I have an HP OmniBook 800 running Debian 2.0 and an IBM "Home and Away" combo Ethernet/modem PCMCIA card. The Ethernet side of things works brilliantly, but the modem doesn't work at all.
A borrowed 3com ethernet/modem combo card worked, so I think the PCMCIA side of things is set up correctly. Also, I've tried a friend's identical H&A card in my machine and it fails in the same way. This makes me suspect I'm missing some H&A-specific config tip. The card is listed as fully supported on various Linux laptop pages. Here's what happens when I try to use it. First, setserial and lsmod and the syslog suggest that all's well. If I use Kermit to talk to the modem (as per the Serial-HOWTO) at any speed, kermit reports 'OK' after the 'ATE1Q0V1'. But when I then dial, I hear half a second of dialtone and then nothing; Kermit reports "NO DIALTONE". If you've successfully configured this modem, or have any ideas, please share! Thanks, --Eric House PS I don't know if the card works under Windoze, as I wiped the disk clean as soon as I got the machine. Probably should have waited.... +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | from the desktop of: Eric House, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | "The instructions said 'Win98 or better' -- so I installed Linux" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
