Guest mahiles Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 I tried it and the modem still isn't working :( 1st off I didn't have to move the modem as it's in PCI slot 3. After checking this I went and changed the bios settings but this seems to have had no effect. When using kppp I tried ttyS0, ttyS1, ttyS2 and ttyS3 again. The 1st 3 kppp said it could not find the device and for ttyS3 it said "The Modem Does Not Respond". Do you think a clean install will help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 OK Look at the bios again, and enable com port 1 to irq 4, disable com port 2. The symlinks that you have made are already pointing in this direction. I gave intstructions without seeing what bvc was doing. Sorry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mahiles Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 "kppp can not find: /dev/modem" "kppp can not find: /dev/ttyS0" "kppp can not find: /dev/ttyS1" "The Modem Does Not Respond" (ttyS2) "kppp can not find: /dev/ttyS3" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Your modem keeps showing up on com3, which is fine. It really doesn't matter which comport it's on, so long as there are no irq conflicts. Change your symbolic link to ttys2, so ln -s /dev/ttys2 /dev/modem I am concerned that your modem is not the correct model. Could you give me the model number on the box? Not the creative model; there is a different number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mahiles Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Mandrake says the model is "ES2898 Modem". Creative box says "D15791". Unless Creative is lying this is how I know: The Min Specs are different. The Min Specs on my box are the same as the ones stated online for the controller-based modem. link I've seen 2 very different prices for the creative modem blaster v.92. One of them is alot cheaper than the other. I bought the more expensive one, assuming that it was the controller-based version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 The "es" in the linux id is because that is who manufactures the controller chip. It looks like you have the controller based modem. I'm going to re-read the entire thread and see what's up. So, far, linux id's the modem, it's on com3, but it won't talk back to the pc. If I had this on the bench, I would change slots, like go to 2 or 4. Just don't use slot 1 or slot 5. I can't tell you why, but sometimes cards don't like the slot they're in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mahiles Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Should I change all the bios settings back before I try moving the modem? Or am I leaving them as they are now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Leave the bios alone for now. Let's change onr thing at a time. What I see is the card is present, the system knows it's there, but the card isn't talking. So, give it a different slot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mahiles Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Moved modem from PCI slot 3 to 2. "kppp can not find: /dev/ttyS0" "kppp can not find: /dev/ttyS1" "The Modem Does Not Respond" (ttyS2) "kppp can not find: /dev/ttyS3" You mentioned about the modem 'not liking' the PCI slot it was in but if that was the case surely it wouldnt work in windows either? Or is the newbie confused again? lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Windows overpowers the computer. It ignors the bios for the most part and attempts to totally control the computer (something like what they are currently trying to do with technology!) This works as long as your computer is stereotypical. But, it also means that hardware manufacturers must maintain a business relationship with redmond or be driven out of business. (which has happened already) In almost every computer I build for gamers, windows tries to pile up hardware on the same irq as the video card. So, poor video action results. If it were not for the bios, such computers would have to be trashed as useless if it was up to windows. Something simple is missing here. Linux is just an operating system, and a better one than windows. I find it curious that the card insists on running com3, regardless of configuration. I have used creative modems, both isa and pci, in linux. I actually expected the card to change ports when I had you playing with com1 and com2. But it didn't. So, It saya it is a controller card, but it is behving otherwise. It seems to be "set" from the windows software and will not change from that. Could you share what the windows setup was like? What did you do? Your manual shows that com3 is the first choice for the modem, or the first place it will try to locate itself. Try changing tge irq in the bios to 5. I think it is at 4 currently. Your manual says that the condition we are experienceing is an irq conflict. The irq choices are 3,4,5,7,9,11. So let's try one at a time. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mahiles Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Just tried IRQ's 5,7,9,10 and 11. Everytime kppp says "The Modem Does Not Respond". (This is when /dev/modem is pointing to /dev/ttyS2) As for what the windows setup was like, it was like any other. In Win98 it asked for the drivers which I located on the CDROM, and in WinXP it auto installed one driver but I followed the quick start guide and updated the driver from the CDROM. Thats it, no special utilities or anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mahiles Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Ok I've got a seriously bad feeling. "The host CPU is utilized to run the modem controller functions..." I hope that doesn't mean what I think it does!! This is where i got it http://www.esstech.com/products/comm/Prod_...2898_ES2828.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 That is definitely bad news!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mahiles Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Call me stupid but I am yet again confused. It talks about DSP (which I thought meant Digital Something Processor..controller-based) and then talks about using the host CPU. And creative did say that it was a controller-based modem? Hmmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qnr Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 DSP often means "Digital Signal Processor" - which performs a variety of functions, in many cases related to audio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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