Modem Help

[Ind-PC_student]

Hello I have a problem with my modem

I emailed my ISP virgin.net and they sent me all relevant adresses and numbers

Keyed in all the details in yast and aparently they are correct, but my modem seems to not respond ANY Commands given.

What I would like to know if there are any bash commands I can use to solve the problem or configure my modem?

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MY system:

eMachines 170 - Intel Celeron 1.70 - 128 L2 Cache
632 MB Ram - Modem conexan softkey 56K
WDC Hard Disk 40GB with Windows XP Home Edition
HDS Hard Disk 41.1 GB with sue 9.1 pro and extra room for other o/s's

And the best part is that Linux boots faster then my Windows all with my weak processor!!!

[Ind-PC_student]

Originally Posted by Ind-PC_student Hello I have a problem with my modem I emailed my ISP virgin.net and they sent me all relevant adresses and numbers Keyed in all the details in yast and aparently they are correct, but my modem seems to not respond ANY Commands given. What I would like to know if there are any bash commands I can use to solve the problem or configure my modem? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MY system: eMachines 170 - Intel Celeron 1.70 - 128 L2 Cache 632 MB Ram - Modem conexan softkey 56K WDC Hard Disk 40GB with Windows XP Home Edition HDS Hard Disk 41.1 GB with sue 9.1 pro and extra room for other o/s's And the best part is that Linux boots faster then my Windows all with my weak processor!!!

i ahve miss spelled suse 9.1 proffessional

[MichaelS]

Its been a while since I used SuSE, but the following should be generic enough to use:

Login as root from the console and run

dmesg | less

Look for any lines that look like the text below, or any reference to a modem:

ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS1 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A

then try using Minicom to communicate with the modem directly:

minicom /dev/ttyS0

If you are still having trouble, please specify if the modem is an ISA or a PCI, since i'm having a hard time finding that modem's specs on Google. Also note that if its a Winmodem/Softmodem, you might have a hard time finding drivers for it.

Mike

[Ind-PC_student]

My modem is a Conexant sftk56 HSF chipset in COM3 1st PCI sloT

IRQ 21 Conexant SoftK56 Modem(M) OK

Name Conexant SoftK56 Modem(M)
Description Conexant SoftK56 Modem(M)
Device ID PCI\VEN_14F1&DEV_2F00&SUBSYS_8D8B155D&REV_01\4&25296D99&0&48F0
Device Type Internal Modem
Attached To COM3
Answer Mode Not Available
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_14F1&DEV_2F00&SUBSYS_8D8B155D&REV_01\4&25296D99&0&48F0
Provider Name Conexant
Modem INF Path oem1.inf
Modem INF Section ModemX
Blind Off X4
Blind On X3
Compression Off +DS=0;
Compression On +DS=3;
Error Control Forced +ES=3,2,4;
Error Control Off +ES=1,0,1;
Error Control On +ES=3,0,2;
Flow Control Hard +IFC=2,2;
Flow Control Off +IFC=0,0;
Flow Control Soft +IFC=1,1;
DCB 
Default <
Inactivity Timeout Not Available
Modulation Bell Not Available
Modulation CCITT Not Available
Prefix AT
Pulse P
Reset ATZ
Responses Key Name Conexant SoftK56 Modem(M)::Conexant::Conexant
Speaker Mode Dial M1
Speaker Mode Off M0
Speaker Mode On M2
Speaker Mode Setup M3
Speaker Volume High L3
Speaker Volume Low L0
Speaker Volume Med L2
String Format Not Available
Terminator
Tone T
Memory Address 0xE8100000-0xE810FFFF
I/O Port 0x00002400-0x00002407
IRQ Channel IRQ 21

this was all the info I could find on win msd.

Thank you For your time

[apappasmurf]

If you log on to http://start.at/modem then click on home page then click PCI. You find a list of modems that have/havenot Open Source drivers. You will need to know the chipset for your modem.

[Ind-PC_student]

I have foud a How-to in PDF format for HSF modems I just hope it works