For starters, make sure that your modem is not on "the big list" http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/19991203a.html -- Matt Galgoci Job title: export title=`dd if=/dev/random bs=24 count=1` echo $title On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Lee Davidson wrote: > Sorry for the length of this message: > > I'm having a bit of trouble getting PPP set up on my computer, > which I have recently set up as Linux only (previously it was setup > for dual-boot with W95). I asked on redhat-ppp-list and received > little answer, so thought I would try here as well. > > One thing that was suggested to me there was that I may have an > IRQ problem. I checked and it seems that my modem IS PnP, so I > suppose there are probably steps I need to take to ensure that that > is setup properly. I was under the impression that if I could get my > modem to dial and connect correctly to the ISP using Minicom or > the like, there is not a problem with interrupts. What is the truth > here? > > Anyway, the basic problem is that I can get a connection, but > cannot maintain one. I can post from /var/log/messages if needed. > > But I thought that a first step might be to make sure the IRQ > problem doesn't exist. I've read through documentation which > accompanies isappptools and don't feel totally at ease beginning > this process...but am willing to give it a shot. > > It suggests somewhere that I look in the BIOS and tell it that this is > NOT a PnP OS, but I cannot find that option specifically worded > like that. The only obviously PnP-related options I find are > Resources controlled by: (Auto/Manual) > Reset Configuration Data: (Enabled/Disabled) > PCI IRQ Activated By: (Level/Edge) > PCI IDE IRQ Map To: (ISA/PCI-SLOT1/PCI-SLOT2/PCI-SLOT3/ > PCI-SLOT4/PCI-AUTO) > > > Any thoughts? Please let me know if I need to specify on anything > or give more details. > > Thanks. > --Lee > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. > -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
