[techtalk] For the not so techie Linux users

Jim Browning jbrowning at brianeberstein.com
Thu Oct 14 09:29:15 EST 1999


Try this: in the Device Manager, select "View by connection", expand the +
choices to show whichever COM your modem is on, and see if it has a
resources tab. If so, it will show you the IRQ.

----- Original Message -----
From: kev <kevin.porter at fast.no>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [techtalk] For the not so techie Linux users


> Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:38:33 +0100, kev <kevin.porter at fast.no> said:
> >
> > >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).
> >
> > In Windows, right-click on "My Computer" and select Properties.  Click
> > the "Device Manager" tab.  Click on the "+" next to Modems, then
> > double-click the modem device you're interested in.  In the new window
> > that pops up, click the "Resources" tab.  The modem's configured IRQ
> > will be shown here as "Interrupt Request".
>
> That's what windoze Help told me to do, but I don't have a 'Resources'
> tab there. Help said it sometimes isn't there, but it didn't offer any
> alternative course of action.
> Any other way I can find out?
>
> - Kev
>
> >
> >
> > Kelly
> >
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>
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