Re: 56K USR problems (fwd)

["Adam Williams" <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hello,
> 	Well I haven't had to email anyone for a while but I'm
> REALLY stuck now. I just removed my old 1996 non-upgradeable
> 28.8 Sportster from my Linux Red Hat 5.0(b) box and put in a
> brand new USR 56k internal to upgrade it. Com 2 set exactly
> the same on the card, tied to fire it up and nothing, not
> even a squelch or dial tone etc. I suspect that I may need
> to edit the modem thread to adjust to the 56k?..... I'm 8
> months into Linux and can stumble around the ppp.conf file
> if needed. I set this Linux box up with netcfg (the GUI) so
> I'm really stuck. I put the old 28.8 back in to email for
> help. Thanks
>


When you have the USR installed can you "cu" to the modem and issue commands
manually?

i.e cu -l /dev/ttyS1
     ATZ
     OK

Then you would know if you are communicating with the modem.  If it is a PnP
modem be certain that none of the setting are being changed when you boot up
the machines (I think PnP BIOS machines can do that from time to time,  not
sure though I always disable PnP).  The "cu" program comes in the uucp package,
 so you will have to install that RPM.