armstrong wrote:
> >
> > > I thought I'd share this command. It helps those especially if
> > you can't get
> > > your modem to work under linux (assuming you don't have a winmodem). I
> > > assume you have already used the RedHat Control Panel to assign
> > the correct
> > > com port to /dev/modem - for example mine is on Com 3. Okay to check out
> > > what IRQ Linux assigns to Com 3 in this example you should type at the
> > > command prompt "setserial -g /dev/modem". This will give you
> > info about your
> > > modem like the IRQ Linux assigns to it. In my case the default
> > is "IRQ 4".
> > > That is the default IRQ assigned to Com port 3 is 4. Well this can cause
> > > problems if your modem is not on IRQ 4 (mine is at IRQ 5). Like
> > for example
> > > you take forever to connect or when you connect everything runs
> > real slow,
> > > etc. Well it is an easy problem to fix. Type again at the command prompt
> > > "setserial /dev/modem IRQ 5". Your problem is now fixed. Oh by
> > the way this
> > > is one problem that wasn't completely explained to me. I had to find the
> > > answer in a newsgroups. Maybe by now the HOW-TOs have this info
> > but stuff
> > > like this can be explained better to the newbie. I hope this has helped
> > > somebody. If it's too confusing I'm sorry. I'm still an
> > Intermediate Linux
> > > user and still have alot to learn.
> > >
> > >                        Regards,
> > >                               Norma
> > >
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